The New Marketing Communications Landscape

The new marketing communications landscape: The digital age has spawned a host of new information and communication tools—from cell phones and ¡Pods to the Internet and satellite and cable television systems.
Several major factors are changing the face of today's marketing communications. First, consumers are changing. In this digital, wireless age, they are better informed and more communications empowered. Rather than relying on marketer-supplied information, they can use the Internet and other technologies to seek out information on their own. More than that, they can more easily connect with other consumers to exchange brand-related information or even to create their own marketing messages.
Second, marketing strategies are changing. As mass markets have fragmented, marketers are shifting away from mass marketing. More and more, they are developing focused marketing programs designed to build closer relationships with customers in more narrowly defined micromarkets. Vast improvements in information technology are speeding the movement toward segmented marketing. Today's marketers can amass detailed customer information, keep closer track of customer needs, and tailor their offerings to narrowly target groups.
Finally, sweeping changes in communications technology are causing remarkable changes in the ways in which companies and customers communicate with each other. A The digital age has spawned a host of new information and communication tools—from cell phones and iPods to satellite and cable television systems to the many faces of the Internet (e-mail, social networks, brand Web sites, and so much more). The new communications technologies give companies exciting new media for interacting with targeted consumers. At the same time, they give consumers more control over the nature and timing of messages they choose to send and receive.
The new marketing communications landscape: The digital age has spawned a host of new information and communication tools—from cell phones and ¡Pods to the Internet and satellite and cable television systems.
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