In this exercise, students go beyond the traditional marketing orientations and explore the emerging eras of experience, digital, relationships, and sustainability and ethics. A helpful activity for students to see where the field of marketing is heading.
Emerging Marketing Eras Review the Teaching Activity
In this task, students construct a new product evaluation scoring model and then assess a number of new product opportunities to determine whether the firm should go ahead and develop and launch the product. Great discussion exercise to understand the role of new product selection and prioritizing.
New Product Evaluation Challenges Review the Teaching Activity
A set of 100+random multiple choice questions on consumer behavior. They can be used for revision or to add to your own quizzes. Most questions are help reinforce CB theory with students.
Random Consumer Behavior Multiple Choice Questions Review the Teaching Activity
In this video-based task, students review an ad for McDonald’s UK where they are promoting their McCafé offering, as compared to visiting a “trendy” coffee shop. This is considered a classic case study for marketers as it clearly shows the concepts of positioning and differentiation.
In this classic case study students will explore WestJet’s Christmas Miracle campaign that went viral and gained significant earned media. This campaign helped to build emotional loyalty for the brand.
Classic Case Study: WestJet Christmas Miracle Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students explore Aldi supermarkets and their operations in the United States and how they managed to grow and become successful in the “generic” supermarket retailing sector.
Aldi Supermarkets Differentiation Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
This is a 2nd mini version of the Marketing Connections Puzzle Game, where students are presented with four mini puzzles. A great activity for reinforcing marketing definitions in a fun way.
Mini Challenging Marketing Connections Puzzle Game Review the Teaching Activity
This is a mini version of the Marketing Connections Puzzle Game, where students are presented with four mini puzzles, rather than one overall large puzzle. An easier and faster puzzle activity, depending upon your student cohort.
Mini Connections Puzzle Game Review the Teaching Activity
Students are provided with two debate questions, as well as some for and against points to get them started and thinking about the role and impact of shrinkflation. Debate are often a good method of generating a deeper understanding of a topic. Shrinkflation extends beyond just pricing, to brand management, promotion, ethics, customer trust, and profitability.
The Ethics of Shrinkflation: Debate Ideas Review the Teaching Activity
Students are presented with three scenarios where large brands or industries are expected to be more socially responsible. But is that the essence of marketing? Indeed, do we need to rethink the definition of modern-day marketing? This is a discussion task variation of the debate task of the same name.
Do Firms Have a Social Responsibility? (Discussion Task) Review the Teaching Activity