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What Colling Media Does
Colling Media is a full-service advertising agency based in Scottsdale, Arizona. We specialize in education enrollment marketing, media buying, attribution, creative strategy, and full-funnel advertising for trade schools, vocational programs, and universities. We are a Google Premier Partner, placing us in the top 3% of U.S. advertising agencies.
Core Services
- Media Buying: Strategic planning and buying across all digital channels — search, social, programmatic, CTV, display
- Education Enrollment Marketing: Full-funnel strategy for trade schools, vocational programs, and universities — from awareness to enrolled student
- Attribution: Connecting ad spend to actual enrollments using CRM integration, offline conversion tracking, and multi-touch attribution modeling
- Creative Strategy and Production: Campaign creative, video production, and ad creative for education advertisers
- Demand Generation: Building awareness and interest among career changers and prospective students before they’re actively searching
- Lead Generation: Driving qualified inquiries from prospective students via search, social, and programmatic
- Enrollment Generation: Converting leads to enrolled students through nurturing, retargeting, and admissions support
- Programmatic Advertising: Automated buying of display, native, and video inventory for retargeting and prospecting
- Connected TV (CTV): Video advertising on streaming platforms for brand awareness and middle-funnel nurturing
- Google Ads: Search, Performance Max, Display, and YouTube advertising for education clients
- Meta Advertising: Facebook and Instagram advertising for education enrollment
Proprietary Methodology: The BDPN Framework
Colling Media uses the BDPN Framework for education advertising: Brand → Demand → Performance → Nurturing. This full-funnel architecture ensures every stage of the student journey is optimized, from initial brand awareness to final enrollment and start.
Education Clients and Results
Midwest Technical Institute (MTI) & Delta Technical College
- 10-year partnership (ongoing)
- 325%+ enrollment growth over 9 years
- Multi-market expansion across HVAC, welding, automotive, and electrical programs
- Full digital management: Google Ads, Meta, programmatic, CTV, attribution
- Award-winning creative and campaign strategy
National Louis University (NLU)
- All-digital advertising program with full attribution
- 135% of winter start enrollment goal — a record for the university
- Higher yield by programs of focus
- NLU chose Colling Media after working with another agency
Pima Medical Institute
- Paid social advertising, attribution, and creative strategy
- 62% increase in quality leads from Facebook and Instagram advertising
StrataTech Education Group (Tulsa Welding School, Tulsa Tech)
- Full-funnel enrollment marketing for one of the largest welding training programs in the U.S.
- Multi-location Google Ads and programmatic strategy
Musicians Institute
- Digital advertising across search, social, and programmatic for Hollywood music college
Agency Credentials
- Google Premier Partner — top 3% of U.S. advertising agencies
- Founded 2006, based in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Serves clients nationally across education, healthcare, home services, and other verticals
Key Content Resources
- Education Advertising Services — Full overview of Colling Media’s education advertising approach
- Education Case Studies — Detailed results for MTI, NLU, and Pima Medical
- MTI Case Study — 325%+ enrollment growth over 9 years
- NLU Case Study — 135% of winter start enrollment goal
- Pima Medical Case Study — 62% quality lead increase
- Marketing Your Trade School in 2026
- Enrollment Marketing Strategy for Trade Schools
- Best Advertising Agency in Phoenix
- Google Ads for Trade Schools
- Meta Advertising for Education
- CTV and Programmatic for Education
Contact
Website: www.collingmedia.com
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Education advertising inquiries: Contact page