Marketing Communications

Uniting industry experience with academic expertise, the authors combine marketing communications and advertising with the branding perspective, providing students with a practical planning system and a seven-step approach to creating a comprehensive marketing plan.

Uniting industry experience with academic expertise, the authors combine marketing communications and advertising with the branding perspective, providing students with a practical planning system and a seven-step approach to creating a comprehensive marketing plan. The new SAGE Marketing Communications textbook is a contemporary evolution of the well-known Rossiter and Percy Advertising and Promotion Management textbook, which at its peak was adopted by six of the top 10 U.S. business schools - Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, Berkeley, UCLA, and Northwestern - as well as by the London Business School, Oxford's Said Business School, and by most of the top business schools in Europe such as Erasmus University Rotterdam, INSEAD, and the Stockholm School of Economics. Key features include: An author analytical approach with checklist frameworks in chapters, providing students with a systematic guide to doing marketing communications. A managerial perspective, helping students to become a marketing manager and study as though they are in the role. Coverage of key new marketing communications topics such as branding and social media. In each of the end-of-chapter questions there are mini-cases that involve real brands, and the numerous examples throughout the text refer to globally known brands such as Gillette, Mercedes, Revlon, and Toyota. The book is supported by online instructor resources, including PowerPoint slides and teaching outlines for each chapter, multiple choice exam questions and answers, team project templates, true and false quizzes and answers, and an instructor manual. Suitable for Marketing Communications and Advertising & Promotion modules at UG and PG levels.

Part I: Marcoms and BrandingChapter 1: Marketing Communications and Campaign PlanningChapter 2: Branding and Brand PositioningPart II: Marcoms Campaign ObjectivesChapter 3: Campaign Target Audience Selection and Action ObjectivesChapter 4: Campaign Communication ObjectivesPart III: Creative StrategyChapter 5: Key Benefit Claim and The Creative IdeaChapter 6: Brand Awareness and Brand Attitude (Grid) TacticsChapter 7: Attention Tactics and PretestingPart IV: Sales Promotion StrategyChapter 8: Manufacturer and Retailer PromotionsPart V: Media StrategyChapter 9: Media-Type Selection and the Reach PatternChapter 10: Effective Frequency and Strategic Scheduling RulesPart VI: Campaign ManagementChapter 11: Setting the Campaign BudgetChapter 12: Campaign TrackingPart VII: Other MarcomsChapter 13: Corporate Image Advertising, Sponsorships, and PRChapter 14: Personal Selling and Customer Database MarketingChapter 15: Social Marketing and Ethics