1-24: Check Yourself 1. Value-based marketing isn’t just about low
price; it is also about creating strong products
and services.
2. Marketers are steadily embracing new
technologies, such as social and mobile
media, to allow them to connect better with
their customers and thereby serve their needs
more effectively.
Additional Teaching Tips
In this chapter, the goal is to provide an overview of marketing and encourage students to think
about the specific aspects of the marketing mix.
Place is one of the most difficult concepts for students because it is largely invisible to them as
consumers. They touch hard goods, experience services, view and hear promotions, and pay for
what they buy, but it can seem that products almost appear magically. One recent trend among
environmentally conscious consumers is to seek out products produced within a 100-mile radius
of their hometowns. Buying these products reduces costs and detrimental environmental effects
by reducing emissions associated with transportation and storage. Students should visit local
grocery markets, identify goods, and investigate how far the products traveled (and by what
means) to reach the store’s shelves. From this experience, a rich discussion of both distribution
decisions and marketing’s impact on society can evolve.
To make the eras of marketing clear to students, divide the class into groups with each group
assigned to a specific era. Ask the students to identify a business that adheres to their assigned
era in terms of its business philosophy and approach. They should present the business to the
class with evidence of the business’s philosophy. Each brief presentation should include an
assessment of whether the orientation is appropriate to the business given its competitive
environment, target audience, and positioning strategy and if not, what orientation would be best.