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- Preface
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- Section 1: From Talking to Consumers to Talking With Consumers
- Section 2: Is the Medium the Message? Components of Communications
- Section 3: Diffusion of Innovations
- Section 4: Decision Making
- Section 5: Internal Influences on Consumers
- Section 6: External Influences on Consumers
- Section 7: Culture, Globalization, and Advertising
- Section 8: Exercises
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Launch! msnbc.com’s First-Ever Branding Campaign
Figure 13.1. Zero Months to Launch!

Once all the planning, preparation, and production was complete, it was time for the campaign to come to life. On April 2, 2007, the first-ever msnbc.com branding campaign launched to the public in TV, print, and online media. Think of this chapter as a campaign portfolio. It will show you the executions and take you through the exact sequence of events as SS+K introduced the “Fuller Spectrum of News” campaign.

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APA Format:Solomon, Michael., Duke Cornell, Lisa., and Nizan, Amit., Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time. Retrieved Sep 2, 2010 from http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/node/28421 .
MLA Format:Solomon, Michael, Duke Cornell, Lisa, , and Amit Nizan. Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time. 1969 . Flat World Knowledge. 2 Sep, 2010. <http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/node/28421> .
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