Bill Chitty was a lecturer in marketing at the Murdoch Business School. He taught, and had a research interest in, marketing communications and services marketing. He co-authored several refereed conference papers that were presented at various academic conferences in Australia and overseas, and research papers that have been published in the Journal of Marketing Communication, the Journal of Internet Business Studies, Marketing Intelligence and Planning and Psychology and Marketing. He has also co-authored two other marketing texts � Marketing 3 and Services Marketing. Prior to joining Murdoch University in 1992, Bill was employed as a marketing manager in the telecommunications industry responsible for the marketing of network products.