MARKETING

Sell your yearbook with confidence. From marketing strategies to sales tools, find everything you need to build awareness, drive demand and get more books into students’ hands.

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Layout a Marketing Plan

Turn ideas into action with a clear marketing plan. Map out your sales strategy, stay organized with ready-to-use tools and keep your promotions on track from kickoff to final deadline using the resources below.

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Review this list of marketing tactics and pick six that you can do at your school.

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My Marketing Plan

Build your strategy with the "My Marketing Plan" Yearbook Suite unit. This step-by-step lesson helps you set goals, plan promotions and organize your sales efforts for the year.

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Creative Ideas for Selling Your Yearbook

Use the "Creative Ideas for Selling Your Yearbook" unit to spark your marketing plan. Explore proven ways to promote your book, from social media campaigns to schoolwide advertising that builds excitement and drives sales.

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Yearbook Marketing Checklist

Stay on track with a checklist that breaks down key marketing tasks and timelines. Use it to plan ahead, stay organized and make sure nothing gets missed.

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Want access to exclusive yearbook content? Learn how partnering with Walsworth can unlock exclusive resources and expert support. 

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Run Your Sales in Yearbook 360

Set up your online store, manage pricing and track who’s buying so you can adjust your promotions and reach the students who haven’t ordered yet.

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  • Market to non-buyers 
  • Set up you school coupon codes

Create Your Own Materials

Create marketing materials that fit your school and your audience. Customize ready-made tools, build your own promotions and use proven resources to support your sales efforts.

Order Customized Marketing Materials

Get professionally designed marketing items without the work! Our designers will create fliers, order forms, posters, event cards and more with your school’s colors, mascot, photos and pricing information.

Adviser Market

Browse the Adviser Market to find ready-made marketing materials for your yearbook. Customize and download resources designed to help you promote your book and increase sales.

Create Order Forms

Make it easier for parents to purchase yearbooks and ads by offering Online Sales.

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Ways to Promote

Bring your marketing plan to life with proven promotion strategies. From ready-to-use social media graphics to our parent email program, find what works for your school and start driving sales.

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See our popular guerrilla marketing materials! Edit the PDFs as needed to tailor these items to your sales strategy.

Plan and schedule your social media posts with our social media calendar, then promote your yearbook and ads using our downloadable social media graphics.

Yearbook expert Kathy Beers shares how combining in-person marketing with simple, strategic tactics can increase visibility and drive sales. Learn how creating urgency, connecting face to face and showing your product helps turn everyday moments on campus into real buying decisions.

Events and Promotions

Make your marketing visible with events that build excitement and urgency. Use key moments throughout the year to promote your book and connect with your audience.

Turn delivery into a celebration. Use distribution day to highlight your book, create buzz and set the tone for next year’s sales.

Kickstart your year with these back-to-school resources

Learn how to use sales tables to increase yearbook sales at school events and reach more potential buyers.

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Know Your Audience

Sell smarter by understanding who you’re trying to reach. Learn how to tailor your messaging, connect with different audiences and use insights to drive more yearbook sales.

Engage Your Audience and Sell More Yearbooks With Strategic Marketing

Build a stronger strategy with the "Engage Your Audience and Sell More Yearbooks With Strategic Marketing" Yearbook Suite unit. Learn key marketing principles, how to plan your outreach and simple tactics to connect with your audience and increase sales.

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Market to Students

Reach the audience closest to your book. Discover ways to connect with students through school promotions, peer influence and content that gets them excited to buy.

Market to Parents

Communicate the value of the yearbook at home. Learn how to reach parents with messaging that highlights memories, milestones and the importance of preserving the school year.

Market to Businesses

Build partnerships that support your program. Explore strategies for selling ads and connecting with local businesses in a way that benefits both your yearbook and your community.

Reach Spanish Speakers

Expand your reach with Spanish-language marketing tools. Use ready-made translations to promote your yearbook and connect with more families.

Build Your Team

A great yearbook starts with a great team. Set your marketing manager up for success and recruit a staff that can help plan promotions, increase sales and keep your momentum going all year.

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