Integrated Communication Practices

Integrated Communication Practices

1 Communication- Concept and Process

  1. Need for Communication
  2. Communication Process
  3. Effective Communication
  4. Barriers to Communication
  5. Forms of Communication
  6. Communications Media
  7. Mass Communication
  8. Role of Media in Social Construction of Reality

2 Communication Research

  1. Mass Communication Research: Principles and Process
  2. Types of Research
  3. Research Approaches
  4. Steps in Research Process
  5. Research Methods
  6. Sampling Techniques
  7. Data Analysis and Presentation
  8. Report Writing
  9. Ethics in Research

3 Ownership Patterns in Media

  1. Patterns of Media Ownership
  2. Trends of Media Ownership
  3. Debates and Ethical Issues

4 Understanding Media and Society

  1. Defining Society and Mass Media
  2. Interpolation of Media and Political System
  3. Corporate Control of Media
  4. Regulation versus Self-Regulation
  5. Media and Public Opinion
  6. New Media and its Impact on Society

5 Understanding the Target Audience

  1. Defining Audiences
  2. Audience Motivations
  3. Market Segmentation
  4. Types of Audience Segmentation
  5. Target Marketing

6 Marketing Communication Process

  1. Marketing Communication in Organisations
  2. Concept of Marketing Communication
  3. Marketing Communication Process
  4. Scope of Marketing Communication
  5. Tasks of Marketing Communications
  6. Communication Mix and Marketing
  7. Internal Marketing Communication
  8. Confusion in Communication

7 Marketing Communications Mix

  1. What is Integrated Marketing Communications?
  2. Why Marketing Communications should be Integrated?
  3. What all Do We Integrate?
  4. Tools of Integrated Marketing Communications
  5. Benefits of Integrating the Marketing Communications Efforts
  6. Making an Integrated Marketing Plan
  7. Effects of Social Media Revolution on IMC

8 Marketing Research and its Applications

  1. Context of Marketing Decisions
  2. Definition of Marketing Research
  3. Purpose of Marketing Research
  4. Scope of Marketing Research
  5. Marketing Research Procedure
  6. Applications of Marketing Research

9 Advertising

  1. Understanding Advertising?
  2. Media for Advertising
  3. Advertising Techniques
  4. Advertising Appeals
  5. Advertising Communications: Basic Concepts
  6. The Advertising Management Process

10 Public Relations

  1. Definition of Public Relations
  2. Public Relations and Journalism
  3. Public Relation Officer: Duties and Responsibilities
  4. Tools of Public Relations
  5. Government Public Relations
  6. Corporate Communication-Definition
  7. Corporate Branding
  8. Corporate Identity
  9. Corporate Responsibility
  10. Corporate Reputation
  11. Crisis Communication
  12. In House Communication
  13. Investor and Vendor Communication
  14. Corporate Communication: Tools and Methods

11 Event Management

  1. Event Management: An Introduction
  2. Event Management Strategies
  3. Event Management Budgeting
  4. Marketing Planning for Events
  5. Analysing Event Environment
  6. Sustainable Event Management (SEM)
  7. Post-Event Evaluation

12 Cyber Marketing

  1. Introduction to Cyber Marketing
  2. Cyber Marketing and Conventional Marketing
  3. Cyber Marketing Model
  4. Nature of Cyber Marketing
  5. Limitations of Cyber Marketing
  6. Attracting Traffic to the Internet Site
  7. Cyber Security

13 Personal Selling

  1. Personal Selling
  2. Growing Importance of Personal Selling
  3. Situations Conducive for Personal Selling
  4. Changing Roles of Sales Persons
  5. Challenges and Changes of Personal Selling
  6. Diversity of Selling Situations
  7. Qualities of a Good Sales Personnel
  8. Scope of Activities in Sales Situations

14 Sales Promotion

  1. Managing Consumer Promotions
  2. Managing Trade Promotions
  3. Managing Sales Force Promotions
  4. Managing Sales Promotion in Service Marketing
  5. Measuring the Performance of Sales Promotion
  6. Role of Sales force
  7. Internet promotions

15 Direct Marketing

  1. What is Direct Marketing?
  2. Growth of Direct Marketing
  3. Characteristics of Direct Marketing
  4. Types of Direct Marketing Strategies
  5. Media for Direct Marketing
  6. Direct Mail
  7. Designing Effective Direct Response Packages

16 Packaging and POP

  1. BTL Marketing: Concept & Significance
  2. Packaging: Introduction & History
  3. Development of Material
  4. Packaging Design Decisions
  5. Point of Purchase
  6. Retail Formats
  7. POP Advertising
  8. Role of Creativity and Innovation
  9. Role of Planning and Budgeting
  10. Importance of Packaging and POP in E-commerce