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1 One Million Strong. The SchoolFinder Group Media Kit SchoolFinder.com ScholarshipsCanada.com StudyinCanada.com GradSchoolFinder.com

2 About Us Helping students find schools and schools find students. Message from the CEO Over the last 20 years we have helped hundreds of thousands of students find the right school. And we have helped hundreds of schools find the right students. All of this is tremendously gratifying after all there is no higher calling than making an impact on a student s life. Having said that, it still amazes me to see the number of students whose lives may not have been impacted. In our annual secret shopper survey, more than 20% of the colleges and universities surveyed did NOT respond to the requests for more information sent by our secret shoppers. The Economist states, in it s Higher education marketing trend predictions for 2015 blog post, that students want more sincere and valuable communication. We couldn t agree more, but at the very minimum, they need a response. Towards this end, we have designed some new services that will help specifically, curated content and nurture campaigns. If you are interested in reaching students in a relevant and cost effective fashion we can help. We look forward to working with you, and sincerely want you to get the most out of your marketing dollars and the services we provide in The SchoolFinder Group. Chris Wilkins, CEO & Founder THE IM PORTANT THING IS NOT TO STOP QUESTIONING. CURIOSIT Y HAS ITS OWN REASON FOR EXISTIN G. President and CEO About Us A Global Network The EDge Advantage Lead Generation Brand Visibility Targeted Communication Annual Package Options Service Costs Contact Us The SchoolFinder Group The SchoolFinder Group is not just a group of websites. We are a dedicated team of professionals who are passionate about education. With 20 years of industry experience working with hundreds of institutions worldwide, we are the experts in online marketing and recruitment. As the goto resource for higher education, we have the privilege of connecting with students online and offline through high school visits, regional fairs, and online webinars. Counsellors and parents use our sites as trusted resources when guiding their students. Our partnerships with leading education publications, industry associations, and the higher education community allow us to spread our message across Canada and around the world. 35 high school presentations 22 online webinars Counsellor magazines in all high schools across Canada 20 education fairs coast to coast 58,000 social media followers Counsellor magazines in all high schools across Canada 2 The SchoolFinder Group Media Kit

3 A GLOBAL NETWORK DEMOGRAPHICS A Global Network Mobile Devices By the Numbers Top Fields of Study 1,200,000 13,700,000 31% 2,000,000 50,000 48% 11,500 $176,000,000 International InternationalMembers Members by Country 1. USA Canadian DomesticMembers Members by Province 1. Ontario Canadian study location of interest USA Nigeria NigeriaIndia India Pakistan Pakistan United Kingdom 5. Kingdom 6. UnitedPhilippines Philippines Ghana Ghana China China Bangladesh Bangladesh Kenya 10. Kenya OntarioBritish Columbia British Columbia Alberta AlbertaNova Scotia Nova Scotia Manitoba Manitoba Quebec QuebecSaskatchewan Saskatchewan New Brunswick New Brunswick Newfoundland Newfoundland Prince Edward Island 10. Edward Island 11. PrinceYukon Territories Northwest Territory 13. Nunavut ON MARITIMES BC ANY AB QC SK MB 26% 17% 12% 11% 9% 6% 5% 4% members visitors / year sign ups / month 4 The SchoolFinder Group page views 1. Medical & Health 2. Humanities & Language 3. Community Services 4. Business Administration 5. Research Sciences 6. Computer Studies & Mathematics 7. Engineering 8. Creative Arts 9. Business Marketing & Sales 10. Law mobile traffic school programs increase in mobile traffic in total scholarships Russ from Vancouver, British Columbia Grade 12 student with a 93% average Looking to pursue biology, starting September 2015 Highly interested in a university in Ontario International study location of interest UK 14% USA 15% CARIBBEAN 14% EUR 34% SINGAPORE 3% AUS, NZ 14% Media Kit

