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The Natural Speaker

The Natural Speaker

The Natural Speaker is a friendly step-by-step guide to public speaking that explores the fundamental skills necessary to present a natural and rewarding speech to any audience. By providing an overview of speech construction practice and delivery this book is designed to enhance and improve upon students' natural strengths. Featuring a warm and humorous writing style The Natural Speaker illustrates the concepts and skills required for enjoyable public speaking and Randy Fujishin invites readers to view speaking as a life-long journey. This tenth edition features a new chapter on speaking in online contexts including leading or participating in online meetings using digital presentation tools and guidelines for effective online PowerPoint presentations as well as additional focus on intercultural considerations and new Internet student activities at the end of each chapter. This book serves as an accessible core textbook for Public Speaking and Introduction to Communication courses and also provides guidance for individual readers and public speaking workshops. Online resources include an instructor’s manual with sample test questions and exercises.

GBP 59.99
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The Pulse of Sense Encounters with Jean-Luc Nancy

The Pulse of Sense Encounters with Jean-Luc Nancy

This volume stages a series of encounters between the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy and leading scholars of his work along four major themes of Nancy’s thought: sense experience existence and Christianity. In doing so the volume seeks to remind readers that Nancy’s sens has many meanings in French: aside from those that easily carry over into English i. e. everything to do with meaning and the senses; it also includes the way they are conducted the direction they take the thrust or pulse in which the circulation of sense exists. Faithful to this plural understanding of sens the writings collected here aim to join Jean-Luc Nancy in the process of making-sense that animates his thinking rather than to deliver a definitive summary of his position on any given issue. They are conceived of as notes along the way documenting encounters as moments of (re)direction and recording the pulse of sense that animates them. In that spirit Nancy himself has provided each contribution with an echo in which he in turn responds to each author and thereby continues their mutual encounter. Aside from these echoes this volume includes an original essay in which Nancy reflects upon the international trajectory of his thinking; a trajectory that is to be and undoubtedly will be continued in many different directions across and around the world. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Angelaki. | The Pulse of Sense Encounters with Jean-Luc Nancy

GBP 130.00
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Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

Fully updated and packed with new material the second edition of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is the ideal guide for non-native speaker students and their supervisors working on writing a thesis or dissertation in English. Considering the purposes of thesis and dissertation of writing alongside writer/reader relationships this book uses accessible language and practical examples to discuss issues that are crucial to successful thesis and dissertation writing. This edition offers: Insights into the experience of being a doctoral writer issues of writer identity and writing with authority Typical language and discourse features of theses and dissertations Advice on the structure and organisation of key sections Suggestions for online resources which support writing Extracts from completed theses and dissertations Guidance on understanding examiner expectations Advice on publishing from a PhD Suitable for students from all disciplines Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is essential reading for non-native speaker students looking to complete a thesis or dissertation in English. | Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

GBP 28.99
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Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

To succeed in business your message must be heard understood and remembered. This book with its combination of practical tips and case studies from the experts will help you to become a more powerful and persuasive speaker whether pitching for business or presenting to the Board. As a consultant in speech training I can recommend it unreservedly. Clare Willis Senior Consultant Speak First Training LondonYOU CAN BECOME A CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKERSpeaking is one of the most powerful ways of influencing others at work and in life. And yet for many of us speaking in front of large or small groups of people is one of our greatest fears. Speaking Persuasively shows you how to convert anxiety into effective communication. LEARN HOW TO GIVE DYNAMIC PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHESUsing real examples Speaking Persuasively shows you how to hone your speaking skills in business and politics in the classroom and in the community. It explains how to order your material attract the audience's attention (and keep it) control your voice and adapt your techniques for different situations. It also includes practical advice on making a successful business pitch communicating across cultures and handling the media. Speaking Persuasively is for anyone who wants to become a more persuasive and more impressive public speaker. Valuable information that will make the first-timer more comfortable and the gifted public speaker more persuasive. Shari Armistead Senior Media Advisor to Queensland Minister for EducationStrips away the mystery of the mass media performance. A useful guide for those on both sides of the microphone. Ellen Fanning television and radio presenter | Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

