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CBN Launches 3 Lead-Generation Portals
6/28/2007
The CollegeBound Network (CBN) has beefed up its higher education search and lead-generation services by adding threw new search sites: Top10ComputerSchools.com, TopCareerSchools and CanandianSchoolSearch.com.CBN's search services--browsed by more 1.5 million users--not only help prospective students narrow their search criteria when searching for higher education or professional training, but also help schools narrow their recruitment leads through finding students with education needs they can address.
- TopCareerSchools helps students seeking degree and certificate programs in professionals such as interior design, aviation and accounting.
- Top10ComputerSchools aims to serve continually growing demand for IT expertise by helping students find venues catering to the various niches in the tech professional, and helping schools market their programs to those students.
- CanadianSchoolSearch.com helps students searching for Canadian colleges and universities sift schools by program, location or school name. Program-specific search criteria include language schools, business, legal administration, communications, media/recording arts, culinary arts, science and engineering, design/animation, skilled trades and automotive, education, technology, health care/nursing and tourism and hospitality.
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