The Effective Way To Teach Digital Marketing

40,000 learners have used Simbound simulations to gain real-world experience in online marketing. Simbound offers experiential learning solutions that work every time.

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ONGOING RESEARCH

Evaluating the impact of game-based learning on university students' skills development - a cross-cultural analysis

This project, funded by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) will utilize the experimental approach to provide the first empirical evidence for Kuwait of the impact of game-based learning on students’ academic performance, digital skills development and motivation in the area of Digital marketing using a game simulation Simbound. No such data exists for Kuwait up to date.

Six Best-In-Class Simulations For Teaching Your Digital Marketing Course

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WEBSITE MARKETING SIMULATION

Launch Data-Driven Websites

Try the Website Emulator

Build feature-rich websites using our powerful online content editor. From there, consult a range of performance metrics and use various analytical reports to develop comprehensive insight into website performance. The topics we cover: SEO performance, Content management across audiences, Compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG), Dynamic product management, Cross-channel promotions & more!

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SEARCH ENGINE ADVERTISING SIMULATION

Manage Contextual Search Campaigns

Simulate Search Ad Campaigns

Easily set up pay-per-click advertising campaigns and fine tune the optimal placement for your ad properties. Manage a virtual budget and refer to industry standard performance metrics. Key decisions in this simulation are: Conducting A/B ad testing, Ad retargeting, Managing a stock of dynamic content for ads, analyzing reports, using data-rich dashboards with recommendations and more.

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EMAIL MARKETING

Engage and grow your audience

Tour the Email Simulation

Configure and send periodic marketing newsletters tailored to your virtual subscribers based on their expressed preferences. Track key performance metrics such as Open Rate, Click-Through Rate (CTR), Conversions, Purchases, and Profit to evaluate campaign effectiveness. Enhance newsletter content by leveraging AI tools that personalize subject lines, optimize send times, automate A/B testing, and improve design, thereby increasing engagement and relevance. Additionally, communicate updates from your online brand community and regularly announce ESG initiatives to foster engagement growth and strengthen subscriber connection with your brand.

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SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

Bring your Brand's Social Media to Life

Dive into Social Media Marketing Simulations

Practice organic interactions and paid social media presence in a dynamic and realistic learning environment. You can strategically manage and optimize your brand's social media presence to effectively engage multiple audience groups and enable meaningful interactions for members across platforms. By tailoring your messaging to diverse audiences you can simultaneously capture new interest, leads that will then enhance and fuel your future email marketing campaigns. Compete for followers, views and compare business results to other learners in this fast-paced simulated social media network.

Simbound Social Media Simulation Audience Report

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ONLINE BRAND COMMUNITY

Expand into community marketing

Level up your community manager skills

Step into the exciting and new world of online community marketing and management in this intricately fun, collaborative and game-like environment! Build and lead your own online brand communities by choosing from four awesome options: A Support community, A Marketplace, A ESG brand extension, and an Insight community to help uncover new trends in the market. Power up each community simulation with gamification features and team up with fellow community managers in your course to grow your brand affinity and try to take engagement of virtual members to the max.

Community management results in the Simbound simulation

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AFFILIATE MARKETING

Scale your online business with a new strategical approach

Expand into a low-cost & low-risk marketing medium

Stay ahead of competitors with this ongoing performance marketing simulation that you can use to maximize your business results. Not only will your website and offering gain in visibility but you will drive targeted traffic and obtain social proof by leveraging affiliate marketing campaigns. You can reward your top-performing affiliates with a bonuses and other success-based commission structures. This simulation allows marketing managers like yourself to decide on the sales attribution model and to save time on marketing efforts whilst tapping into a more diverse skill set that can help improve overall strategy and SEO.

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DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGY

Learn Complex Strategies

Experience a realistic, interactive scenario and gain valuable insight into digital marketing through an integrated simulation platform. Designed to offer a dynamic and personalized learning experience, and providing support for collaboration and presentation activities, Simbound has a host of customizable options allowing instructors to tailor the simulation to meet their student's specific learning needs.

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Rohim Mohammed

The Simbound simulation: University College Birmingham

"The Simbound simulation was used as part of an assessment strategy for a module on SEO and Digital Advertising. We chose the Simbound platform as it resonated well with what we were trying to achieve: exposing students to the world of SEO, how it works and can be managed by simulating market conditions and the environment. Students found this simulation extremely helpful saying how they found its application powerful in addressing the theory being taught in lectures."

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Serena Pasqualetto

Bridging the gap between theory and practice

"I have been using Simbound in my Digital Advertising laboratory. I have always struggled with making my students fully grasp the logic behind Paid Search. With Simbound, they were able to understand a bit better what it means to set up a search campaign for an e-commerce website and how to optimize it to improve profitability and gain more revenue. With some preliminary study and context, I think Simbound can be a nice tool to integrate in an e-commerce marketing course."

Trusted by students & professors from all over the world

All of the students in my course appreciated the simulation and the insights resulting from using it.

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Daniel Hoppe

Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach Cooperative University Germany

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    Around the clock availability and support

    Our bespoke AI-enabled support service is available 24/7, with the additional benefit of being doubled by experienced support professionals based in six time zones. You will receive the support you require at the exact time you require it.

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    Customize the content of your course

    The platform is the optimal solution for teaching digital marketing in the retail, hospitality, luxury, services and other domains. It can be tailored to align with the specific needs and nuances of different market environments.

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    The most capable simulation platform

    Digital marketing is all about connecting and collaborating. It's time to break down silos and start learning together! Teach new insights and improve students' grasp of digital marketing on a global scale.

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    Not another copy/paste product

    The initial digital marketing simulation platform, designed for the education and training sectors, is undergoing continuous improvement. We are grateful for your support in the development of new learning. 💚

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