4 THE EDGE ADVANTAGE CLIENT PERKS CLIENT PERKS CUSTOMER SERVICE The EDge Advantage From comprehensive packages to year round support, we are committed to your success. As an extension of your own team, we keep a pulse on the industry, develop useful research materials, and provide best practices that are tailored for your school. Our resultsoriented approach ensures that you optimize your resources, accomplish your goals, and seamlessly align messages with your brand. Customer Service More than a website Our team provides hands on expertise and industry research to help you make smart recruitment decisions. With a variety of market research, reports, and analysis, we consult and support your team as the market changes. Strategic Planning Account Management Analytics & Reporting Secret Shopper Survey Analytics and Data Digital Advertising & Recruitment Trends Needs assessment Current initiative review Quarterly campaign planning Creative consultation Ongoing campaign coordination Industry best practices Detailed campaign reporting Monthly profile activity Research insights Prospect followup Best practices domestically and internationally Multiyear recruitment strategies Social media reports and trends amongst students Location of study reports Student and counsellor focus groups Early adopters of gamification Native advertising content embedded on our sites Responsive design across all platforms 6 The SchoolFinder Group Media Kit

5 LEAD GENERATION BUILDING YOUR PROSPECT POOL Lead Generation Finding the right student can sometimes feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. With the right recruitment tools, you can find the perfect match for your school. Our lead generation tools help put you in front of the students you re looking for. Using highly targeted and refined tools like LeadMatch TM and Dashboard Badges, you can seek out the right students and grow your prospect pool with qualified leads. InfoRequest TM is also a great tool for capitalizing on proactive students who visit your profile and would like to engage with you. LeadMatch Capture the attention of students investigating programs and degrees you offer. As students create profiles they optin to hear directly from you. Get the Scoop on Students Contact details Academic average Current school Level of interest in you Filter by: Level of study Degree type interest Location Program of interest Region of study interest 11,500 New sign ups every month. LeadPost TM Seamlessly importing your leads to your CRM or SIS. Dashboard Badges Have specific recruitment needs? Reach the right students for your programs with Dashboard Badges. By combining finite targeting with gamification, badges encourage students in our community to interact and build a relationship with your institution. Michelle from Toronto, ON Grade 11 student with an 80% average Looking to pursue political science, starting September 2016 Highly interested in a university in the United Kingdom 8 The SchoolFinder Group Media Kit

6 BRAND VISIBILITY CUT THROUGH THE THE CLUTTER Brand Visibility Looking to increase your brand visibility? Connect with over 1 million members and 2 million site visitors who are looking at school, scholarship, Looking to stand career out? Connect information with over 1 million members and 2 million site visitors who have education in mind. The SchoolFinder desktop, Group offers tablet, a variety and mobile of digital devices. marketing solutions to get you noticed by students on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Banners Featured Scholarships Newsletters & Native Advertising Featured Banners Scholarships Get Help the students word out who about want your to be events, in your hot classrooms programs, get there by upcoming highlighting deadlines, your financial and aid increase general opportunities. branding. Connect Communicate with students valuable by information communicating about your about school more with than themed just your articles cost throughout and the programs. recruitment season. Help Get the students word out who want to on be your in your school, classrooms hot get programs, there by upcoming highlighting your deadlines, scholarship and general opportunities. branding. 9,000 2 million visitors views / month 144x 13 million page more views visitors Advantages Geotarget Visible on all site pages Contenttarget Mobile site placement Programtarget Shared on multiple platforms 700,000 Canadian subscribers 200,000 international subscribers Advantages Yearround readership targeted readership Linked to school profile Shared on on social media 8,000 2 million views/month visitors 189x 13 million more page visitors views Advantages Mobile Geotargeting site placement Included Contenttargeting newsletters Visible Programtargeting on all ScholarshipsCanada.com site pages In total we received over 350 applications! The scholarship page was the fourth most visited page on our website for that month. I think that s a true testament to the great marketing efforts through ScholarshipsCanada.com Joel Longland Meridian Credit Union 10 The SchoolFinder Group Media Kit

