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Social media marketing, functional branding strategy and intentional branding
Social media marketing, functional branding strategy and intentional branding

Author(s): Mohammad Fahmi Al-Zyoud
Subject(s): Economy, Media studies, Business Economy / Management, Marketing / Advertising
Published by: ТОВ “Консалтингово-видавнича компанія “Ділові перспективи”
Keywords: e-marketing; functional branding; intentional branding; social media marketing;

Summary/Abstract: It has been suggested that social media marketing may be inclined more towards functional branding than intentional branding. The present study empirically examined the relationship between social media marketing strategies, intentional branding and functional branding with a view to determining where social media marketing strategies are more strongly inclined towards intentional than functional branding. Quantitative data were collected from 133 participants from Jordan marketing departments using questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS. The results of the study confirmed the relationship between social media marketing strategies. However, results showed that social media marketing strategies are more strongly inclined towards intentional branding than functional branding suggesting that social media marketing strategies are oriented towards intentional branding. The study recommends examining the idea of intentional branding and its role in controlling the image of the brand among customers.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 102-116
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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