GBP 130.00
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Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics

Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics

The book offers a critical investigation of a wide range of features of religious discourse in the transmitted forensic symbouleutic and epideictic orations of the Ten Attic Orators a body of 151 speeches which represents the mature flourishing of the ancient art of public speaking and persuasion. Serafim focuses on how the intersections between such religious discourse and the political legal and civic institutions of classical Athens help to shed new light on polis identity-building and the construction of an imagined community in three institutional contexts – the law court the Assembly and the Boulē: a community that unites its members and defines the ways in which they make decisions. After a full-scale survey of the persistently and recurrently used features of religious discourse in Attic oratory he contextualizes and explains the use of specific patterns of religious discourse in specific oratorical contexts examining the means or restrictions that these contexts generate for the speaker. In doing so he explores the cognitive/emotional and physical/sensory reactions of the speaker and the audience when religious stimuli are provided in orations and how this contributes to the construction of civic and political identity in classical Athens. Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics will be of interest to anyone working on classical Athens particularly its legal institutions on ancient rhetoric and ancient Greek religion and politics.

GBP 38.99
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Technological Substitution in Asia

Technological Substitution in Asia

Over last few decades the world has witnessed the process of rapid diffusion of new information and communication technologies (ICT) that enforced remarkable changes and structural shifts going far beyond economic sphere of life. ICT become fast available widespread and rapidly growing access to and use of ICT additionally enhances the process of technological substitution which consists in switching from the ‘old’ to ‘new’ technological solutions. The on-going digital revolution undeniably pervasively impacts and reshapes societies and economies hence deserves special attention and interest. This book provides extensive evidence on information and communication technologies development diffusion patterns unveils specific ‘network effects’ that enhance rapid spread of ICT and detect major macroeconomic determinants of this process across 36 Asian economies over the period 1980-2015. Moreover this research traces country-specific patterns of the unique process. We consider two types of technological substitution namely: ‘fixed-to-mobile’ type technological substitution process encompasses switching from fixed telephony (‘old technology’) to mobile telephony (‘new technology’); while the ‘fixed-to-wireless’ type technological substitution – switching from fixed (narrowband and/or broadband) fixed Internet networks (‘old technologies’) to wireless (mainly broadband) Internet networks (‘new technologies’). Moreover this study empirically identifies the potential effect of selected macroeconomic factors which may potentially enhance dynamic spread of ICT. | Technological Substitution in Asia

GBP 19.99
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Cicero

Cicero

First published in 1965 Cicero contains a number of assessments of Cicero’s life and works made by a group of scholars that includes some of the acknowledged experts in their particular field. Cicero is a man on whom most judgments have been harsh. His political ideals though sincerely held were bypassed by the march of events; his public life was a series of frustrations; his personality was egotistical. However as a speaker and a thinker as a master of the use of language and as a man of cultured interests and human disposition he deserves sympathetic study. The chapters in this volume deal with his political career his character his oratory philosophy and poems and his influence on subsequent literature and scholarship. This book will be of interest to students of literature history and philosophy.

GBP 90.00
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Superheroes and Identities

Superheroes and Identities

Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences. This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises such as Batman Captain America Ms Marvel and X-Men alongside less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes towards femininity race maternity masculinity and queer culture. Using this approach the volume asks questions such as why there are no black supervillains in mainstream comics how second wave feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female comic book characters the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes. The book was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. | Superheroes and Identities

GBP 38.99
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Communication Yearbook 26

Communication Yearbook 26

Communication Yearbook 26 is devoted to publishing state-of-the-art literature reviews in which authors critique and synthesize a body of communication research. This volume continues the tradition of publishing critical integrative reviews of specific lines of research. Chapters focus on comprehending speaker meaning; understanding family communication patterns and family functioning; affection in interpersonal relationships; audience activity and passivity; the political influence of business organizations in public policy. In addition chapters discuss emotional intelligence in organizational communication; professionalism and social responsibility in the field of public relations; climate of opinion; ideology and the study of identity in interethnic communication; technology and the physician-patient relationship; and communication across the life span. Representing media interpersonal intercultural and other areas of communication this is an important reference on current research for scholars and students in the social sciences.

