2012-2013 Marketing Statistics The Oglesby Union hosts many programs throughout the academic year. Such programs include the following: Seminole Sensation Week, Breakfast for A Buck, Homecoming, Haunted Harvest, Dance Marathon, and Spring Fling. Most of these events are provided to students free of charge (others have a small fee) and are meant to engage them in fun and safe alternatives that revolve around school spirit. These events are held at locations that students are familiar with or can easily travel to such as the Oglesby Union, other locations on-campus, or off-campus locations that are near campus, such as the Leon County Civic Center. These events are promoted in a number of ways, such as posters, Facebook event pages, yard signs, and for the major events, billboards. The Oglesby Union Student Activities Center takes the lead in the planning and promotion of these events. In collaboration with the Student Activities Center, these events and programs are co-sponsored by other departments of the university, such as the Office of the Provost, New Student and Family Programs, Campus Recreation, University Housing, Center for Leadership and Social Change, Advising First, Greek Life, University Health Services, the Student Alumni Association, and the Student Government Association. The purpose of this report is to summarize the marketing strategies that have been effectively working to bring awareness of school events to students and which have not. Graphs: The data was taken from all the surveys that were administered during the 2012-2013 academic year which asked about which of the marketing materials students saw and why students attended.
How Did You Hear About This Event? 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%
121 187
33
348
84
259 203 150 118 163 Seminole Sensation Week
96
149 36 97
45 51 8 Haunted Harvest
23 59
173
147 51 Homecoming
47 201 11 9 Spring Fling
Door Hanger
Orientation
R.A.
Flyer
Website
Friend
Social Media
Other
*Billboards were only used for Homecoming. Breakfast for a Buck and DM did not ask respondents for this information.
Why Did You Attend? 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%
75 409
59 93 146
296 231
9 4 31
93
152
640
596
78
23
165
162
533
168 31 Homecoming
Seminole Sensation Week
70 Spring Fling
Meet new people/socialize
Enjoy the Activity
Learn about campus activities
Nothing else to do
Hungry/ Free food
Other
188 47
229 161 Breakfast for A Buck
Organization * Haunted Harvest and DM did not ask respondents for this information.
As the graphs displayed, the most common way students found out about these events were through flyers and posters (21%). The most popular reason as to why they attended the events were because they were hungry and there was free food available for them at the event (26%).