{"title":"SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING IN EMERGING MARKETS","authors":"J. Olotewo","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.2016254411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.2016254411","url":null,"abstract":"Globalization has transformed the marketing field from traditional marketing media to social marketing media because of its numerous roles of reaching more customers at the least cost. Traditional marketing communicates with customers through dedicated media channels like television, radio, newspaper, magazine, but the failure of traditional marketing channels to yield significant returns on investment is attributed to many reasons including lack of interactive engagement between the customers and the brand. Social media appeared as the solution to the letdown of traditional marketing, social media are online platforms that facilitate social conversation between social agents regardless of the geography while social media marketing is the promotion of products and services through social media platform. Thus, considering its ability to penetrate across national boundaries without any stoppage, this study found it worthwhile to investigate social media marketing in emerging markets using social media marketing platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, et cetera. The study adopted purposive and systematic sampling technique to ensure that mature adults who fall within the age of 18 and 65 with deep knowledge of social media marketing in organizations in emerging economies are involved in the study through a standard questionnaire which was designed for such purpose. Classical regression model was adopted for the analytical findings, the study concluded that social media activity positively affect brand success in emerging economies. In other words, there is a direct and positive relationship between social media activity and success of an organization's brand in the market. It is recommended that Organization should design effective social media marketing strategy in order to increase its brand engagement and create more customer delights","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"34 1","pages":"10-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85943369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ACQUIRING LOYALTY OF CUSTOMER AS MARKETING STRENGTH: INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF BRAND REPUTATION, BRAND EQUITY AND BRAND LOYALTY IN THE TEXTILE SECTOR OF PAKISTAN","authors":"Saad Ghafoor, N. Aslam, B. Nazir, Farhana Bashir","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.2016254422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.2016254422","url":null,"abstract":"Brand loyalty refers to the psychological situation of customers to repeatedly purchase the same product or service from a certain vendor. It is viewed as one of the most desirable marketing outcomes and business strengths. Positivism research paradigm and deductive research approach has been used for this study. Data has been collected through multi stage sampling technique from 200 employees in the textile sector of Lahore, Pakistan. This study aimed to find the relationships between brand reputation, brand effect and brand loyalty in the textile sector of Lahore, Pakistan. The findings of this study are brand reputation and brand effect positively and significantly related with the brand loyalty. This study also found that brand reputation is positively and significantly related with the brand effect.","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"4 1","pages":"19-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74386261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"E-Satisfaction and E-Loyalty","authors":"KushwahaGyaneshwar Singh, KaushalMukesh","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-9282-2.ch006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9282-2.ch006","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to examine the effect of most important factors of online shopping such as brand, price, and service quality on consumer's e-satisfaction and e-loyalty comparatively. It is...","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76056747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MEASURING SERVICE QUALITY AND ITS EFFECTS ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: A STUDY ON THE FIVE-STAR HOTELS IN TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS","authors":"Erdem Demirkan","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.2016216353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.2016216353","url":null,"abstract":"Especially in today's world of high globalization and intense competition, the service sector has become one of the main areas where the companies may obtain significant competitive advantage (Hipp and Grupp, 2005). This may be done by improving the service quality in order to increase customer satisfaction, and the long term customer engagement. The service sector also constitutes an important part of the national economies, as an indicator of countrywide development and recovery (Wright, 2014). If the developmental trajectory of the service sector is investigated, it can be claimed that the position of the service sector in the economy has increased very rapidly during the last 30 years (Hipp and Grupp, 2005). As a result of the shift towards the service sector as an important part of the economy, the quality standards and applications that have been used for the production sector have started to be adapted to the service sector, in order to hold the service quality above a certain level to ensure customer satisfaction (Enderwick and Enderwick, 2013). At that point, it is apparent that the measures of success in the service sector are more abstract and intangible, when it is compared with the success indicators of the production sector, since service applications cannot be classified according to their physical and measurable properties as the way the production sector outcomes can be classified. Therefore, setting certain quality standards and measuring the customer feedback in an objective manner has even become more crucial for the service sector applications.","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"65 1","pages":"22-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84758433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amro Alzghoul, Hamzah Elrehail, Prof.Dr. Serdar Saydam, S. Alnajdawi, Kayed Al'Ararah
