Click here to go straight to the escape room challenge.
As you probably know, escape rooms are becoming a popular teaching technique for the classroom, with many students getting highly involved and motivated and having lots of fun learning and … Continue reading...
As most students would be aware, Toys R Us went into liquidation in 2018 closing virtually all their stores throughout the world.
Toys R Us were essentially a victim of failing to adapt to a significantly changing marketing environment. They maintained their large-scale supermarket retailing model for over 50 years … Continue reading...
Using a fun marketing trivia quiz is a great way to kick-start discussions and interactions in a week one class.
As you probably know all too well, one of the challenges of teaching a class in the early classes of a term is the building of student rapport and getting … Continue reading...
SWOT Analysis often becomes a quick group brainstorming approach with marketing students, rather than a discussion of what makes up a robust and detailed SWOT.
The other problem with SWOTs is that they are quite generic, often because students start with a “blank sheet”. To solve this problem … Continue reading...
In April 2017, KFC decided to introduce it’s Zinger chicken sandwich (burger) into its home American market. This is despite the product being available in KFC’s international markets for over 30 years, where it is KFC’s most popular product in 120 countries.
For this activity, students need to review the … Continue reading...
Following numerous requests, I have finally published the Practical Marketing Workbook in hard copy format, as well as a downloadable PDF file.
The workbook contains over 250 worksheet style activities (and more than 400 pages), ideal for copying and … Continue reading...
This workbook now has over 250 student activities designed in a worksheet form. This means that you can print or photocopy pages for students and use them in class as individual or group activities. It is an ideal resource for flipped … Continue reading...
Simbound is an online turnkey content creation and evaluation system developed to address the need of the modern digital marketing course leader which aims to go beyond a simple presentation centered approach with his or her course. Belonging to the experiential learning family of resources … Continue reading...
NOTE: Currently being upgraded (in January 2019)
Following the positive feedback on the marketing simulation game, I have decided to further develop the complexity of the game and introduce a more “advanced positioning marketing simulation game”.
This is an extension of the initial game – so it has … Continue reading...
This discussion activity is a variation of an existing exercise on this website, however it has been updated by the inclusion of an interactive spreadsheet to enable students to financially forecast the impact of this strategic decisions.
Here is a link to the spreadsheet… Music … Continue reading...
While many industries have been impacted by the Internet-era, the banking sector is an industry that has faced numerous environmental challenges. They have been impacted by new competitors, changing technology, record low interest rates, different consumer buying approaches, new distribution channels, and so on.
As a result, traditional banks … Continue reading...
New website dedicated to the product life cycle launched. It covers lots of theory, but also includes a free Excel template that enables students to quick map products onto the product life cycle curve.
This is ideal for simple activities or homework. You could provide them with a list of … Continue reading...
I have modified an existing activity on this website – perceptions of marketing – by converting it into a Kahoot online quiz.
In case you are not familiar with Kahoot (and probably other similar websites) it is a quiz or survey that students undertake live in class by using their … Continue reading...
This article discusses how the instructor can coordinate and manage the “logistics” of the marketing and positioning simulation game. This fun and engaging teaching activity is available for free download on this website – please see the article on the simulation game itself. Please note that this article does … Continue reading...
Note: Also refer to the base information on the Marketing and Positioning Simulation Game for lecturers, as well as the “how to play guide”.
While the simulation game is quick to learn and relatively simple for students to understand, it does provide an insight … Continue reading...
Welcome to the instructions on the Marketing and Positioning Simulation Game. This simulation game is designed for students of marketing, strategy, and business. Please note that the game is available for free download on this page… free marketing simulation game download … Continue reading...
Due to numerous requests, I have decided to develop and provide a free marketing simulation game for lecturers and instructors. One of the challenges of any simulation game is explaining, sometimes a complex set of rules, to students. Therefore, I have designed this simulation game to be simple and easy … Continue reading...
The first edition of the workbook, as discussed below, has been discontinued – click here to find out about the new 2nd edition (international version).
This workbook has over 200 student activities designed … Continue reading...
Given the continued level of interest in the “new” Coke 1985 product replacement, I decided to put together a video for a student activity based upon the lead up to the decision. As you and your students will see, there were limited options for Coca-Cola to pursue given the sophisticated … Continue reading...
KFC has introduced chicken flavored nail polish into their Hong Kong market. This new product (in 2016) is a significant extension to their brand. According to their publicity:
