Contemporary Advertising | 17th Edition
By Michael F. Weigold and William F. Arens
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,Table of Content
1.Advertising and IMC Today
2. The Big Picture: The Functions of Advertising and Its Evolution
3. The Big Picture: Economic, Ethical, and Regulatory Aspects
4. The Scope of Advertising: From Local to Global
5. Marketing and Consumer Behavior: The Foundations of IMC
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6. Market Segmentation and the Marketing Mix: Determinants of Campaign
Strategy
7. Research: Gathering Information for IMC Planning
8. Marketing and IMC Planning
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9. Planning Media Strategy: Disseminating the Message
10. Creative Strategy and the Creative Process
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11. Creative Execution: Art and Copy
12. Advertising in Print Media
13. Using Audio and Video Media
14. Using Digital Interactive Media
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15. Social Media
16. Using Out-of-Home, Exhibitive, and Supplementary Media
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17. Relationship Building: Direct Marketing, Personal Selling, and Sales
Promotion
18. Relationship Building: Public Relations, Sponsorship, and Corporate
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IMC helps companies adopt a marketer-centric, rather than consumer-centric, perspective in
creating brand messages.
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Marketing communications refers to the internal communication at a company.
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According to the interactive model of communication, marketers dominate the exchange of
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messages.
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The sponsor of a product usually produces the advertising message.
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The implied consumers are imagined ideal consumers as opposed to real people.
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Online reviews affect most consumers’ purchasing decisions.
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Defensive marketing typically costs more than offensive marketing, because with the right
advertising, it’s relatively easy to lure satisfied customers away from competitors.
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An example of a basic transactional relationship is when you buy purchase internet service and
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the company follows up to persuade you to upgrade your plan.
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In a proactive relationship, a salesperson phones customers shortly after the sale to check
whether the product meets expectations and asks for product improvement suggestions and any
specific disappointments.
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Low profit margins per customer suggest that the marketer should pursue basic transactional
relationships augmented by brand image advertising.
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While IMC is a process, it isn’t really a concept.
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