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April 24, 2026

Marketing to College Students Without Being Creepy

The honest case for marketing to college students isn’t a clever targeting playbook — it’s a posture shift. Here’s what actually earns trust from an audience that grew up blocking ads.

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September 9, 2021

ThinkEDU Selects Proxi.id Academic Verification for Back-to-School and Beyond

We are excited to announce that ThinkEDU has selected Proxi.id to help verify academic enrollment, build lasting relationships with academic users, and maintain user privacy.

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June 10, 2021

What Is an Academic Program? (And How Brands Use Them)

Colleges and universities face challenges providing students with the skills and practical experience needed to be successful. Companies can fill gaps and drive student success.

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March 24, 2021

cleverbridge customers can now use Proxi.id to verify academic users

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with cleverbridge, the leading global subscription billing solution provider, to provide their platform customers with the ability to verify the academic status of millions of students, faculty, and staff worldwide.

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February 24, 2021

Tips to ensure your student promotion is a success

With the rapid rise of ecommerce, many of the tools and tactics used to promote student offers in store have moved online.

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November 23, 2020

A glimpse into data protection laws like the GDPR and CCPA

Data protection laws like GDPR and consumer privacy are a hot topic, and for good reason.

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November 15, 2020

Email domain verification – Simply not good enough

Email domain verification is a popular way for businesses to check a user’s academic status. Unfortunately, it’s a poor choice as a primary authentication mechanism.

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November 8, 2020

Why you should offer student discounts

Everyone wants to get the best deal they can on everything they buy. The Internet has made it easy to find a good deal.

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October 18, 2020

What marketers need to know about students

It might be tempting to assume that students are younger versions of your current customers, but this is far from the truth. Today’s college and university students are Generation Z and quite different from Millennials.

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