Social IMC


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There are many books out there on the theories behind the use of social media and mobile applications in marketing—but this is not one of them. Social IMC does not present broad theories; it provides strategies based on proven business models that have produced real-world results. Each strategy has been taught, tested, and developed by the author himself, and all are thoroughly explained in an easy-to-follow format that includes references to exemplary businesses from around the world. By the time you are done reading this book, you will be able to identify which strategy is best to use for each of your company’s high-value markets, and you will know what steps you need to take to successfully design, develop, deploy—and maintain—your own business’s social and mobile approach. A “how-to” guide for using social and mobile technologies to propel business profit and growth, Social IMC is sure to appeal to business executives and entrepreneurs worldwide, as well as to other types of organizational leaders. The strategies discussed in the text have been proven effective in a wide variety of models, including both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and companies targeting businesses or consumers on international, national, local, and hyper-local scales.




Social Media and Integrated Marketing Communication


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Social Media and Integrated Marketing Communication: A Rhetorical Approach explores social media in the areas of corporate identity, brand narratives, and crisis response from a rhetorical perspective. Key ideas in this text are social media as epideictic rhetoric—the rhetorical setting that deals with the present and matters of virtue and education—and how rhetorical decorum, a component of Cicero’s third Canon of Style, can guide organizations and their audiences toward more ethical and effective integrated marketing communication (IMC). This strategy emphasizes changing behavior, not just attitudes. Because social media leaves traces of communication that may be with us for the foreseeable future, Social Media and Integrated Marketing Communication frames the conversation about social media and IMC to move away from a risk/reward or a return on investment orientation and toward a focus on social media as communicative action that is attentive to this historical moment, to organizations and their audiences, and to communication ethics. Through this, Persuit asks how organizations can engage in decorum in their online IMC efforts while at the same time considering how their audiences can engage in decorum as well. Neither romanticizing nor demonizing the areas of social media and IMC, instead, this text offers a pragmatic understanding of these areas that finds a place in the theory of the communication discipline.




Integrated Marketing Communication


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Now in its second edition, this comprehensive text offers a classroom-tested, step-by-step approach to the creative processes and strategies for effective IMC. It also details changes in traditional advertising and marketing principles. Blakeman covers key areas, from marketing plans, branding/positioning, and creative briefs to copywriting, design, and considerations for each major media format. Throughout, she explores visual and verbal tactics, along with the use of business theory and practices, and how these affect the development of the creative message. This user-friendly introduction walks students through the varied strands of IMC, including advertising, PR, direct marketing, and sales promotion, in a concise and logical fashion. Several new chapters address the latest additions to the mix: Internet, social, mobile, and alternative media, plus guerrilla marketing. The text builds students’ skills in developing a creative idea, employing the correct message, and placing it appropriately—and will continue to serve as a handy reference to using the most effective communications approaches throughout their careers.




Corporate Communication and Integrated Marketing Communication


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In this book, Christina L. McDowell Marinchak and Sarah M. DeIuliis explore ways to unite corporate communication and integrated marketing communication (IMC ) by better understanding the human communication relationships people have with companies and brands in a technological age. Specifically, the authors analyze the historical development of corporate communication and IMC, the importance of rhetorically engaging audiences ethically, and the relationship between organizational culture and corporate communication and IMC practices. Drawing on a wide array of popular culture and industry examples, McDowell Marinchak and DeIuliis provide a practical approach and argument for bringing together corporate communication and IMC to better understand audience in business practices. In an age where the connection between consumption and identity are further compounded by communication technologies, this approach offers an ethical and pragmatic way to reach audiences beyond stakeholders. Scholars of communication, public relations, and business will find this book of particular interest.




Ebook: Advertising and Promotion


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Ebook: Advertising and Promotion




Integrated Marketing Communication


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This book is an up-to-date resource that shows students how to achieve their marketing objectives through a campaign that coordinates marketing, advertising, and promotion. It provides essential information about planning, implementing, and assessing a comprehensive marketing plan to help students appreciate integrated marketing communications as a business strategy. The author describes the processes and considerations needed to appeal to consumers, identifying how geographic segmentation, timing, competitive environments, and cost contribute to planning. He considers the integration of digital technology, such as social media platforms and mobile apps, and how these can be used for advertising, sales promotion, and public relations. The book’s concise, easy to read explanation of marketing components and their interconnected relationships is solidified by a series of visual summaries as well as examples and useful demonstrations. Students are given the opportunity to prepare their own integrated marketing communication plan based on consumer, product, and market research along with original creative materials and media spreadsheets. Students of marketing communication, advertising and promotion, and digital marketing will love this book’s abbreviated, but thorough format. An interactive companion website rounds out a stellar set of features that encourage quick understanding, participation, and utilization of IMC concepts.




