This is a textbook written by an author with a lot of professional experience. Blakeman’s book explains many useful IMC concepts and practices in easy-to-understand language. This book also contains many practitioners’ insights into how to plan and execute a successful IMC campaign.

Kenneth C. C. Yang, University of Texas at El Paso

The third edition of Integrated Marketing Communication is a big step forward in the literature on our discipline. Robyn Blakeman covers all communication categories, including social media, alternative media, digital media, public relations, sales promotion, direct marketing, and all forms of traditional media. The focus is on how to successfully use IMC to build your brand. The key, according to Blakeman, is relationship building with individual customers, one-by-one. The third edition of the text tells readers how this is done. Blakeman tells us when and why IMC works. And, just as importantly, she tells us when and why IMC fails. This is an important read for IMC practitioners and scholars alike.

Archie Sader, West Virginia University

Blakeman explains IMC in ways that undergraduates can grasp and implement both in the classroom and in their career paths. While updating the foundational constructs, the third edition also provides a holistic perspective of both strengths and problems inherent in IMC and media. The chapters on social, mobile, and alternative media alone make the text worth considering, as do the case studies included in each chapter. True to the title, this text is an innovative encounter with IMC from idea to implementation for both student and faculty.

Tim Chandler, Hardin-Simmons University