Marketing Communications

Marketing Communications is a highly popular textbook which introduces students to the different marketing communications tools, theories and strategies in an easy-to-read way. This fourth edition: Includes updates on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the marketing/advertising industries Features new case studies from companies and brands such as Amazon, Burger King, Facebook and John Lewis Covers timely topics such as online retailers, social media networks (e.g. TikTok), social media influencers and marketing ethics This textbook is essential reading for students studying marketing communications or a related topic. John Egan is Professor of Marketing at Regent’s University, London.      

Table of Contents:
Essentials of Marketing Communications Marketing Communications: Past and Present Marketing Communications Theory Buying Behaviour Brand Communications Managing Campaigns, Media Planning and Research Marketing Communications Strategy and Planning Understanding Marketing Research Campaign Tactics and Management Campaign Media and Media Planning Marketing Communications Mix and Omni-Channels Advertising The Internet and the Growth of Digital Marketing Social Media Sales Promotion Public Relations and Corporate Communications Sponsorship & Product Placement Personal Selling, Point of Sale, Supportive Communications and Direct Marketing Employer/Employee Branding and Internal Communications Marketing Channels and Business-to-Business Communications Industry and Ethics in a Global Context Global Marketing Communications Ethical Marketing and the Regulatory Environment The Communications Industry

About the Author :
Professor John Egan, is Head of the Department of Marketing at Regent’s University, London. He is Chair of the Academy of Marketing, the major UK academic marketing organisation, and Chair of the Learning Advisory Group, formally the Senate, of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is a Chartered Marketer, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Marketors. Professor Egan has a long publishing career and is the Editor of The Marketing Review and on the editorial boards of the European Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Political Marketing and Marketing, Intelligence & Planning. He has authored books on Marketing Communications and Public Relations and his textbook ‘Relationship Marketing’ is now in its fourth edition and has been translated into Russian, Simple Chinese and Mandarin. He entered academia in 1997 following a career in luxury retailing initially with American Department Stores and later with Mappin & Webb, Crown Silversmiths, and Garrard, Crown Goldsmiths.  Prior to his appointment at Regent’s University Professor Egan was at London South Bank University where, in addition to his academic marketing responsibilities, he was Faculty Director of Marketing and External Communications responsible for all aspects of marketing in the Faculty.