The Impact of Social Media Marketing on Urban Youth’s Brand Loyalty: Through Facebook Marketing

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Tanveer Ahmed ◽  
Azrin Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Social Media Site ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Facebook Marketing

Social media being established as an effective medium of communication, marketers now highly focus on social media marketing create brand awareness and institute brand loyalty. Considering social media is the most popular among the urban youth of the country and Facebook being most popular social media site, this study is thus designed in order to identify the impact of Facebook marketing on urban youth’s brand loyalty.  Information was derived by conducting a validated questionnaire with a sample of 306 people which was further evaluated through regression analysis. It was found night time, 08:01 PM – 5:59 AM, is the most popular time period for the urban youth to use Facebook. Funny, informative, international/ national news contents are top preferred content on Facebook. A positive relationship between urban youth’s brand loyalty and components such as advantageous campaign, facebook group, popular contents and brand’s relevant contents of Facebook marketing. Whereas, updated content and electronic word of mouth (E-WOM) rather had a negative influence on the brand loyalty of the urban youth.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Media Marketing on Consumer - Moderating Role of Gender and Income

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Shahin Akbarov
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Value Consciousness ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Impact

<p><strong>Purpose</strong>: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of social media marketing activities on consumer behavior (i.e. value consciousness, brand consciousness, and brand loyalty) in the light of the moderation effect of gender and income.</p><p><strong>Methodology</strong>: The questionnaire method was used for data collection. 261 questionnaire was gained through convenience and snowball sampling. Data were analyzed with SPSS-24 and AMOS-23. Explanatory factor analysis was first done with SPSS. To test the moderation effects multigroup moderation analysis was performed in AMOS.</p><p><strong>Findings</strong>: SMM (perceived social media marketing activities) impacts brand loyalty (for male, female, and lower-income sample), value consciousness (for male, higher income, and lower-income sample), and brand consciousness (for male, higher income, and lower-income sample). The effect of gender as a moderator is not statistically significant. The effect of income as a moderator is significant in only two paths.</p><p><strong>Originality/Importance</strong>: At a time when social media usage increases and brand loyalty declines, it is important to investigate the impact of social media marketing activities on consumer behavior. The present study underlines the value of replication studies in a cross-cultural context. Besides, the moderation effect of gender and income were tested.</p>

scholarly journals Social media marketing activities and brand loyalty in the telecommunication industry: The mediating role of brand affect.

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Tamer Sharawneh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Telecommunication Industry ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Brand Affect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The effect of social media marketing activities on brand loyalty has gotten little attention in the telecommunication industry. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of social media marketing activities on brand loyalty as well as to examining the mediating effect of brand affect in the relationship between social media marketing activities and brand loyalty. By using an online self-administrated questionnaire to obtain 409 customers of a telecommunication company in Palestine, the finding of this study revealed that social media marketing activities positively effect brand loyalty. Further, brand affect has been found as a partial mediator in the relationship between social media marketing activities and brand loyalty. Accordingly, theoretical and practical implications as well as recommendations for future studies have been provided.  

scholarly journals The Impact of Perception Related Social Media Marketing Applications on Consumers’ Brand Loyalty and Purchase Intention

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayben Ceyhan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Hedonic Value ◽  
Functional Value ◽  
The Impact

Social media offers a social interaction environment where consumers have the opportunity to communicate with brands, exchange ideas with other users, produce content and influence the masses. Brands also create various social media marketing applications by turning these opportunities in their favor. In this study, it was aimed to measure the effect of consumer perception on marketing applications of brands on Instagram pages and their impact on brand loyalty as well as purchase intention. In this context, the research model developed was tested on Beykent University students. Data obtained by the survey method were analyzed using SPSS and Amos package programs. According to research findings, the functional value, hedonic value and self-brand image congruency perceptions towards the Instagram page of the brand in question positively affected the purchase intention, whereas the social value and co-creation perceptions did not have a significant effect on purchase intention. The functional value, social value and self-brand image congruency perceptions towards the Instagram page of the brand in question positively affected brand loyalty, whereas the hedonic value and co-creation value perceptions were found to be unrelated to brand loyalty. Furthermore, it was observed that brand loyalty mediates the whole effect of the functional value and co-creation perceptions towards the Instagram page of the brand in question on purchase intention.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING ON BRAND LOYALTY: THE MODERATING ROLE OF WORD OF MOUTH

2015 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
Ayesha Tariq ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Marketing Practice ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Customer Interaction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

This study is based on such customers who follow at least one brand on the social media in Pakistan. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire from the university students of Pakistan. The results showed that the brand loyalty of the customers is affected in a positive manner when the brand has presence on various platforms of social media. It has been found that customer interaction has a fully mediating role in social media marketing and brand loyalty. Also, the word of mouth has no moderating role on the relationship between customer interaction and brand loyalty. The implications for marketing practice and future research are also discussed.

The influence of perceived social media marketing activities on brand loyalty

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Rageh Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Value Consciousness ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of social media marketing activities on brand loyalty, value consciousness and brand consciousness. Design/methodology/approach A self-administered questionnaire was developed and administered to a convenience sample of 346 undergraduate students Findings The findings of this research indicated that social media marketing has a significant effect on brand loyalty; brand consciousness and value consciousness mediate the relationship between social media marketing and brand loyalty. Originality/value This study confirms the growing importance of social media marketing. It also provides insights for marketers on envisioning brand loyalty.

scholarly journals Linking Social Media Marketing Activities with Brand Love: Perspective on Brand Fashion

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 314-321
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Brand Love ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of social media marketing activities on brand love which resulted in brand loyalty. The sample used was Instagram users who were customers of four fashion brands (Nike, H&M, Zara, Adidas) as many as 280 respondents. The method used is a non-probability sampling using a structural equation model that is run by the AMOS program. The results of this study indicate that social media marketing activities have a positive effect on self-expressive brands (inner and social), social media marketing activities have a positive impact on brand love, self-expressive brands (inner and social) have a positive effect on brand love, brand love has an effect positive for brand loyalty. The managerial implications suggested in this study include fashion social media brands that contain exciting content, managers provide product size customization, easy-to-remember product design, launching the limited edition series, and membership promotion strategies.

scholarly journals PENGARUH SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING TERHADAP BRAND LOYALTY: EFEK MEDIASI BRAND-VALUE CONSCIOUSNESS PADA MEREK ADIDAS DI INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Archie Edrick Hermanus
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Brand Value ◽  
Value Consciousness ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of social media marketing on brand loyalty with the mediation effect of brand-value consciousness towards Adidas brand in Indonesia. The analysis method in this study is using structural equation modeling (SEM). Object of this current study is highschool students (or equal) and college students who is using social media and follow Adidas on social media, on the amount of 150 people. Data processing using softwares such as SPSS – PASW Statistics version 18 for Windows OS and IBM – AMOS version 22 for Windows OS. The results of this study indicated that social media marketing has a significant effect on brand loyalty; brand consciousness and value consciousness mediate the relationship beetwen social media marketing and brand loyalty.

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