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Chapter 15: Marketing Communications

Video Assignment: Pepe’s Pizzeria

Pepe’s Pizzeria is a popular restaurant located in Connecticut. The CEO discusses the thought

process behind their marketing strategy, how promotions work for Pepe’s and the general

location strategy that comes into play when opening new locations.

1. Pepe’s now has seven locations and is considered a Connecticut staple. At what stage in the

product life cycle is Pepe’s Pizzeria?

a. The introduction stage

b. The growth stage

c. The maturity stage

d. The decline stage

2. What type of media would this video be classified as for Pepe’s?

a. Earned media

b. Owned media

c. Paid media

d. Informative media

3. In the communication process, what are the protesters doing to Pepe’s?

a. Decoding a message

b. Choosing a message channel

c. Sending feedback

d. Creating noise for other Pepe’s customers

4. Telling people where the Pepe’s locations are and what the Pepe’s brand is about fulfills

which goal of promotion?

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a. Informing

b. Persuading

c. Reminding

d. Connecting

5. Giving away free pizza generates what kind of marketing buzz?

a. Selling

b. Publicity

c. Noise

d. Traditional

6. Social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, satisfy which goal of promotion?

a. Informing

b. Persuading

c. Reminding

d. Connecting

Case Assignment: Kraft Heinz Co.

In April 2015, Kraft Heinz Co. announced that they would be removing all artificial

“As we considered changing the ingredients of our classic Blue Box, we did so knowing

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In December 2015, Kraft delivered on its promise and their new and improved mac and

cheese hit store shelves, but they didn’t tell anyone it had happened. Instead of launching a

Kraft was worried that customers, particularly children, would perceive a difference in

the taste or texture of the new recipe mac and cheese even if there really was not one. This

“Anytime there’s a suggestion of what something should taste like, some aspect of taste,

In March 2016, three months after the change, Kraft launched their promotional

campaign, essentially calling it the “world’s largest blind taste test.” They invited customers to

The promotional mix also features a documentary-style two-minute online video; digital

display ads; promotions through Pandora online radio, Snapchat, and ESPN’s “SportsCenter”;

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Guidotti said the feedback has generally been positive since they made public the

December change to the formula, though there have been a few who say they did notice the

Kraft Heinz Co. is now among the growing list of companies eliminating artificial

Sources: D. Goldman, “Kraft Changed Its Mac & Cheese Recipe and Nobody Noticed,” CNN

Money, March 8, 2016, accessed October 17, 2016,

“Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50 Million Boxes Later,” The New York Times,

March 20, 2016, accessed October 17, 2016,

TRUE/FALSE

1. By offering a mac and cheese free of artificial flavors, dyes, and preservations, Kraft Heinz

Co. has given itself a competitive advantage over other mac and cheese manufacturers.

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-1 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

2. Kraft’s television commercials featuring Craig Kilborn are an example of interpersonal

communication as he speaks directly to the audience.

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-2 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

3. Kraft took a risk with their promotional strategy by waiting three months before announcing

the change because the strategy relied heavily on the element of surprise.

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PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-1 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

4. A mother sees Kraft’s television commercial and now plans to buy more mac and cheese

because her child already likes it and it no longer contains artificial ingredients. She correctly

decoded the message of Kraft’s communication.

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-2 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

5. Kraft is employing the push strategy with their marketing campaign.

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-7 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. By waiting three months to make the announcement about the change in formula and pointing

out that no one noticed the change, Kraft’s ads were able to call their customers to __________.

a. attention

b. interest

c. desire

d. action

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-5 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

2. A social media post by a customer claiming to have noticed a taste different in the mac and

cheese is an example of __________.

a. positive noise

b. negative noise

c. positive feedback

d. negative feedback

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PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-2 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

3. Kraft’s “It’s changed. But it hasn’t.” campaign is an example of __________.

a. paid media

b. earned media

c. owned media

d. both paid and earned media

e. both earned and owned media

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-4 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

4. Kraft employed the following tools in their promotional mix EXCEPT:

a. advertising

b. sales promotions

c. personal selling

d. social media

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-4 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

5. What stage is Kraft Mac and Cheese at in its product life cycle?

a. introduction

b. growth

c. maturity

d. decline

PTS: 1 OBJ: LO: 15-7 TOP: AACSB: Reflective Thinking

KEY: CB&E Model: Strategy MSC: BLOOMS: Level I Knowledge

Great Ideas for Teaching Chapter 15

James S. Cleveland, Sage College of Albany

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Discussion Board Topics to Encourage Participation

Discussion board questions provided to students to encourage them to engage in thinking and

writing about the content of the Principles of Marketing course usually take the form of a

provocative statement to which students are asked to respond. An example of this would be “All

PR is good PR.”

