Investigating the Effect of Brand Marketing on Brand Equity and Consumer Behavior (Case Study: Iranian Consumers of Brands in Social Media)

Journal Title: Roshd-e-Fanavari - Year 2018, Vol 14, Issue 54

Abstract

Given that Brand marketing in social media is one type of digital marketing that aims to communicate with audiences and customers in order to provide products, services and business, so that social media can be used for Internet marketing. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of brand marketing on brand equity and consumer behavior. This study is an applied research with qualitative approach. The population of this study was Iranian consumers of social media brands (customers) whose number is unlimited. Due to their unlimited number of samples, the Cochran formula was used to determine the sample size and randomly selected 385 random errors of 0.05 by simple random sampling method. To invenstigate the research hypotheses, a questionnaire was used for data collection. In the inferential statistics, firstly, the dimensions were determined and the indexes were extracted. After checking the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, to normalize collected data, Kolmogorov smirnov test was applied. Then the research hypothesens were examined using pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling. Based on the results, all assumptions were accepted. As marketing efforts of brands in social media had the highest impact on the consumer brand value of 0.95.

Authors and Affiliations

Masoud Tosifyan, Ali Ramezani

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  • EP ID EP392642
  • DOI 10.7508/roshdefanavari.2018.14.007
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Masoud Tosifyan, Ali Ramezani (2018). Investigating the Effect of Brand Marketing on Brand Equity and Consumer Behavior (Case Study: Iranian Consumers of Brands in Social Media). Roshd-e-Fanavari, 14(54), 55-62. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-392642