GBP 42.99
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The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

This book examines the notions of ethics and equity in relation to language and communication in intercultural relations. Although these notions are often discussed they are not always addressed with regard to specifi c subjects. Much intercultural discourse and dialogue in recent times has been coloured by the clash of civilizations (as described by Samuel Huntington) terrorist attacks such as 9/11 and the indelible effects which these events have had on dealings between different peoples cultures and religions. This book discusses ethics and equity with regard to marginalized and privileged minorities victims of abuse and of confl ict researchers and practitioners and language learners and speaker/users. It opens up spaces for a critical discourse of ethics and equity in language and intercultural communication as ‘new’ knowledge. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication. | The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

GBP 31.99
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Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race Voice and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom

Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race Voice and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom

Black Appetite. White Food. invites educators to explore the nuanced manifestations of white privilege as it exists within and beyond the classroom. Renowned speaker and author Jamila Lyiscott provides ideas and tools that teachers school leaders and professors can use for awareness inspiration and action around racial injustice and inequity. Part I of the book helps you ask the hard questions such as whether your pedagogy is more aligned with colonialism than you realize and whether you are really giving students of color a voice. Part II offers a variety of helpful strategies for analysis and reflection. Each chapter includes personal stories frank discussions of the barriers you may face and practical ideas that will guide you as you work to confront privilege in your classroom campus and beyond. | Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race Voice and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom

GBP 28.99
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Principles of Public Speaking

Principles of Public Speaking

Balancing skills and theory this introductory public speaking textbook encourages the reader to see public speaking as a way to build community in today’s diverse world. Within a framework that emphasizes speaker responsibility listening and cultural awareness this classic book uses examples from college workplace political and social communication to make the study of public speaking relevant contemporary and exciting. This new edition includes expanded coverage of mediated speaking with examples from podcasts and online speaking contexts; discussion of ethical issues of contemporary public discourse including disinformation and public civility; and tips for extemporaneous speaking. This textbook is ideal for general courses on public speaking as well as specialized programs in business management political communication and public affairs. A companion website including an instructor’s manual containing discussion questions exercises quiz questions and suggestions for syllabus design is available at www. routledge. com/cw/german. | Principles of Public Speaking

GBP 94.99
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Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings A Handbook for Professionals Family and Friends

Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings A Handbook for Professionals Family and Friends

Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings is based on lived experiences and provides insight ideas and inspiration on how to support the bereaved how to talk to them about their experience and how to help people manage their own shock or grief. Part I of the book contains ten stories from parents and six from siblings sharing their experiences. Each narrator discusses their relationship with the person who died; what led up to the death; the impact of the loss on the speaker; as well as what helped and what hindered them in their grief. Part II is aimed at professionals and draws on various topics such as grief and bereavement models transgenerational loss resilience protection and creative ways of working with grief. The book will be an essential read for the bereaved and the professionals family and friends who are supporting them. | Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings A Handbook for Professionals Family and Friends

GBP 27.99
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Clear English Pronunciation A Practical Guide

Clear English Pronunciation A Practical Guide

Clear English Pronunciation provides students with the tools to effectively communicate in English without centring solely on native-speaker pronunciation models. The focus of the book is on individual pronunciation targets rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Divided into four sections each featuring detailed articulatory explanations sample sentences and recordings to help learners improve their pronunciation this book: introduces the phenomenon of pronunciation as part of a broader communicative realm; explains and demonstrates the melody and rhythm of understandable and natural English pronunciation; supports students in identifying and practicing their own pronunciation issues. Supported by an interactive companion website which features recordings and expanded explanations of key topics Clear English Pronunciation is an essential textbook for international learners of English who want to improve their pronunciation skills in diverse social settings. For more resources on English pronunciation visit: englishpronunciationcentral. universiteitleiden. nl Additionally you can find recordings of a wide range of speakers here: https://www. universiteitleiden. nl/clearenglishpronunciation | Clear English Pronunciation A Practical Guide

GBP 34.99
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Parenting as Partners How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse

