• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.17-36
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• 2015

Many companies are now trying to utilize SNS (social network service) by building it as marketing communication platform that delivers marketing messages and builds customer relationship. This study investigates the factors affecting consumers' intention to use of brand's SNS identity page (e.g., fan page in Facebook). It specifically focuses on four social support functions -self-esteem, informational, emotional and social networking support-in virtual space. Research model attempts to explore the impact of social supports on brands' SNS identity page adoption with modified technology acceptance model which includes perceived usefulness, ease of use and enjoyment. Empirical study adopts SEM (structural equation modelling) to test research model. The result indicates that perceived ease of use is influenced by informational support, and perceived usefulness is influenced by informational, emotional, and self-esteem support. And perceived enjoyment is influenced by emotional support. In addition, it reveals that there were no significant effects of social networking support on both perceived usefulness and enjoyment. These findings provide managerial implications for attracting potential and actual customers to brand's SNS identity page. And it also suggests the importance of managing sociability in brand's SNS identity page to make it as marketing communication platform.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2019

This study is conducted to analyze how Social Media characteristics of restaurant franchise affect customer decision making and redelivery intention and find out how to do Social Media marketing which is getting important. Through this study, we will understand the direction of Social Media management. In this study, we had 220 users to respond questionnaires who looked up about restaurant franchise through Social Media. In the previous research, we classified the Social Media characteristics about the restaurant franchise into the fields of liveliness, agreement, reliability, communication, accuracy, and entertainment. In order to verify the hypothesis, we conducted single regression analysis and multiple regression analysis and verified the relationship between variables. First, we found that Social Media characteristics of restaurant franchise has a positive relationship with favorability. Second, Social Media characteristics of restaurant franchise has a positive relationship with satisfaction. Third, favorability has a positive effect on satisfaction. Fourth, favorability has a positive effect on the intention of re-inquiry and redeliver. Fifth, satisfaction has a positive effect on the revisit and intention to redirect. As a result of the study, we found that restaurant franchise will gain trust of customers if they take into account the characteristics of Social Media of restaurant franchise and conduct customized marketing according to the head office of restaurant franchise and perform continuous feedback and management in order to improve customer's favorability and loyalty.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.268-272
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• 2023

With the development of SNS, companies and individuals are actively marketing through social media to develop their own products. It is also important to post posts promoting on simple SNS or to show a lot of exposure using algorithms, but customers upload reviews or proof shots of the product on their own, naturally increasing the exposure of the product and increasing the purchasing power of potential customers. As the number of products that users want to purchase through SNS is increasing, they want to access and purchase not only tangible products such as goods and food, but also intangible services through SNS. In this paper, we would like to study exhibitions that have both tangible and intangible characteristics. SNS accounts that mainly introduce these products by searching for reviews have been created while spending leisure time such as exhibitions and fairs, reducing the hassle of searching for personal interests on search engines, and providing prices and reviews from the exhibition's schedule, lowering entry barriers and increasing purchasing power. Using this point, many exhibitions not only display works, but also open various experience centers, and create a photo zone or a unique exhibition hall atmosphere to attract many customers. In this study, we study the impact of SNS on the leisure culture of exhibition. The marketing direction in the situation where SNS marketing is becoming the mainstream is presented, and the change in the form of exhibition is described and presented as an academic approach.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.139-165
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 서비스 분야의 관계마케팅에서 간과되어 왔던 고객-기업 간의 감정적인 결속으로 대변되는 사회적 라포와 프렌드십의 역할을 조명해 보는 것이다. 연구의 결과, 사회적 라포와 프렌드십은 관계적 선행변수와 매개변수 사이에서 긍정적인 조절적 역할을 하는 것으로 확인되었다. 즉, 관계의 형성과 발전의 단계에서 감정적 결속이 더욱 관계발전을 도모할 수 있는 것이라고 말할 수 있다. 그러나 관계적 매개변수에서 관계적 결과변수에 이르는 흐름에서는 사회적 라포와 프렌드십이 오히려 부정적으로 조절적 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이것은 관계적 매개변수와 사회적 라포 및 프렌드십이 개별적으로 관계적 결과변수에 영향을 미치는 것으로 사회적 라포와 프렌드십이 형성되어 있다면 관계적 매개변수의 역할이 없이도 관계적 성과를 만들어 낼 수 있는 것으로 이해될 수 있다. 결론적으로, 기업의 관계마케팅 노력은 단순히 관계적 선행변수, 매개변수, 결과변수에 한정될 것이 아니라, 궁극적으로 고객의 기업에 대한 강력한 감정적인 결속의 형성에 주안점을 둘 필요가 있다고 말할 수 있다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2009

본 연구는 마케팅 믹스에 의한 사회복지시설 후원자 개발에 관한 연구를 하고자 한다. 오늘날 사회복지 현장에서도 경제논리의 시대에 도래하였다. 2008년 7월 노인장기요양보험제도가 시행되면서 그동안 정부 재원에 의지한 많은 사회복지시설들이 다양한 자원 획득을 위해 경쟁이 이루어지고 있으나, 여전히 대부분의 사회복지시설들은 매우 심각한 재정난을 겪고 있다. 이러한 부족한 재원에 대한 보완적인 방법으로 사회복지시설의 실정에 맞는 후원자를 개발하고 관리하는 방법을 체계화하여 재원을 확보할 수 있는 방안을 모색하여야 한다. 이러한 측면에서 마케팅 믹스에 의한 사회복지시설 후원자 개발을 위해 Fine(1992)의 7P모델 제품(Product), 가격(Price), 홍보(Promotion), 장소(Place), 생산자(Producer), 구매자(Purchaser), 조사(Probing) 등 7개 요인으로 후원자 개발을 위한 전략적 방안을 제시해 보고자 한다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.243-254
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• 2022