{"title":"The impact of corporate social responsibility on corporate reputation using Marketing as Moderate variable","authors":"Amro Alzghoul, Hamzah Elrehail, Prof.Dr. Serdar Saydam, S. Alnajdawi, Kayed Al'Ararah","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.207243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.207243","url":null,"abstract":"Reputation has critical role for each business organization. Without a good reputation, success is limited and the organization's long-term future is in doubt. Today organization is changing into very important issue, corporate social responsibility (CSR) being respectable by organizations through CSR activities. In this paper, the impact of CSR and marketing on corporate reputation (CR) was explored; also the role of CSR in CR building is confirmed. The methodology of this study we use a questionnaire by using Likert five-options to obtain individuals feedback. We regard 93 samples to collect data from different management level and other stuff from the companies; we received 86 questionnaires in total. The study questionnaire includes 27 queries concerning the three dimensions of the model CSR, Marketing and CR. The study finding show that marketing and CSR are playing critical role in enhance CR; also there is a significant positive relation between CSR and CR. Organizations which are more socially responsible have better retain and enhance to them CRs. Furthermore, when organizations improve reputation this can let them reach business success and goals in the long-term and vice versa. There is no specific method to make CSR contribute to reputation due to each organization; each country and each culture are operating differently. CSR have a positive impact on CR, for that CSR has to be considering while formulating organization strategy.","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"52 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91213561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online Shopping Risks and effects on Consumers Purchasing Behavior","authors":"N. Almatarneh","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.2016216685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.2016216685","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the increase of the intention toward online shopping, the actual online shopping’s growth rate is still decreasing and the consumer’s behavior is the main gate to explain this phenomenon. The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of the perceived risk on the consumer purchasing behavior. The survey was distributed, whether in person or online, to 479 participants who had a previous experience about online shopping in order to apply the necessary statistical description methods, using SPSS software, such as frequencies, percentages and multiple regressions that will be used to test eight hypostasis. Findings show a significant negative effect of perceived risk as overall and its seven dimensions toward consumer purchasing behavior. To reduce the risk of online shopping , many factors that support the confidence and reduce the perceived risk that affect online shoppers, including build trust , privacy and security , the extent of information provided","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"16 1","pages":"62-69"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90287181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GREEN CONSUMERS IN GREEN MARKETING","authors":"U. Yorulmaz","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.2016208434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.2016208434","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, environmental issues and problems have risen due to mass production, environmental destruction and global warming. For these reasons, consumers are changing their purchase preferences to environmentally friendly products. Additionally, strategic marketing actions of companies target their products and services to these kinds of consumer groups to gain market share and minimize their production costs. This research aims to understand the importance of promoting green products and then tries to explain consumers buying intensions and decision of green or ecological friendly products under the consumer behavior theory.","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"30 1","pages":"14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83995555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analyzing the Effect of Big Five Model of Personality on the Relationship between Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction","authors":"Z. Ismael","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.2016216636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.2016216636","url":null,"abstract":"Customer satisfaction and loyalty approach calls for a better in-depth understanding of different factors affecting it. This study emphasized its efforts in analyzing how personality traits could affect the preferences and buying decisions of mobile users toward offered qualities of services and how it could satisfy their needs. The basic idea of this study has been derived from the wide extension of studies about customer satisfaction and customer loyalty reported in the marketing literature in which most of it, aimed precisely, examines how effectively firms could deliver values to their customers. This study’s framework has conceptualized to analyze the moderate effects of personality traits on the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"30 1","pages":"32-41"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80332126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market classification - The faith-Based Analysis approach","authors":"J. Olotewo","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.2016216556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.2016216556","url":null,"abstract":"Several organizations have considered cultural factors, economic factors, political factors and gender factors in the course of designing appropriate marketing strategies to effectively promote their brands but less emphasis has been placed on religious faith of the consumers. Religious faith is a significant subculture element which invariably contributes to the orientation of consumers about some products. Therefore, this study found it worthwhile to investigate market classification using a faith based analysis approach since choices of consumers are influenced by their beliefs and religious faith especially alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. The study concludes that level of commitment to religious activities influences the decision to consume alcoholic beverages in the country.","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"26 1","pages":"42-52"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87435932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamzah Elrehail, Amro Alzghoul, S. Saydam, Kayed Al'Ararah
{"title":"The Role of Knowledge Sharing Mechanism in the Development of Pricing Strategy","authors":"Hamzah Elrehail, Amro Alzghoul, S. Saydam, Kayed Al'Ararah","doi":"10.5455/IJOMR.204243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/IJOMR.204243","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aim to investigate the role of knowledge sharing mechanism for development the of pricing strategy, how knowledge sharing can improve the process of pricing strategy, what the factors that influence this development, survey was distributed via e-mail to CEO of marketing, we find that knowledge sharing can improve the development of pricing strategy inside the organization, organization must facilitate the knowledge sharing process to gain the best competitive advantage and improve their profitability.","PeriodicalId":42858,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Online Marketing","volume":"35 1","pages":"53-61"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74782209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}