The Integrated Marketing Communications Bundle
Courseware and Simternship™ make the perfect pair to teach students the foundation and skills needed to create a cohesive and impactful campaign.
The Integrated Marketing Communications Bundle packs time-saving, resource-rich courseware with a powerful hands-on Simternship for students. With annually updated materials created by educators and industry experts, the Integrated Marketing Communications Bundle is built with you and your students in mind.
A REVOLUTIONARY
Simternship
Give students the opportunity to integrate a marketing campaign in a real-world setting. With the IMC Simternship, each student has the opportunity to target specific audiences, develop effective positioning, and create a unified communication strategy by working as a marketing manager for a fictitious company called Buhi Supply Co.
The Integrated Marketing Communications Simternship Rounds
In this Simternship, students get hands-on, practical experience by assuming the role of marketing manager at Buhi Supply Co., a fictitious company. Their goal is to increase the reach of the company's smart luggage line by executing a two-year-long stream of campaigns that will be reassessed every quarter. Students will determine at which phase of the marketing funnel to target selected audiences. They will also create and optimize positioning statements using the information and budget provided.
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Round 1
Students market the value of the Buhi luggage line to new customers.
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Round 2
Students continue to market the Buhi luggage line by further campaigning to meet objectives by the end of the year.
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Round 3
Students continue to market the Buhi luggage line by further campaigning to meet objectives by the end of the year.
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Round 4
The smart luggage line starts to make an impression on consumers. Students continue to campaign.
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Round 5
The smart luggage line starts to make an impression on consumers. Students continue to campaign.
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Round 6
Students experience a steady increase in sales and are tasked with continuing marketing efforts to support the trend.
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Round 7
The marketing campaign efforts are producing positive results; students are tasked with continuing this trend.
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Round 8
As the two-year campaign comes to an end, students continue to work to reach the goal by the end of the year.
"We all need real-world experience, and not being able to have that and walking into a job can be frustrating for students and new hires. This [courseware] was written to really show a marketer how to develop, implement and measure a marketing campaign. It's giving [students] the skills they need to walk out the door and get those jobs."
Integrated Marketing Communications author Dr. Diane L. Law
“We all need real-world experience and not being able to have that and walking into a job can be frustrating for students and new hires. This [courseware] was written to really show a marketer how to develop, implement and measure a marketing campaign. It’s giving [students] the skills they need to walk out the door and get those jobs.”
Integrated Marketing Communications author Diane L. Law
Key Learning Objectives
Over the course of eight rounds, students will have the opportunity to
Analyze target market personas
Select at which stage of the marketing funnel to target audiences
Implement the right marketing mix for selected audiences
Allocate quarterly budgets and analyze metrics to determine the best campaign strategies
Feels built-in, not bolted on
Micro Module: AI in Marketing
Included for FREE with any Stukent Marketing Simternship or courseware!
The Micro Module: AI in Marketing is designed to complement any marketing course. Whether you’re teaching marketing principles, digital marketing, SEO, social media, or other topics, this module adds powerful, up-to-date AI activities to your curriculum.
Stukent Simternships™:
Employ Students
in Career-Relevant Learning
A Stukent Simternship is a career-relevant, work-integrated learning experience that helps your students connect classroom concepts to real-world tasks.
In a Simternship, students become marketing managers, PR officers, entrepreneurs, SEO specialists, accountants, and more. They will interact with simulated supervisors and coworkers, perform realistic tasks, and build their confidence within the safety of a simulated environment.
Integrated Marketing Communications
Building the Brand
Integrated Marketing Communications — design, implement, and evaluate a successful marketing campaign.
This dynamic courseware truly bridges the gap between industry and academia, focusing on the skills students need to enter the workforce with confidence. Integrated Marketing Communications by Diane Law underscores the steps needed to implement a successful marketing campaign across multiple channels.
About The Author
Dr. Diane Law
A senior marketing executive, marketing consultant, entrepreneur, educator, and author, Diane Law is noted for developing top-level marketing professionals and high-performance, market-driven enterprises.
Throughout a career with leadership roles in the private sector and experience as a professor in higher education teaching a variety of marketing courses, Diane has been sought out to drive business growth and advance the study and practice of marketing.
In her most recent position, Diane provides marketing direction and advisory consulting to Tuyo Ventures, an early-stage idea incubator specializing in raising equity funding to promote ideas that solve societal issues through technological solutions.
Diane has continued to advance the practice of marketing as an adjunct and associate professor of marketing with various universities in California. She recently earned a DBA in marketing from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.
Diane currently resides in the Charlotte metro area in North Carolina, where she remains active in a variety of business, educational, and civic endeavors.
