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The space that helps you arrive at the answer.
As an education business leader you’re making marketing decisions every week.
But if you’re honest, you probably don’t know (or have the time to figure out!) which ones are actually working.
That’s where most people get stuck.
The Control Room, run by the senior education marketing strategists at our agency, is a members-only service designed to help you get unstuck.
Join a free no obligation Control Room taster webinar and experience for yourself the kind of help and support the service provides.
Hope to see you there!
Bryan Plumb, CEO
Tuesday 12th May 2026
🕚 11am-12pm GMT
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"The Control Room gives us the space to pause, reflect, and see our work with fresh eyes...It’s been incredibly valuable, with just the right balance of challenge and energy."
The hidden risk inside most education companies
In many edu organisations marketing evolves organically.
A campaign here, a webinar series there, some paid advertising, perhaps some content activity.
Individually these things look sensible.
But this isn’t a strategy.
You marketing spend is growing without a clear view of what is actually driving adoption.
None of this happens because teams are careless. It happens because the schools market is unusually difficult to navigate.
- Teachers are not typical buyers.
- School leaders are cautious decision makers.
- Buying cycles are slow and often invisible.
Without deep sector experience it is easy for even capable teams to spend time and budget on activity that never really moves the needle.
And from the leadership perspective that creates a worrying blind spot.
In this conversation between Emma Halder, co-founder of Rockerbox, and Bee Digital, discover how Rockerbox’s marketing to schools was transformed with Bee Digital’s marketing expertise.
Meet James Sims, Director and CEO of The Everlearner, who shares how Bee Digital played a pivotal role in their growth story.
What if you had….
A strategic perspective from outside the business?
The Control Room exists to give education business founders a clearer view of how to most effectively spend their time and money on marketing.
It is not a training programme.
It is a strategic environment where companies selling to schools gain access to the patterns emerging across real campaigns.
Inside the training room we unpack what is happening across the sector.
- Live monthly group training focused on marketing that gets results
- School-market insight pulled from current client work
Alongside this, members have access to our senior agency team through private 1:1 office hours.
This is where senior leaders and marketing teams can step back from the noise of day-to-day activity and sense-check important decisions in a closed door space.
Sometimes the conversation confirms the path you are already on.
Sometimes it highlights a blind spot.
Either way, the goal is simple: Better marketing decisions before budget is committed.
Got a question?
Most members attend the monthly group session and book an office hours session each month. The aim is to provide useful input without adding a heavy time commitment.
Both. Many companies join because the marketing team wants guidance, while the founder or CEO wants greater confidence in the company’s marketing direction. The Control Room provides insight that strengthens decision making at both levels. All are welcome at every session.
Common topics include positioning, messaging, campaign strategy, lead generation, and understanding how schools evaluate products. Many discussions focus on whether a marketing approach is likely to work before time and budget are committed to it.
Many companies lose budget through trial and error in the schools market. By reviewing ideas, campaigns, and strategy with Agency specialists who work across the sector, teams can identify stronger approaches earlier and avoid committing resources to weaker ones.
Every company selling to schools is different, but many of the patterns around messaging, positioning, and campaigns repeat across the sector. The aim is to show how those patterns work so you can adapt them to your own product.
That is entirely optional. Some founders attend regularly because they want direct visibility of marketing strategy. Others prefer their marketing team to participate and bring back insights when relevant to leadership decisions.
Yes. Control Room membership is company-wide for employees using the same corporate email domain. This allows marketing, sales, and leadership team members to attend where useful.
In many cases a single strategic correction can easily offset the cost. If a conversation helps a team reposition a campaign, avoid a weak marketing channel, or focus budget more effectively, the financial impact can be significant compared with the cost of membership.
No. This is a monthly subscription service. You can cancel anytime.
