New Brunswick - Marketing 12

Strand: Fundamentals

Big Idea: Background Information

Skill Descriptor:

Compare the development over time of marketing methods and activities.    

Achievement Indicators:

Describe the changes in marketing method due to growth of information technology.

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Big Idea: Getting Started

Skill Descriptor:

Demonstrate the importance of market research to a business.   

Achievement Indicators:

Describe the use of data mining to gather consumer information

Examine tools and techniques that can be used to identify consumer and market data.

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Skill Descriptor:

Explain how marketing influences consumers and competition.   

Achievement Indicators:

    Examine buying behaviour and decision-making process.

    Summarize the factors that motivate purchasing decisions.

    Explain how marketing affects competition between products.

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Strand: Strategies

Big Idea: Decision-Making

Skill Descriptor:

Analyze product distribution decision-making.

Achievement Indicators:

Explain how products are positioned in terms of demographics and lifestyles.

Describe the characteristics of effective packaging and labelling.

Examine the importance of branding.

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Strand: Trends and Challenges

Big Idea: Societal Influences

Skill Descriptor:

Describe how societal factors relate to marketing.

Achievement Indicators:

    Examine how changes in information technology influence marketing.

    Identify the processes that empower consumers to express feedback

    Explore the role of celebrity endorsements and influencers in modern marketing.

    Describe an effective marketing campaign.

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Strand: Making Connections

Big Idea: Digital Influences

Skill Descriptor:

Interpret the effects of changes in information technologies on marketing strategies

Achievement Indicators:

  Summarize changes in marketing influenced by advancements in technology.

  Investigate the significance of branding.

  Analyse the role of social media in the development and marketing of a product or service.

  Explore the use of mining data as a source of marketing information.

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Big Idea: Data Literacy

Skill Descriptor:

Analyze how data is used in the marketing process

Achievement Indicators:

    Describe how data collection, visualization, and interpretation reflects consumers’ worldview.

    Explore how social media uses consumer information.

    Examine the concept of mining data through the lens of a consumer.

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