Parenting as Partners How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media oftentimes it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle. Vicki Hoefle three-time author parenting coach and sought-after speaker offers a fresh practical roadmap for achievable family—and marital—harmony and happiness. Her strategies work for everyone: whether you have young children and are just starting the parenting journey; are beginning to experience the first challenges of raising children in the 21st century; or if you’re facing crisis stress or the effects of divorce. Hoefle inspires REAL families and shows them how to invest in the relationship focus on what is important and experience the joy of living in a healthy loving family. | Parenting as Partners How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse

GBP 18.99
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ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

With help from a global cast of scholars Kumiko Murata explores the remodelling of the discipline of applied linguistics which traditionally regarded Anglophone native-speaker English as the standard for English as a lingua franca (ELF). This edited volume probes the dichotomy between the current focus of applied linguistic research and a drastically changed English use in a globalised world. This division is approached from diverse perspectives and with the overarching understanding of ELF as an indispensable area of applied linguistics research. The volume includes theoretical backgrounds to English as a lingua franca the nature of ELF interactions language policy and practice from an ELF perspective and the relationship between multilingualism and ELF. A resourceful book not only to ELF researchers but also applied linguists in general as well as policy makers administrators practicing teachers and university students from diverse linguacultural backgrounds. | ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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Automated Lighting The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights

Automated Lighting The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights

Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights Third Edition (formerly Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light) continues to be the most trusted text for working and aspiring lighting professionals. Now in its third edition it has been fully updated to reflect the vast changes in stage and studio luminairies—including LEDs switch-mode power supplies optics networking Ethernet-based protocols like Art-Net and sACN wireless DMX and much more. Its written in clear easy-to-understand language and includes enough detailed information to benefit for the most experienced technicians programmers and designers. Additional content and resources are provided at the author's website www. automatedlighting. pro. | Automated Lighting The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights

GBP 51.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics offers a comprehensive survey of the subdiscipline of Forensic Linguistics with this new edition providing both updated overviews from leading figures in the field and exciting new contributions from the next generation of forensic linguists. The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas debates topics approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It comprises 43 chapters including entirely new contributions from many international experts in the areas of Aboriginal claimants appraisal and stance author identities online biased language in capital trials corpus approaches false confessions forensic phonetics forensic transcription the historical courtroom legal interpretation multilingual law police crisis negotiation speaker profiling and trolling. The chapters include a wealth of examples and case studies so the reader can see forensic linguistics applied and in action. Edited and authored by the world’s leading academics and practitioners The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics is a vital resource for advanced students researchers and scholars and will also be of interest to legal law enforcement and security professionals.

GBP 200.00
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Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

Being a cheerleader for innovation or change is great. Implementing specific strategies to increase the likelihood of success is essential. In this key book from bestselling author and speaker Todd Whitaker you’ll discover clear ways to lead and manage school change by setting realistic goals planning your approach and tracking your progress. You’ll also find out how to work effectively with others overcome resistance and gain widespread acceptance. Whether you are a district leader building leader instructional coach or teacher-leader you’ll come away from this book with all the tools and inspiration you need to make a positive immediate results-oriented change with the support of your staff. Bonus: This enhanced second edition includes a special Action Plan and Implementation Guide. The Action Plan will help you apply the ideas step by step to your own situation. The Implementation Guide can be used for independent reflection or as a study guide with book groups or professional learning communities. | Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

GBP 22.99
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Learning with Music Games and Activities for the Early Years

Learning with Music Games and Activities for the Early Years

Learning with Music offers an accessible introduction to music education theory for those working in the early years. Using real case studies and rich examples the book provides practical suggestions to develop the formative ideas of music education such as melody rhythm pulse and timbre into games and activities for every early years setting. Chapters include a range of tried-and-tested lesson sequences and accompanying developmental benefits allowing practitioners to confidently create tailor-made lesson plans and manage music sessions ranging from one child through to larger groups. Each concept is grounded in child development theory as well as music education theory giving practitioners an insight into the research-based principles and priorities of music education for their own unique setting. With a clear focus on the benefits of teaching music from birth to preschool Learning with Music is essential reading for all early years practitioners as well as students on Early Childhood courses. | Learning with Music Games and Activities for the Early Years

