TY  - JOUR
T1  - Social media instruments’ use and  importance for the marketing communications mix - An exploratory analysis on companies' in Romania
JO  - Journal of Emerging Trends in Marketing and Management
VL  - I
IS  - 1
SP  - 346
EP  - 353
PY  - 2016
T2  - 
AU  - Pachițanu, Andreea
SN  - 2537-5865
DO  - 
UR  - http://www.etimm.ase.ro/RePEc/aes/jetimm/2016/ETIMM_V01_2016_108.pdf
KW  - Social media
KW  - integrated marketing communications
KW  - fast moving consumer goods
KW  - qualitative research
KW  - communications strategy
AB  - The emergence and unprecedented popularity of social media among consumers has dramatically changed the balance of forces involved in the attention economy: who pays attention to what, who influences these decisions and how they are monitored and measured, which is the response speed, and most importantly, how all this is monetized. The social component of the Internet is not just hype, it’s a fundamental change in the way consumers shop, play, communicate, get information, interact, collaborate or create and the whole relational universe of an individual is involved. Taking this into account, the article presents the main outcomes of an exploratory qualitative research investigating the marketing activities of companies in the consumer goods sector (FMCG) in Romania (with a focus on online marketing activities), with the purpose of investigating the use, overall knowledge, importance and evolution of specific social media tools for the companies' marketing communications mix. The article comprises a summary of relevant research related to social media marketing, the description and analysis of the research methodology and the main outcomes, followed by limitations and conclusions.
ER  -