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Table of Contents and Key Learning Objectives
Over the course of 13 chapters, students can expect to:
- Exhibit an in-depth understanding of the integrated marketing communications functions and their role in marketing strategies
- Perform a situation analysis and propose appropriate IMC tactics and strategies for a product or service
- Create a company IMC campaign that includes both traditional and digital marketing tactics
- Evaluate the effectiveness of an IMC campaign
Chapter 1: What Is Integrated Marketing Communications?
Chapter 2: Developing a Successful IMC Campaign
Chapter 3: Understanding the Marketer
Chapter 4: The Creative Process
Chapter 5: Marketing Communications Mix
Chapter 6: IMC Channels: Advertising
Chapter 7: IMC Channels: Public Relations
Chapter 8: IMC Channels: Digital Marketing
Chapter 9: IMC Channels: Direct Marketing
Chapter 10: IMC Channels: Broadcast Media
Chapter 11: IMC Channels: Print Media and Out-of-home
Chapter 12: Implementing the Campaign
Chapter 13: Measuring Campaign Success
Hands-On Learning without the Hassle
Stukent Simternships integrate with your favorite LMS platforms
Single Sign-On
Grade Book Syncing
Deep Linking
Rostering
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A Stukent course consultant will verify you are an instructor and send you an email to set up your account.
Take a Look at the IMC Simternship
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Fill Out the Order Form
When you’re ready to start using the simulation, a course consultant will help you fill out an order form.
Related Courses
The Integrated Marketing Communications Bundle
Courseware and simulation make the perfect pair to teach students the foundations skills needed to create a cohesive and impactful campaign.
The Integrated Marketing Communications Bundle packs time-saving, resource-rich courseware with a powerful hands-on simulation for students. With annually-updated materials created by educators and industry experts, the Integrated Marketing Communications Bundle is built with you in mind.
Mimic IMC
Give students the opportunity to integrate a marketing campaign in a real-world setting. With Mimic IMC, students have the opportunity to target specific audiences, develop effective positioning, and create a unified communication strategy by working as a marketing manager for a fictitious company called Buhi Supply Co.
Over the course of 8 rounds students will have the opportunity to
Analyze target market personas
select where to target audiences in the marketing funnel
implement a correct marketing mix for selected audiences
allocate quarterly budgets and analyze metrics to determine best campaign strategies
The Integrated Marketing Communications: Building a Brand
Integrated Marketing Communications, Design, implement and evaluate a successful marketing campaign.
This dynamic courseware truly bridges the gap between industry and academia, focusing on the skills students need to enter the workforce with confidence.
Integrated Marketing Communications by Diane Law focuses on the steps needed to implement a successful marketing campaign across multiple channels.
Updated every year
with a lifetime access for students
100+ resources
Case studies, lecture slides, exams, lesson plans and more
Virtual TA assistant
with a 96% customer service satisfactory rating
Chapter 1: What is Integrated Marketing Communications
Chapter 2: Developing a Successful IMC Campaign
Chapter 3: Understanding the Marketer
Chapter 4: The Creative Process
Chapter 5: Marketing Communications Mix
Chapter 6: IMC Channels: Advertising
Chapter 7: IMC Channels: Public Relations
Chapter 8: IMC Channels: Digital Marketing
Chapter 9: IMC Channels: Direct Marketing
Chapter 10: IMC Channels: Broadcast Media
Chapter 11: IMC Channels: Print Media and Out-of-home
Chapter 12: Implementing the Campaign
Chapter 13: Measuring Campaign Success
26 lecture slides
13 lession plans
13 assignments
13 auto-graded quizzes
100+ more resources
Request Free Instructor Access
A Stukent course consultant will verify you are an instructor and send you an email to set up your account.
Take a Look at the Mimic IMC Simulation
To make sure you don’t miss any features, we suggest you have a course consultant show you around the Mimic IMC simulation.
Fill Out the Order Form
When you’re ready to start using the simulation, a course consultant will help you fill out an order form.
About The Author
Diane Law
A senior marketing executive, marketing consultant, entrepreneur, educator, and author, Diane Law is noted for developing top-level marketing professionals and high-performance market-driven enterprises.
Throughout a career with leadership roles in the private sector and experience as a professor in higher education teaching a variety of marketing courses, Diane has been sought out to drive business growth and advance the study and practice of marketing.
In her most recent position, Diane provides marketing direction and advisory consulting to Tuyo Ventures, an early-stage idea incubator specializing in raising equity funding promoting ideas that solve societal issues through technological solutions.
Diane has continued to advance the practice of marketing as an adjunct and associate professor of marketing with various universities in California while recently earning a DBA in Marketing from Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Ariz.
Diane currently resides in the Charlotte metro area in North Carolina where she remains active in a variety of business, educational, and civic endeavors.