Principles of Integrated Marketing Communications


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Marketing in the digital age poses major challenges for traditional and established practices of communication. To help readers meet these challenges Principles of Integrated Marketing Communications: An Evidence-based Approach provides a comprehensive foundation to the principles and practices of integrated marketing communications (IMC). It examines a variety of traditional and digital channels used by professionals to create wide-reaching and effective campaigns that are adapted for the aims of their organisations. This edition has been thoroughly revised and each chapter includes: case studies of significant and award-winning campaigns from both Australian and international brands that illustrate the application of explored concepts; discussion and case study questions that enable readers to critically evaluate concepts and campaigns; a managerial application section that illustrates how concepts can be applied effectively in a real situation; a 'further thinking' section that expands knowledge of advanced concepts and challenges readers to think more broadly about IMC.




Knowledge Management


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This book serves as a complete introduction to the subject of Knowledge Management (KM), and incorporates technical as well as social aspects, concepts as well as practical examples, and traditional KM approaches as well as emerging topics. Knowledge Management: Systems and Processes enhances the conventional exposition of KM with an in-depth discussion of the technologies used to facilitate the management of knowledge in large and small organizations. This includes a complete description of the theory and applications of the various techniques and technologies currently in use to manage organizational knowledge. The discussion of technology is at a level appropriate for the typical business administration graduate student or corporate manager. Special features:* Includes case studies of actual implementations of KM systems, including details such as system architecture * Contains numerous vignettes describing practical applications of KM initiatives at leading firms and governmental organizations * Provides a balanced view of knowledge management, while incorporating benefits and controversial issues, and both technology and social aspects * Extremely current, making extensive use of latest developments in, and examples from, the field of KM * Written by two proficient and recognized researchers in the field of KM.




Effective Digital Marketing for Improving Society Behavior Toward DEI and SDGs


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As the world continues to grapple with issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), organizations face numerous challenges in determining the most effective digital marketing strategies to promote DEI and contribute to achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). These challenges can include determining the main objectives, deciding on the ideal means to communicate with the target market, and measuring the impact of the strategies implemented. Effective Digital Marketing for Improving Society Behavior Toward DEI and SDGs provides a comprehensive solution to these challenges. Edited by Inês Pereira, Paulo Alexandre, and José Duarte Santos, this book offers readers a wide range of knowledge areas, including corporate social responsibility, marginalized communities, and sustainability index, providing the necessary skills to understand and apply different digital marketing and communication strategies. Aimed at a diverse audience, including management and marketing academics, digital marketing managers and consultants, social marketers, NPOs managers, and brand communication managers, this book serves as an essential guide for anyone seeking to develop effective digital marketing and communication strategies that promote DEI and contribute to achieving SDGs. By providing practical guidance on non-profit marketing, storytelling for DEI, and sustainability, the book helps organizations measure their impact, contributing to improved society behavior towards DEI and SDGs.




Brand Storytelling


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This innovative new text introduces students to the power of storytelling and outlines a process for creating effective brand stories in a digital-first integrated marketing communications plan. From the earliest works on storytelling to the latest research, this text explains why and how storytelling works, the forms storytelling takes, and how to develop an integrated advertising, PR, and strategic marketing communications campaign that leverages the power of story within the reality of today’s digital-first media landscape. Keith A. Quesenberry and Michael K. Coolsen present a balance of research and theory with practical application and case studies within a classroom-friendly framework for undergraduate or graduate courses or for the marketing communications professional looking for a guide to integrate storytelling into their brand communications. Emphasizing digital and social media perspectives in the strategic planning and campaign process, Brand Storytelling also surveys TV, radio, outdoor, print opportunities as well as earned, shared, owned, and paid media. Features: Chapters introduce discipline foundations through key figures, main content sections explaining concepts with examples, templates and stats, a main case study, questions for consideration, and list of key concepts for review. Coverage of new technologies in Web3, such as NFTs, cryptocurrency, media streaming, CTV, and the metaverse, ChatGPT, and DALL-E 2. Key terms are bolded and defined throughout and featured in a glossary along with an index of key concepts, figures, companies, and cases for easy reference. Plan/campaign research addresses evaluation and optimization of IMC execution including descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Instructor resources include chapter outlines, learning objectives, test banks, slides, forms, template worksheets, example assignments, and syllabi.