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Bridging Marketing Communications for Cohesive Marketing Reinforcement
Subject area: Management and Commerce · Area of research: Marketing Reinforcement
Abstract
Integrated marketing communication was first proposed in 1991 by Professor Don E. Schultz in his book Integrated Marketing Communication, that theory triggered profound revolution in the concept of marketing and advertising communication. Schultz emphasized that integrated marketing communication is a management system, whose main content is to carry out information communication activities, in order to form and maintain good relations with consumers and people who with benefits involved through communication.
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How to cite this paper
@article{1724456,
author = {Akinbisoye Akintomide, Williams Oluwatosin, Olafare Oluwatomisin, Adeoye-Omoteye Elizabeth, Banks-Akinnuoye Chelsea; Ayoade Olalekan Ifeyimika},
title = {Bridging Marketing Communications for Cohesive Marketing Reinforcement},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2026},
volume = {10},
number = {4},
pages = {4619-4629},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1724456.pdf},
abstract = {Integrated marketing communication was first proposed in 1991 by Professor Don E. Schultz in his book Integrated Marketing Communication, that theory triggered profound revolution in the concept of marketing and advertising communication. Schultz emphasized that integrated marketing communication is a management system, whose main content is to carry out information communication activities, in order to form and maintain good relations with consumers and people who with benefits involved through communication.},
month = {October},
}