7 Targeted Communication Personalized Connections Working "We conducted with The our SchoolFinder first webinar and Group is were amazing! surprised They that bring students so many within options our to city the took table part. to During support a our high recruitment school visit, efforts; one student hosting stated webinars, that because targeted of the webinar, campaigns, they will newsletters apply to UNBC." and more. All delivered with a focus on great customer Pam Flagel service and flexibility. We look forward Associate to Registrar improving Enrolment our recruitment Services efforts University with of support Northern from British the Columbia whole team at SchoolFinder. Megan Hartridge Eadvisor, Centre for Arts and Technology Targeted Communication Gain direct access to our growing community of over 1 million students, parents, and counsellors through targeted campaigns, nurture campaigns, and webinars. You can engage the right students through online marketing services yearround. Use targeted campaigns to build a relationship with students, parents, and counsellors. With 34 filter options, you can focus on the right audience from our 1 million member community. Detailed tracking and reporting is provided following the campaign deployment, so you can see opens and click throughs. Nurture Put your school directly in front of the right students as they join our community. With over 11,500 new community members a month, use our filters to build 1to1 relationships with highly engaged students as they start their search. Online Webinars Media Kit Interact Directly directly interact with registered participants including prospective students, counsellors, and parents. Engage with your exclusive audience audience through through interactive interactive poll questions, poll questions, panels, and chat, live and Q&A live Q&A sessions. sessions. With With detailed detailed postevent postevent reports, reports, you ll have the inside scoop on all registrants for tailored followup. About BPP University LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY UNITED KINGDOM 25% average open rate 5% opentoclick conversion 34 filter options YearRound communication 3060 minutes 26% 25% attendance rate 6 custom questions 12 The SchoolFinder Group Media Kit Kit

8 ANNUAL PACKAGE OPTIONS GREAT ROI PRICING SERVICE COSTS Annual Package Options Service Costs Client Perks LeadMatch TM Newsletters Basic $4,500 CAD Super Recruiter $7,500 CAD Integrated Ultimate $12,000 CAD $18,000 CAD Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Curated 12 Curated Client Perks Enhanced Profile Enhanced Profile InfoRequest TM Event Listing Profile Banners WebLinks TM SocialLinks TM Online Advertising Our proprietary advertising platform gives you the option to choose who sees your ad, ensuring your message is delivered to the right audience. Format Big Box Banner Leaderboard Banner Mobile Leaderboard Mobile Big Box Event Listing Size (w x h) px 300 x x x x 250 Text listing Max File Size 40k 40k 15k 30k Net CPM Rate $30 $37 $37 $37 $250 / month Options GeoTargeting ContentTargeting ProgramTargeting Expanding Creative Preroll Video Frequency Capping Banners or Nurture Featured Scholarships Dashboard Badges Choose 1 Campaign 5 (up to 100k impressions) 4 (up to 20k names) 2 Months 1 Badge (up to 5k impressions) 10 (up to 200k impressions) 6 (up to 40k names) 4 Months 2 Badges (up to 10k impressions) 20 (up to 300k impressions) 10 (up to 60k names) 8 Months 3 Badges (up to 15k impressions) Lead Generation Brand Awareness InfoRequest TM LeadMatch TM Dashboard Badges Banner Advertising Featured Scholarships Newsletter Articles Event Listing Targeted Communication Online Webinars Nurture The names in our SchoolFinder Group community are collected under strict CASL compliant optin guidelines and adhere to PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) and Bill C28 (FISA). Format HTML Landing Page Scholarship Alerts Newsletter & Native Advertising Format Article Setup $500 $1,000 $5,000 / month Image Size (px) 440 x 220 Net CPM Rate $200 Max Article Size 300 words Sort (2 Included) $10 / sort SchoolFinder.com $500 / issue Online Webinars Featured Scholarships Payperlead Size / Links 40k / 5 URLs Advertise in our monthly SchoolFinder.com newsletter that reaches Canadian students, parents, and counsellors or our quarterly StudyinCanada.com newsletter that reaches international students, parents, and agents. Using native advertising techniques, articles live as featured content on the SchoolFinder Group websites for 3 months after each publication is distributed. StudyinCanada.com $500 / issue Online Webinars Detailed Reporting 1 3 Monthly Monthly Online webinars are minute seminars that will allow you to directly interact with prospective students, counsellors, and parents. Sponsorship options are also available. Featured Scholarships prominently display your financial opportunity in front of our entire ScholarshipsCanada.com audience. Text listing can be viewed on all pages. Generate highly qualified student leads for your institution. Leads are targeted by region and program of interest. All students optin to hear from your directly. Offer page and Badge rates available. Exclusive Webinar $1,500 Featured Scholarship $750 / month Payperlead $50 14 The SchoolFinder Group Media Kit

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