Corporate Communications is now in the success of companies and organizations. Raising the Corporate Umbrella is a review of the key issues that are critical to master if your corporate communications and public relations strategy is to be a success. The authors introduce the theoretical framework necessary to analyzing corporate communications strategies, but throughout they draw also on the experiences and opinions of leading practitioners worldwide and provide clear practical guidelines for successful implementation. Cases and examples from internationally recognized companies, such as...

This book compares and contrasts how different firms approach marketing within the same country. It concerns issues revolving around marketing as a form of rhetoric and marketing as a living reality for firms who practice it and contains cutting edge thinking from expert commentators on the marketing scene worldwide. It uses 16 case study examples of marketing practice in eight countries and shows whether marketing allegiance is openly proclaimed but in practice merely a rhetorical device or whether it is deeply embedded in organizational culture.

This textbook is the first introductory primer on integrated marketing communications. It combines theory and practice to show students of marketing how different aspects of integrated marketing communications (IMC) work together.

Setting the scene in which IMC has emerged, the authors explain each component of the promotional mix and go on to explain the process of functional integration. The text includes key case studies on companies, including Proctor and Gamble, NSPCC and Ardi, illustrating the practical side of IMC in addition to an introduction to the main theories at work....

This textbook is the first introductory primer on integrated marketing communications. It combines theory and practice to show students of marketing how different aspects of integrated marketing communications (IMC) work together.

Setting the scene in which IMC has emerged, the authors explain each component of the promotional mix and go on to explain the process of functional integration. The text includes key case studies on companies, including Proctor and Gamble, NSPCC and Ardi, illustrating the practical side of IMC in addition to an introduction to the main theories at work....

Combining seminal papers on marketing communications with incisive commentary and overviews from the editors, case studies and student question and answer sections, this text provides a uniquely global perspective on this topical subject. It can be used as a supplement to textbooks on marketing communications, or as an excellent stand-alone text to give greater instruction and insight into key elements of the twenty-first century promotional mix.

Providing a one-stop reference for all those studying marketing communications, this reader tackles the subject from an...

"Marketing Communications: A Reader"is an international and multidisciplinary collection that reflects the complex and diverse range of information available on marketing communications today.
Features include:
* Editors' analysis and commentary
* Case studies
* Discussion questions
* Each chapter is dedicated to a key element of the promotional mix
The editors provide pathways of understanding to enable readers to develop their knowledge and comprehension of the various tools, concepts and practice of marketing communications.
Engaging and illuminating, the...

By 'marketing mind prints', this book is not attempting to map the future by indicating the nature of the marketing terrain and the ways to traverse it. The maps and the terrain are already well known. Instead, leading authors develop their own 'mind print' - in other words, a picture of a segment of the marketing terrain they consider to be important now and in the future. The aim is for readers to ponder upon a specific 'mind print', and to consider how and in what ways the print can be incorporated or developed within their own business.

Metaphors are widely used within marketing literature, yet so far have remained unacknowledged. This book aims to redress that omission. Such widely known topics such as globalization of markets, viral marketing and many others are in fact metaphors; moreover, marketing itself may be a metaphor, underlying many exchanges and relationships.

This text examines the theory behind the principles and practice of public relations. It draws on the opinions, views, expertise and understanding of a range of practitioners and theorists. To tackle the issues involved in the principles of public relations as we approach a new millennia, information is supported by case vignettes, detailed cased studies and end-of-chapter questions.

Corporate Globalization has created a growing worldwide demand for guidance on how to apply the principles of integrated marketing communications across borders. This book answers that need by supplying the knowledge and skills required, from how global integrated marketing communications works to strategic planning and creative execution. It includes discussions on compensation, measuring consumer response, and on the corporate blocks to integration. The authors not only explain the latest marketing communications theories, but also illustrate them with ample examples, vignettes and 5...