Nontraditional Homecomings – a Virtual Experience!

IllinoisStateHomecoming.com

E-vite

Downloads for Desktops and Mobile Devices

Mobile Alerts

Alumni Return Home Contest

Almost 450 alumni have updated or verified their contact information

Interactive Google Map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Facebook.svg

•1,222 average monthly users on Homecoming Facebook page

•68% female, 32% male

Watch Online

Increased page visits by 15 X’s since 2009

Online Voting for Student Royalty

Over ¼ of the student body participated(almost double the number that vote for student government)

Campus Web Integration

•15 Videos•4,000+ Views

Twitter

46% of Twitter users have a bachelor’s degree, an additional 17% have a graduate degree (isstrategylabs.com)

Photo Galleries

Almost 15,000 images captured

Text to Vote Campaigns

•Community Window Decorating 1,973 texts

•Vote the Float 4,465 texts

•Campus Decorating 21,663 texts

TOTAL TEXT VOTES28,101

Community E-Promotions

Enticing Involvement for Homecoming 2011

Web-based participation• 2010 Visits – 37,527 (new: 23, 721; returning: 13,806)• 1,925 visited using mobile device• Average time on site 0:02:03• Total page views 100,325• Facebook was our second highest referring page (next to the

University website)• 125 e-cards sent• 4,492 visits to our watch online page (within the last two

weeks of October!)• 647 votes cast for 2011 theme• HC video views on YouTube 26,780• HC Court voting – 5,209 (1/4 of the student body)

Questions?

Stephanie Epp, Ed.D.Executive Director, Alumni Relations

Illinois State University

saepp@IllinoisState.edu(309) 438-2586

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