CLASSIFICATION OF MODERN MODELS FOR DETERMINING FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL BRAND

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This article analyzes modern models in order to identify the key factors influencing successful education brand management. Educational institutions should focus on a number of factors when managing their brands, such as curricula, academic achievements, student and staff satisfaction, as well as social responsibility. The article discusses modern brand management and marketing approaches, especially methodologies used in digital marketing, student relationship management, and brand strategy development. The article highlights the key components necessary for successful education brand management, such as brand identity, image maintenance, and competitive market research. Keywords: Education brand, Brand management, Digital marketing, Student satisfaction, Brand identity, Brand image, Modern brand management. Introduction: In today's education sector, successful brand management creates a competitive advantage for higher education institutions. An educational brand is not just a university's external image or logo; it reflects the quality of education, its scientific potential, its relationship with students and staff, and the content of the educational process as a whole. Therefore, successful management of an educational brand is necessary to ensure the long- term success and global competitiveness of an educational institution. The article discusses the main factors and modern models affecting educational brand management, in particular, issues of brand identity, image, student satisfaction, digital marketing, and competitiveness. Through this analysis, the aim is to identify successful approaches to educational brand management and provide practical recommendations. Main part: An educational brand is a single vision that reflects the unique characteristics, values, and mission of a university or educational institution. Brand management plays an important role in ensuring the long-term success of an educational institution. This process does not depend only on the external appearance or marketing, but also includes the quality of education, curricula, scientific research, relationships with students and other internal factors. It is 129 SOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMY International scientific-online conference important to use modern brand management models to identify the main factors in managing the educational brand. Modern brand management models include several approaches to creating a successful brand of educational institutions. Among them, such concepts as brand equity and brand identity play an important role. Brand equity represents the position of an educational institution in the market competition and its value in the perception of students, employees and partners. Brand identity reflects the unique features of the university, its curricula, scientific potential and other important aspects. All this is necessary to ensure the long-term success of the brand. Brand identity and image ensure the adaptation of the educational institution to market requirements, its attractiveness for students and strengthening of interaction with scientific partners. The university's logo, color palette, website and other visual elements play an important role in creating brand identity. Brand image reflects the overall appearance of the university and its position in the market competition. The brand image of an educational institution affects its relations with its student audience and scientific partners. Student satisfaction is one of the important factors of brand management. Students evaluate their satisfaction with the quality of education at the university, teachers, innovations in the educational process and the general educational environment. Increasing student satisfaction serves to strengthen the educational brand. Digital marketing, in turn, creates new opportunities for promoting the brand of an educational institution. Through social networks, websites and online advertising, a university can reach a wide audience and further expand the market. To increase competitiveness in the market of higher education institutions, it is necessary to apply modern brand strategies. Universities should include their scientific potential, quality of education, adaptation to student needs and social responsibility in their brand strategy. To increase competitiveness, the brand strategy should be aimed at meeting the needs and expectations of students. The use of methodologies in brand management allows for the systematic implementation of the brand strategy of an educational institution. In developing these methodologies, continuous communication and exchange of ideas between the institution's management, staff, students and other stakeholders is necessary. In the process of creating and developing a brand, the 130 SOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMY International scientific-online conference use of market analysis, the use of digital tools and methodologies for adapting t