Ideas and resources for teaching marketing
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 without considering trends in retail design, retailing itself, changing consumer … See the full activity...
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 the students comfortable engaging and interacting in class.
There are … See the full activity...
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 I have designed a simple SWOT generator that runs on … See the full activity...
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 launch TV commercial featuring Rob Lowe as the new Col. … See the full activity...
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 providing to your students for in-class activities, discussion exercises, role … See the full activity...
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 classroom and active learning environments.
Each activity contains its own instructions and spaces for … See the full activity...
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 it employs simulation, gaming and interactive e-learning functionality. The resource … See the full activity...
Here is the “advanced positioning marketing simulation game” now available for free download here…
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This is an extension of the initial game – so it has the same look and feel to students. However, it increases the complexity of decisions by introducing a number of new rule changes, such as:
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 Festival Strategy Exercise
The purpose of this exercise is for … See the full activity...
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 cannot maintain their existing marketing strategy. They need to be … See the full activity...
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 products and ask them to map them onto the PLC … See the full activity...
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 mobile phones or other Internet connected devices.
I have used … See the full activity...
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 not discuss how the game works – that is discussed … See the full activity...
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 to numerous marketing concepts and topics – making it an … See the full activity...
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 page. Please note that this linked page also includes … See the full activity...
You can download the free sim game here…
Key changes for 2020:
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 and ongoing marketing campaign from Pepsi.
Therefore, the following New … See the full activity...
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:
Student Activity
The student activity is based around a video for a brand of healthy drinks called “neuro”. The video shows the brand being promoted using a variety of promotional tools.
The goal of this activity is to simply get students to:
Real Burger World (or RBW as it later became known) was a small hamburger chain established in the UK in the early 2000’s. Despite a significant financial investment, professional management, the use of branding consultants, and extensive media coverage, the business did not prove to be viable and closed within a few years.
This case study is based upon … See the full activity...
