The advent of web based electronic commerce has created numerous opportunities for marketing professionals to enhance current marketing practices by integrating the interactive nature of the web with database marketing. The challenge for IT professionals is to align IT with web site strategy in order to utilise the potential of the database marketing to enhance interaction and personalised comm...

The case describes an interactive marketing campaign used to launch the open source, Mozilla Firefox browser. The case highlights key features of the campaign and the facilitating conditions that enabled product success. The sustainability of the community marketing effort in light of product maturation is the central marketing challenge that the organization now faces. © 2009 Direct Marketing ...

Companies can communicate marketing messages by a range of methods, including advertising, publicity, personal selling, public relations, direct marketing, sales promotions, sponsorships, packaging and branding. Each of these marketing communication elements has unique features that directly influence the role and function they could perform in Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) strategie...