Profitable marketing communications : a guide to marketing return on investment /

Young, Antony

Profitable marketing communications : a guide to marketing return on investment / Antony Young and Lucy Aitken - London, United Kingdom : Kogan Page Limited, c2007 - xii, 212 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. A need for a new marketing model -- 2. A change in philosophy -- 3. Our Marketing ROI stars -- 4. Invest, don't spend -- 5. Concentrate on outcomes, not outputs -- 6. Forget consumers, target customers -- 7. Manage your communication investment portfolio -- 8. Differentiate any way you can -- 9. Engagement and experience are the new 30-second ads -- 10. Apply a 'focus investing' approach -- 11. Establish a measurement culture -- 12. Leverage your employee capital -- 13. Is your organization Marketing-ROI fit?

The book introduces investment disciplines and strategies to marketing practices and gives insight into how marketers have delivered outstanding marketing return on investment (ROI) for the companies. Finally, it provides a blueprint to maximize the returns from marketing communications. Drawing from case studies and their own experience, the authors show how marketing can work as part of a wider business strategy and prove that marketing can give customers, staff and shareholders good reason to stay loyal to companies.

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MARKETING -- MANAGEMENT

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