GBP 28.99
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Frederick Douglass A Biography

Frederick Douglass A Biography

This biography written by Booker T. Washington one of most important post-Civil War African-American thinkers is an account of the life and career of Frederick Douglass. The biographical account is set within a nation struggling to solve one of the most excruciating social problems that any modern people facedslavery. This volume encompasses the experiences of Frederick Douglass as a slave and then as a public man through the anti-slavery movement the Civil War and the period of reconstruction. Douglass's fame as a speaker was secure. His position as the champion of an oppressed race was in his own generation as picturesque as it was unique. From the blight of slavery Douglass emerged passed through and triumphed over the lingering prejudice that he encountered as a freeman. Like the author of his biography Douglass seized his place in history. His life is an epic one that finds few to equal it in the realms of either romance or reality. Douglass was a role model to the author and his early narrative was a guide to black and white people alike. Among the subjects covered are the Genesis of the Anti-Slavery Agitation the Fugitive Slave Law the Underground Railway the American Colonization Society the Conflict in Kansas for Free Soil the John Brown Raid the Civil War the Enlistment of Colored Troops and Reconstruction. | Frederick Douglass A Biography

GBP 130.00
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Political Discourse as Dialogue A Latin American Perspective

Political Discourse as Dialogue A Latin American Perspective

We are witnessing the collapse of democracies in many parts of the world and a general tendency to the resurgence of right-wing and left-wing populisms led by authoritarian leaders. This book centres on the political dialogue in one of these democracies. The focus is on Venezuela the rich Latin American oil producing country and its transformation from a stable democracy to a very unstable and controversial revolution in which the dialogue has been occupied by only one party for 18 years. The central characters of the book are Hugo Chávez who remained in power for 14 years as the main speaker and controller and the people who either followed or opposed him in Venezuela and other countries. Contrary to critical analyses which are mainly based on social representations that conceive dialogue as implicit or normative this book proposes a dialogue-centred approach which articulates linguistics conversation analysis socio-pragmatics and political science from a critical perspective and offers the theoretical foundations and procedures for analysing micro dialogues between specific persons and the macro social dialogue which unveils the processes of domination and resistance to power. The book will be useful for scholars and students of linguistics media communication studies and political science wishing to learn more about dialogue in political interaction. | Political Discourse as Dialogue A Latin American Perspective

GBP 38.99
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Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

Eargle's Microphone Book is the only guide you will ever need for the latest in microphone technology application and technique. This new edition features more on microphone arrays and wireless microphones new material on digital models; the latest developments in surround; expanded advice on studio set up recording and mic selection. Ray A. Rayburn provides detailed analysis of the different types of microphones available and addresses their application through practical examples of actual recording sessions and studio operations. The book takes you into the studio or concert hall to see how performers are positioned and how the best microphone array is determined. Problem areas such as reflections studio leakage and isolation are analyzed from practical viewpoints. Creative solutions to stereo sound staging perspective and balance are covered in detail. Eargle's Microphone Book is an invaluable resource for learning the 'why' as well as the 'how' of choosing and placing a microphone for any situation. | Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

GBP 180.00
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Mobile Marketing

Mobile Marketing

In the past 10 years mobile phones have gone from being high-end gadgets only the wealthy could afford to an essential accessory now owned by a large portion of the population of the world. The integration of the Internet mobility and communications at the device service and transport level has created a new set of business opportunities. Mobile marketing has become a mainstream marketing tool and marketers must now identify and reach their mobile audience. This book is designed to teach marketeers how to tap into this potential. Mobile Marketing is as different from traditional marketing as Internet marketing was and this book outlines methods and techniques for: * Defining and implementing a wireless marketing strategy * Making sense of what can be a technically and commercially confusing industry* Providing a wealth of carefully chosen international cases and examples to demonstrate techniques in the real world Written by experienced practitioners with experience of advising major international companies on both strategy and individual campaigns in the mobile sector it is an essential guide and reference for professional marketeers.

GBP 130.00
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