Integrated marketing communication — concepts, practice, new challenges

Abstract

Integrated marketing communication evolves evidently with the development of today's markets, their participants and technology - in the light of contemporary research. The objectives of this article are: firstly, to show the evolution of the models of integrated marketing communication ICM in the light of current research; secondly, to analyse the configuration of various ICM tools (traditional and Internet) which constitute the level of operationalization of ICM models and thirdly, to formulate business and brand implications. The article is based on research-based secondary sources (scientific journals) and empirical (case study). The results of the discussion are: the concept of the strategic dimension of integrated marketing communications in the enterprise and the proposal of its operationalization in the form of a 360 degrees communication model.

Keywords

• integrated marketing communication
• enterprise development strategy
• internet technology
• communication tools