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Marketing 101 Course

Learn to create strategies that are simple to implement and have huge returns, leading to your brand resonating with your customers. This 10-week course has been designed to equip you with the fundamentals of marketing and brand management from a South African perspective. With it, you’ll develop and implement customer-centric strategies that will get you guaranteed results.

“Thank you Team Red & Yellow for the knowledge. It’s only been a few months and I can see a difference in the way I think regarding advertising and marketing in the digital realm.”

Nadine Botes

Ogilvy – Senior Creative Specialist in Retail Marketing and Advertising

Become a digital professional, boost your career & get a Certificate that gives you recognition.

Gain industry-respected knowledge using the latest online learning techniques and expert-reviewed content. You’ll learn the fundamentals of brand positioning in a digital environment and how to use the right metrics to gather data and measure the performance of your brand or business.

What you’ll learn

  • A solid foundation in the fundamentals of marketing, strategy, and brand management
  • The knowledge and skills to make strategic decisions that are customer-driven
  • Big ideas and a clear, holistic picture of what is required for brand success
  • How to use the right metrics to gather data and measure the performance of your brand or business.

This course is perfect for:

  • Individuals who want to enter the world of marketing
  • Businesses who want to equip their people with the know-how to be effective marketers
  • Entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level, but need to master marketing skills to expand their customer base
  • Anyone in aligned areas like PR, sales, and advertising who needs to understand marketing fundamentals
  • Young creatives and fresh grads looking to empower themselves with relevant, up-to-date marketing skills

Studying this course will equip you with fundamental, up-to-date & relevant marketing skills.

This course is ideal for people who want to understand marketing, and gain tools to find creative solutions to business problems.

Our lecturers have spent decades working in the industry and know what it takes to make your marketing soar.

Be recognised with an industry centric Red & Yellow certificate, giving you a blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills.

Red & Yellow courses are made to future-proof your career

Our courses are designed to accelerate opportunities and give a boost to your CV. Top businesses across industries recognise Red & Yellow graduates as having the practical skills and the theoretical background to hit the ground running with confidence and creative flair.

  • An industry-sought-after Certificate of Completion from Red & Yellow
  • Original, relevant, and constantly updated content
  • An interactive online learning experience that includes videos, live chat sessions, forum discussions, and more

Our courses are both current and relevant to the South African context.

Applicable, practical assignments:

  •       So that you can apply what you’re learning to your everyday work life, and your specific business challenges.

Discussion Forums and Chat sessions:

  •       Helping you develop your professional network.
  •       Hosted by your coach, lecturer, or subject specialist.
  •       Ideal opportunities to discuss the content and get answers to all your questions.

Personalized feedback:

  •       Tailored to your individual strengths, and opportunities for personal improvement.

A dedicated team:

  • Acting as your “virtual” support crew whose only focus is to help get you over the finish line.

Course curriculum:

Meet your team:

This course was created by, and benefits from, our full-time lecturers’ years of experience in the field – both in lecturing and in industry. They know how to nurture talent and bring out the best in students, resulting in many award-wins over the years.

Carmen Schaefer
Head of Academics

  • 20 years in education
  • Academic Team leader at Red & Yellow
  • Authors the annual employability report
Professor John Simpson

Prof John Simpson
Knowledge Partner

  • BSc, MBA, PhD.
  • Former UCT Graduate School Director.
  • Published books, documentaries, founded institutes.
Dr Caitlin Ferreira

Dr Caitlin Ferreira
Lecturer & Knowledge Partner

  • Adjunct Assoc. Prof.
  • Teaches Marketing at UCT & in Sweden.
  • Research consultant with a passion for education.
Red & Yellow Creative School of Business

About Red & Yellow

Creative thinking is the most important skill. Artificial Intelligence and robots are going to replace some of the jobs we know today.

Red & Yellow is the business school where talented people go to develop the career skills they need to thrive in this digital world.

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