Discussion topics such as this one are abstract and often require that the instructor provide an

initial reply to show students what is expected of them in their own replies. For students with

limited work experience, this approach may be quite appropriate. For adult students with

extensive experience as employees and consumers, however, the abstract nature of such topics

can be frustrating.

I have developed, therefore, a series of discussion board questions to use with experienced, adult

students. These questions are designed to encourage them to use their experiences as employees

and consumers as doorways to better understand the course material, and to make their own

responses more interesting to themselves and to the other students in the class who will read and

comment on them.

Each question has three parts:

1. First, there is a sentence or two from the students’ textbook introducing the topic. By using

the text author’s own words, students are enabled to locate relevant material in the text

more easily, the text content is reinforced, and confusion resulting from use of variant

terms or expressions is minimized.

2. Second, there is a reference to text pages the students should review before proceeding.

Since the goal of the exercise is for students to apply the course content to their own

experiences, reviewing the content first is important.

3. Third, there is a request for the students to think about or remember some specific situation

in their experience to which they can apply the text material, and a question or questions

for them to address in their replies.

Here are additional discussion board questions developed for Chapter 15 of MKTG11. Each is

written to fit the same text cited above but could easily be rewritten and revised to fit another

text.

Series A

1. Integrated marketing communications is the careful coordination of all promotional

messages—traditional advertising, direct marketing, interactive, public relations, sales

promotion, personal selling, event marketing, and other communications—for a product or

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service to assure the consistency of messages at every contact point where a company

meets the consumer.

2. Review the information about IMC and the promotional mix from sections 15-6 and 15-7

of your text.

3. Then think about a product you have considered buying lately or one you recently bought.

What elements of the promotional mix were used for this product? Where they integrated?

How or how not?

Gary M. Donnelly, Casper College

Marketing Communication Process

The following is an activity that is used mostly in promotions class:

Select one advertisement from a magazine and one advertisement from a newspaper and evaluate

their effectiveness using the marketing communication process.

1. Identify the source.

2. How effectively and what methods were used in encoding the message?

3. What is the message and is it effectively stated? Is it a one-sided, two-sided, comparative

message, etc.?

4. What is the medium and how effective do you feel the magazine or newspaper would be in

getting the message across?

5. How would the audience translate the message sent by the source and would all readers get

the same meaning?

6. Who is the audience (target market)? Could there be other audiences other than the

intended target market?

7. What form of feedback does the source expect to get from its audience? Does the

advertisement do an effective job of communicating the type of feedback they want to the

audience?

8. Were there any hints of noise that might interfere with the communication process at any

stage?

9. Overall, how effective or ineffective will these advertisements be, and why or why not?

How would you improve the companies’ communication processes to make the

advertisements more effective?

Nancy M. Can, Community College of Philadelphia

Marketing in the News: Truthful or Biased Reporting?

Newspapers carry many articles concerning marketing, ranging from new product introductions

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Early in the term, assign students the task of collecting twelve marketing-related articles from

three different local, regional, or national newspapers. Make and distribute forms (to be attached

In class, have students who reviewed the same article check to see if they perceived the same

Students tend to enjoy this project, as it keeps them current on marketing issues, critical and

Michelle DeMoss, Stetson University

Are You a Promotional Message?

Promotional messages are ubiquitous, surrounding us through television, mail, computers,

Why is there so much emphasis on promotion in today’s marketplace? Savvy marketers know

that simply presenting a brand in promotional messages on a large number of occasions may

This exercise encourages students to experience the effects of promotions in their daily lives by

becoming still and observing the different types of promotional activities occurring around them.

Specifically, students are asked to:

1. Write down all of the possible mediums in which they are exposed to promotional

messages for one week. Make sure to have a class discussion concerning the possible

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Discussion should center around any shift in students’ perspective concerning the impact of

promotions on their own lives. An intriguing discussion that can takes place during the course is