Postgrad Solutions

Studybusinessmasters.com

Studybusinessmasters.com was launched in 2008 in response to demands from both global business schools and international students. Our focus is to provide a single portal for students looking for information on business-related courses taught in English throughout Europe.

The comprehensive database allows students to search for their ideal course and the up-to-date editorial offers bespoke advice on all aspects of a student’s decision making.

The site has been specifically designed to drive maximum traffic to our business schools’ websites to increase the quality and numbers of students recruited. We aim to create new business leads and assist in improving your brand awareness among our highly targeted student audience

Highlights

Programme search: Comprehensive high-quality data supplied by UCAS covering all related programmes in Europe taught in English.

Editorial: All editorial is bespoke to postgraduate business-related study. The core is written by Richard Montauk, renowned on the circuit for his publications in this field and for his presentations at conferences around the world.

Chat forum: This is the first forum dedicated solely to this niche audience, allowing students to chat and advise each other with support from our editor.

New bursaries: Postgrad Solutions funds two new bursaries available every year for students enrolling on a postgraduate programme in this field. The 2009 bursaries received 187 applicants.

Student database: All of our users are invited to join the studybusinessmasters.com student service to receive news updates, bursary information and research highlights in this field. Our database features over 3,000 prospective students looking for a postgraduate business course starting September 2010. Business schools can market to these students via our email shots and our online newsletters.

Delivering Traffic and Enquiries

Google: The site has been developed to meet all key Google criteria, with strict attention paid to page title tags and keywords (linked to the phrases used by students searching for such information raised in our student focus groups).

This has resulted in some impressive search results. (Searches carried out using Google.co.uk on 27th November 2009):

Phrase searched for

Ranking

Phrase searched for

Ranking

Masters in business in Europe

1st

Choosing a business masters

1st

Business masters

3rd

Masters in business

3rd

Masters in finance rankings

3rd

Masters in management rankings

4th

MA transport and logistics UK

5th

HR masters

5th

Links Programme

Postgrad Solutions has a team of four marketing officers who work on creating inbound links with universities and other appropriate sites around the world. Each marketing officer covers a specific region, and is also responsible for posting
messages (in their native language) to promote the site on networking sites. Our team of marketing officers is set to expand
to six students in 2010.

Traffic Stats

Site Statistics

• 6,500 targeted visits per month
• Average time spent on site per user: 4 mins 28 secs
• Growth rate of visits per month averaging 6%

Top Countries

1 - UK

2 - Canada

3 - India

4 - Germany

5 - France

6 - Greece

7 - Netherlands

8 - Nigeria

9 - Pakistan

10 - Singapore