Integretad Marketing Communication

IMC is a concept of marketing communication planning that recognizes the added value of a comprehensive plan that evaluates the strategic role of a number of communication disciplines (for example, general advertising, direct response, sales promotion, and public relations) and combines these disciplines to provide clarity, consistency and maximum communication impact.There are four stages in IMC development, 1st stage; Tactical coordination of marketing communication, 2nd stage; Redefining the scope of marketing communication, 3rd stage; Application of information technology, 4th stage; Financial and strategic integration. The above definition is said to be closely linked with 1st and 2nd stages. It is pointed that IMC is no longer the tactical integration of promotional elements, nor adaptation an outside-in perspective.