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<strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Era</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Globalization</strong><br />

Edited by Emmanuel Obuah<br />

It is important to emphasis <strong>the</strong> benefits <strong>of</strong> us<strong>in</strong>g a range <strong>of</strong> media <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>tegrated market<strong>in</strong>g<br />

communications. Too great a reliance on a s<strong>in</strong>gle medium or unnecessarily limit<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

media selected can reduce <strong>the</strong> effectiveness <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual campaigns and <strong>the</strong> total IMC<br />

impact. It is perfectly reasonable to select a particular media for special emphasis and it is<br />

quite usual to choose a primary medium to be enhanced by a range <strong>of</strong> secondary or support<br />

media.<br />

This discourse concludes by disagree<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong> proposal that ‘onl<strong>in</strong>e communications is <strong>the</strong> only way to<br />

go to launch and develop brand now and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> future, all o<strong>the</strong>r forms <strong>of</strong> communication are redundant <strong>in</strong><br />

2010’. Evidence from <strong>the</strong> cases cited shows that both onl<strong>in</strong>e, <strong>of</strong>fl<strong>in</strong>e and mobile communications are<br />

currently runn<strong>in</strong>g and hope to run <strong>in</strong> future, we <strong>the</strong>refore argue based on our f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs that B2C<br />

organizations could be more effective <strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir market<strong>in</strong>g communication by choos<strong>in</strong>g a mix<br />

media <strong>of</strong> communication and also <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g all facet communication messages. As argued by Jensen<br />

(2008), Gurau (2008), and Cammerer (2009) <strong>in</strong>tegrated market<strong>in</strong>g communication has generally been<br />

accepted as a pr<strong>of</strong>ound and, current way <strong>of</strong> execut<strong>in</strong>g market<strong>in</strong>g communications. This paper <strong>the</strong>refore<br />

concludes that it is <strong>in</strong>tegrated market<strong>in</strong>g communication not only onl<strong>in</strong>e communication that could be<br />

used to launch and develop brand now and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> future.<br />

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