This activity is a variation of the Marketing Ethics Game (also available of Great Ideas). But instead of a game, students review, discuss, and debate the 10 ethical and social dilemmas. In this situations, students will need to trade-off profits for ethical behavior, the customer experience, and staff satisfaction. Great for in-class discussions and debates.
Marketing Ethics Debate Topics Review the Teaching Activity
Students are presented with 10 mini brand personas for the hotel industry. Their task is to choose a buyer persona and map out their customer journey. A starting example has been provided as a guide.
Buyer Personas and their Customer Journeys Review the Teaching Activity
In this exercise, your students play the role of Creative Director and help McDonald’s design their creative messaging for a proposed new product. Unfortunately, the first idea presented was rejected and the agency needs to pitch another concept – which is where your students come in.
Designing the Central Creative Message Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students need to segment consumers – based on their comments, attitudes, and behaviors – using demographic, psychographic, and behavioral segmentation bases, to construct three different segmentation structures. Then they need to determine which segmentation structure is the best from a marketing perspective.
Using Different Bases for Market Segmentation Review the Teaching Activity
As we know, sales promotions and discounts are commonly used in supermarket channels. However, do they make a difference? In this activity, students examine different consumer motivations, using an excerpt from a focus group, to identify the type of consumer (segment) that are responsive to sales promotions and why – as well as identifying the long-term impact on a brand, if any.
Are Price Discounts Worthwhile? Review the Teaching Activity
This is a free marketing game that requires students working in teams to design their own pizza store and compete with other student groups. Available in an interactive and non-interactive version. Ideal for teaching the full marketing mix.
Pizza Store Design Game Review the Teaching Activity
This is a very simple and fun (and free) marketing game that can be understood quickly and played within 30 to 45 minutes – ideal for all student cohorts.
Restaurant Pricing Game Review the Teaching Activity
In this task, students download and use the customer journey map (CJM) Excel template to develop CJM’s for different personas.
Creating Customer Journey Maps (Student Tool and Tasks) Review the Teaching Activity
In addition to the range of activities for teaching marketing, we also have lots of other marketing education games and sim games available.
Our Choice of Sim Games Review the Teaching Activity
Given the continued level of interest in the “new” Coke 1985 product replacement, this is a video-based student activity based upon the market factors leading up to the decision.
New Coke Case Study Video Review the Teaching Activity