Customers' perceptions of information about a company's products or services have altered as a result of the development of ICT and social networks. This gives rise to a fact that buzz marketing, which is a marketing technique employed commonly in today's business and communication, has a significant impact on customers' electronic word of mouth intention (e-WOM). However, very few studies about this issue have been conducted so far, which reveal a gap in understanding buzz marketing from an academic perspective. Based on the results of a cross-sectional survey in Binh Duong city, this study investigates the efficiency and effect of buzz marketing on customers' e-WOM intention through mediating variables of message credibility. Data from 367 time-lagged individual samples were collected and analyzed by the structural equation modeling method (SEM). Results showed that creativity, clarity, and humor variables have a positive relationship with message credibility and then impact the intention to conduct e-WOM of social networks' users. Marketing campaigns employing the buzz technique should be launched with easy-to-understand and entertainable messages. Findings from this study also provide managers with a scientific understanding of buzz marketing and the effectiveness of this technique as well as reveal the potential for future studies to explore further in this area.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.219-230
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• 2024

Previous literature supports the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by demonstrating its effects on various aspects of firm performance. However, the extent to which CSR contributes to social well-being, its original objective, has rarely been examined. The current research investigates the impact of customers' perceived CSR of service firms on customer happiness. Two studies confirm our proposition that perceived CSR increases customer happiness by enhancing perceptions of warmth and competence associated with the service company. Furthermore, we examine how the type of service moderates this effect. Specifically, we find that the indirect effects of CSR on customer happiness through perceptions of warmth and competence are stronger for credence services than for experience services. This research makes theoretical contributions to the literature on CSR, happiness, and service, and offers practical implications for marketing tactics, including fostering long-term customer relationships and monitoring the effectiveness of CSR activities and corporate budget allocations.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.163-188
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• 2023

Purpose The study examines the impact of the level of anthropomorphism (both in appearance and behavior) of virtual humans on user liking. It investigates whether this relationship is mediated by social comparison experiences, with the moderated mediation effect of users' desire for self-improvement. Design/methodology/approach A between-groups experimental design was employed to examine the impact of different levels of appearance(low/mid/high) and behavior(low/high) anthropomorphism on user liking of virtual humans. The experiment was conducted in an online environment, and participants were randomly exposed to one of six stimuli, which were Instagram-like posts. Findings The results indicate that as virtual humans become more anthropomorphic, they have a positive impact on user liking. However, once the level of anthropomorphism in appearance reaches a certain point (mid vs high), there is no significant difference in user liking. Users who perceive virtual humans as highly anthropomorphic tend to engage in more social comparison experiences, which positively affects their liking for these virtual humans. Conversely, individuals with a high desire for self-improvement found that the positive effect of appearance anthropomorphism on liking through social comparison experiences was reduced. The study extends the application of social comparison theory by examining its impact on influencer marketing with virtual beings. It provides valuable insights for the formulation of influencer marketing strategies using virtual humans.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.586-594
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• 2022

Objectives: This study investigated the effectiveness of the social marketing mix approach in increasing students' knowledge about smoking, promoting positive attitudes toward smoking cessation, and decreasing smoking behavior. Methods: This quantitative research study incorporated a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest non-equivalent group design. Using the purposive sampling technique, 152 smoking students were selected as participants. They were divided into 2 equal groups, with 76 students in the control group and 76 in the intervention group. The data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed with the chi-square test, independent t-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Mann-Whitney U-test. Results: The social marketing mix intervention was effective in increasing the students' knowledge about smoking (p<0.001), improving their attitude toward smoking cessation (p<0.001), and reducing their smoking behavior (p=0.014). Conclusions: This approach should be implemented by local governments to reduce smoking behavior in the community, especially among teenagers, in addition to instituting a smoking ban and applying fines.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.158-170
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to examine how recently fashion corporate did use SNS applications for their product promotion strategies as case studies, and to provide what kinds of SNS marketing strategies would be developed for fashion corporate. Specifically, this study was focused on Twitter among SNS applications. For this study, Internet webs, news paper, articles, and other press work were used for resources. Five fashion corporate such as Buckaroo, MLB, North Faces, Kolon, and ABC Mart were analyzed. As the results, first, fashion corporate used Twitter as the marketing tool for their product promotion. Second, they tried to make an increase the numbers of Twitter follower from their customers. Third, Twitter was used for making higher customer loyalty by fashion corporate through a variety of program such as special events, game, music, or viral marketing. However, there were still some limitations on fashion corporate's Twitter usage, compared to other non-fashion corporate. Thus, fashion corporate needs to provide more creative and unique Twitter marketing strategies. Therefore, based on these results, fashion brand merchandising marketing strategies of fashion products would be provided from this study.