This document outlines steps for developing effective communications, including: 1. Identifying the target audience, such as potential buyers, current users, or influencers. 2. Determining the communication category, such as creating brand awareness, improving brand attitude, or increasing purchase intention. 3. Designing the communication by developing message and creative strategies and selecting an appropriate message source. 4. Choosing communication channels, which can be personal like advocates or non-personal like advertising. 5. Establishing the total marketing communications budget using methods like the affordable, percentage-of-sales, competitive-parity, or objective and task approaches.