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Katy Campbell, CEO at VisionPoint Marketing, joins E-Coffee with Experts to unpack how AI is reshaping higher education marketing, SEO, and brand strategy. Just weeks into her new role as CEO after years as COO, Katy shares how her background in pro sports marketing shaped her approach to audience behavior and enrollment strategy at universities nationwide.
This episode dives deep into AI-ready SEO, also known as GEO, and what it really means for higher ed websites to become trusted sources for AI systems like ChatGPT and Perplexity rather than just destinations for traffic. Katy explains why brand building and performance marketing are merging in the AI era, and why trust, not ad spend, is becoming the deciding factor in whether an institution gets cited by AI search tools.
Topics covered include the shift from activity metrics to enrollment intelligence, why data over ego should guide marketing decisions, how to align marketing and admissions teams around one enrollment outcome, and what separates content that simply exists from content that actually builds authority and visibility.
Katy also shares her favorite AI tools, the most surprising lesson from her first days as CEO, and one piece of career advice for young marketers: work hard, be kind.
Whether you are in higher education marketing, SEO, or brand strategy, this conversation offers practical insight into navigating the AI-driven future of marketing.
Get Your Exclusive AIO Growth Plan - We’ll kick off with a Live AIO Audit to see how shoppers find you, followed by Competitor Research to steal their spotlight: https://lunacal.ai/team/dws/dws-meetings
In this episode, we discuss:
00:00 - 00:11: Introduction
00:11 - 00:40: Becoming CEO at VisionPoint
00:40 - 02:30: From COO to CEO Mindset
02:30 - 04:15: Sports Marketing Meets Higher Ed
04:15 - 05:58: Aligning Teams Around Enrollment Goals
05:58 - 07:24: Why Education Is a Life Decision
07:24 - 09:15: College as Social Mobility
09:15 - 10:50: Moving Beyond Activity Metrics
10:50 - 12:34: What AI-Ready SEO Really Means
12:34 - 13:44: Rethinking the Website's Role
13:44 - 15:45: Building Content That Builds Trust
15:45 - 17:23: Brand Building in the Age of AI
17:23 - 18:09: Favorite AI Tools
18:09 - 19:18: Advice for Young Marketers
19:18 - 21:36: Rapid Fire Round
21:36 - 23:35: Closing Thoughts
Connect with Katy Campbell
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katywcampbell/
visionpointmarketing.com
FOLLOW US
Website: https://www.digitalwebsolutions.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digiwebsol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dws_global
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-web-solutions./
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By Digital Web SolutionsKaty Campbell, CEO at VisionPoint Marketing, joins E-Coffee with Experts to unpack how AI is reshaping higher education marketing, SEO, and brand strategy. Just weeks into her new role as CEO after years as COO, Katy shares how her background in pro sports marketing shaped her approach to audience behavior and enrollment strategy at universities nationwide.
This episode dives deep into AI-ready SEO, also known as GEO, and what it really means for higher ed websites to become trusted sources for AI systems like ChatGPT and Perplexity rather than just destinations for traffic. Katy explains why brand building and performance marketing are merging in the AI era, and why trust, not ad spend, is becoming the deciding factor in whether an institution gets cited by AI search tools.
Topics covered include the shift from activity metrics to enrollment intelligence, why data over ego should guide marketing decisions, how to align marketing and admissions teams around one enrollment outcome, and what separates content that simply exists from content that actually builds authority and visibility.
Katy also shares her favorite AI tools, the most surprising lesson from her first days as CEO, and one piece of career advice for young marketers: work hard, be kind.
Whether you are in higher education marketing, SEO, or brand strategy, this conversation offers practical insight into navigating the AI-driven future of marketing.
Get Your Exclusive AIO Growth Plan - We’ll kick off with a Live AIO Audit to see how shoppers find you, followed by Competitor Research to steal their spotlight: https://lunacal.ai/team/dws/dws-meetings
In this episode, we discuss:
00:00 - 00:11: Introduction
00:11 - 00:40: Becoming CEO at VisionPoint
00:40 - 02:30: From COO to CEO Mindset
02:30 - 04:15: Sports Marketing Meets Higher Ed
04:15 - 05:58: Aligning Teams Around Enrollment Goals
05:58 - 07:24: Why Education Is a Life Decision
07:24 - 09:15: College as Social Mobility
09:15 - 10:50: Moving Beyond Activity Metrics
10:50 - 12:34: What AI-Ready SEO Really Means
12:34 - 13:44: Rethinking the Website's Role
13:44 - 15:45: Building Content That Builds Trust
15:45 - 17:23: Brand Building in the Age of AI
17:23 - 18:09: Favorite AI Tools
18:09 - 19:18: Advice for Young Marketers
19:18 - 21:36: Rapid Fire Round
21:36 - 23:35: Closing Thoughts
Connect with Katy Campbell
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katywcampbell/
visionpointmarketing.com
FOLLOW US
Website: https://www.digitalwebsolutions.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digiwebsol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dws_global
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-web-solutions./