What an alumni association website needs to do
Alumni are spread across the country and busy. Show the next reunion, a short news feed, a way to update contact details and a simple route to give or volunteer. Keep the design warm and personal.
Reunion planning is the biggest driver of traffic. A page for each reunion year with date, location and how to register, written by your team, gives attendees one place to look and cuts down on emails.
People searching for an alumni association usually decide in seconds. Your site should answer the questions below before they have to ask.
See reunion details
Dates and register
Update your contact info
Short form
Give back
Donation link
Volunteer
Short form
Timing matters. Homecoming, reunion years and year-end giving drive traffic.
The pages an alumni association website needs
An alumni association site does not need dozens of pages. It needs the right few, each doing one job:
- ✓Home with reunion banner
- ✓Events and reunions
- ✓News and stories
- ✓Give and volunteer
- ✓Contact
Need a page for every service or town you cover? The larger packages give you room to grow.
Mistakes we see on alumni association websites
- ✓Reunion info scattered
- ✓No update path
- ✓No giving path
Getting found: SEO basics for an alumni association
- ✓School and alumni — "Lincoln High alumni association"
- ✓Reunion pages
- ✓Giving page
Cheap Cheap Websites sets up the essentials on every build, and Monthly SEO adds new pages every month when you are ready.
Sample sites that could be yours
These are real samples we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words.
What an alumni association website costs
Most alumni associations fit Business Plus: $989 one-time for up to 20 pages, because they need a home page, an events page, a news page, a give-and-volunteer page and a contact form. Websites are priced one-time, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
What we ask an alumni association for
We will ask for events, news, giving links, volunteer roles and how updates should reach you.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
Websites for related businesses
Community centers · Historical societies · Booster clubs · PTAs and parent groups
Planning guides and features
What a alumni association website costs · Alumni association website launch guide · Event registration for alumni associations
