If we go back in time, the prime communication tool for most organizations was some form of advertising. Large companies and brands could afford major TV advertising, whereas small businesses advertised in the local newspaper or on local radio.Companies use to structure their marketing area as primarily a promotional arm (in the sales/promotion era), where […]

 Integrated marketing communications, IMC, is typically what we think of as the promotional mix in the 4P’s or 7P’s – or even perhaps as communication itself in the 4C’s version of the marketing mix elements.The to think that integrated marketing communications is simply the coordination of the firm’s promotional activities is quite limited in scope