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
In this task your students will help a firm decide on the best sales funnel structure to use. There are competing approaches to consider, put forward by two senior members of the marketing team. They both think that they are right and their sales funnel configuration is the best – can your students help them decide?
Fixing the Sales Funnel 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
This case study examines Bud Light’s trans influencer campaign from April 2023. It covers all the key points and highlights multiple marketing lessons, including brand management and adopting to DEI issues.
Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity we are going back to 2009 when Tropicana underwent a significant packaging redesign that did not go as planned. Although this occurred a number of years ago, it is a “classic” case study that all marketing students and practitioners should be aware of. It is especially useful for understanding the importance of packaging, branding, and what drives customer loyalty and repeat (habitual) purchases.
Tropicana’s Packaging Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
In 2023 Pepsi announced its first logo redesign in 15 years, to coincide with their 125th anniversary. And while Pepsi are very excited about their new design, your students will need to address whether the new logo is better and whether it even matters for an iconic brand like Pepsi?
Pepsi Changes Its Logo Review the Teaching Activity
In this simple, but quite challenging, exercise students classify ads into the categories of informative, persuasive, and reminder advertising. This is a great task to help students distinguish between these somewhat confusing differences. The “need” for reminder style advertising is also explored.
Informative, Persuasive, or Reminder Advertising? Review the Teaching Activity
In this task students explore the gap between the consumer’s actual and desired states and its role in triggering need/problem recognition. A series of 8 print ads are used and the exercise also provides introductory information and also touches on low and high purchase involvement.
Desired vs Actual States Review the Teaching Activity
Students will analyze 10 print or billboard ads – considering attention, central messaging, perception, target audience, brand positioning fit, and likely sales impact. A great exercise for students to start thinking like analytical marketers, rather than passive consumers.
Analyzing Advertising Effectiveness Review the Teaching Activity
Do you have students asking “What area of marketing should I go into?” It’s a common question for students nearing the end of their studies. Well, here is the solution – a quiz that sorts students into one of 24 profiles and then provides a summary of their work preferences and traits, along with suggested marketing specializations that they should pursue. A great -in-class or take home exercises.
Quiz: What Area of Marketing are You Most Suited For? Review the Teaching Activity