Advertising and Promotion AN INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PERSPECTIVE

• Main Authors: Belch George E 1951- (Author), Belch, Michael A. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston McGraw-Hill Irwin 2009
• Edition: EIGHTH EDITION
• Subjects: Advertising; Sales promotion; Communication in marketing
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• Physical Description: xxv, 838 pages colour illustrations 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 783-813) and indexes
• ISBN: 9780073381091; 0073381098

Belch/Belch 8th edition continues its Advertising focus with an emphasis on IMC. It includes very comprehensive coverage of Agency issues and creative work and how it is related to the IMC mix. The authors understand that marketers must look beyond traditional media in order to achieve success. In order to best communicate with consumers, advertisers must utilize a myriad of tools (advertising, public relations, direct marketing, interactive/Internet marketing, sales promotion, and personal selling); Belch/Belch is the first book to reflect the shift from the conventional methods of advertising to the more widely recognized approach of implementing an integrated marketing communications strategy. The text underscores the importance of recognizing that a firm must use all promotional tools available to convey a unified message to the consumer. The integrated marketing communications perspective (the theme of the text) catapults the reader into the business practices of the 21st century