Denna studie syftar till att ge en bild av varför konsumenter väljer att engagera sig i interaktionen genom företags kanaler på sociala medier. Det empiriska underlaget insamlades genom en kvantitativ studie i form av en enkätundersökning samt en kompletterande textanalys av inlägg skrivna på Twitter. Studien undersökte fyra bakomliggande processer till engagemang. Dessa engagemangsprocesser är socialisering, samvärdeskapande, lärande och word-of-mouth. Undersökningarna visar att socialisering och word-of-mouth är de största bakomliggande processerna till konsumenters engagemang i jämförelse med lärande och samvärdeskapande.

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att studera hur mindre företag i resebranschen kan använda sociala medier som en framstående marknadsföringskanal för att öka kännedomen om företagets varumärke, samt skapa ett gemensamt värde för både kund och företag.De huvudsakliga teorier som ligger till grund för den här studien är sociala medier, sociala medier som marknadsföringskanal, varumärket, segmentering, strategi, krishantering, marknadsföring och kundservice, kundrelationer och värdeskapande, word of mouth, samt framtid..

Title: Social Media ? And customer interaction in smaller firmsSeminar date: 2011-06-10Course: Information Logistics, D-level.Authors: Marie Stenhammar and Ulrika CarlssonAdvisor: Jaime CamposKey words: Social Media, Web 2.0, Co-creation, Viral marketing, Word of Mouth, smaller firmsPurpose: This paper aims to describe the relevance of social media to smaller firms, the challenges and opportunities they face and what strategies they use, in the interaction with their customers.Methodology: The study is qualitative in nature and has an abductive approach. The empirical material consists of in-depth interviews with chosen companies and Internet observations.Theoretical perspectives: Social Media, Web 2.0, Co-creation, Viral marketing, Word of MouthEmpirical foundation: The study takes its empirical base from in-depth interviews with representatives from the small companies and internet observations connected to these.Conclusions: Smaller companies have great interest in social media. They preferably use Facebook, blogs, YouTube and Twitter. Their strategy is mainly to be very active and update their social media regularly.

Denna kandidatuppsats handlar om modebloggar och deras påverkan på konsumenters agerande. I dagens konsumtionssamhälle står mode högt i kurs och bloggläsare tar dagligen in information om nya produkter och varumärken genom word of mouth. En undersökning som Mahir PR har gjort visar att 58 procent av bloggläsarna faktiskt har köpt en identisk vara som de tidigare sett i en modeblogg. Vårt syfte är således att från Mahir PRs undersökning vidare beskriva på vilket sätt modebloggar påverkar konsumenters agerande. Vi har använt oss av teori kring word of mouth, samt Solomons kommunikationsmodell där massmedias information filtreras av olika opinionsledare eller grindvakter innan de når mottagarna/konsumenterna.

Today's consumers are demanding more and more from companies and are no longer as easy to im-press as they used to be. It is now the consumers that hold an increasing amount of power over com-panies and not the other way around. This change in consumer behaviour has caused an identity crisis for traditional advertising, and companies are now searching for new ways of reaching their target audience. The purpose of this combined qualitative and quantitative case study is to examine possible risks and possibilities that a retailing company face when communicating through Facebook. Data has been collected through in-depth interviews with company representatives combined with a quantitative study of the company's Facebook followers in order to answer the questions of (1) which possibilities and risks a retailing company face through the use of a Facebook fanpage and (2) if there is a differ-ence in the attitude and behaviour of active respectively passive followers that may have been caused by a retailing company's marketing communication on Facebook.

This study is about Skrädderiverkstan, a small tailoring company in Gothenburg. The study examines how this company can create a stronger brand for themselves in Gothenburg and how they can attract more customers but still keep the regulare ones.A survey was handed out and answered by the companys customers to see how they perceive the company and their tailoring services. This study showed that the customers are very happy with the company but some customers are not satisfied. The conclusion is that the company must take care of these dissatisfied customers and listen to their arguments since dissatisfied customers can create a badwill but mouth-to-mouth. A few of the recommendations made is to make the waiting area more pleasurable for customers and making it easier for the customers to find the tailoring company..

Uppsatsen söker förståelse för det nystartade svenska jeansmärket Cheap Mondays snabba och stora framgångar med sitt koncept. Kvalitativa intervjuer med nyckelpersoner på företaget genomfördes. Denna empiri analyserades sedan utifrån modern marknadsföringsteori, till att börja med med hjälp av 4 P-modellen. Denna ledde sedan vidare till fördjupning inom word-of-mouth och varumärkesidentitet. Med hjälp av dessa teorier drogs intressanta slutsatser och vi pekar ut ett antal framgångsfaktorer som haft stor betydelse för märkets popularitet..

This thesis treats the topic of user-generated comments connected with news stories on news sites, meaning electronic word-of-mouth combined with PR. The writers have examined how different types of comments affect consumers' perception of the article and also what communication effects these comments generate in terms of attitudes, purchase intent and word-of-mouth intent. The results interesting to the news site owners, is that lots of comments and negative comments generate a negative effect by making the actual article less credible, attractive and worth reading (relative to the subsequent comments). On the positive side, serious comments imply that the news story is perceived as more interesting, than a news story followed by non-serious comments. From a brand equity perspective, the interesting results show that few comments compared to lots of comments, generate a better attitude to the brand, even though there is no difference in how positive or negative the comments are.

Sammanfattning Uppsatsens titel: Kunden som marknadsförare: en ny modell Ämne/Kurs: Magisteruppsats, FEKP01, 15 ECT Seminariedatum: 2008-01-24 Författare: Alexandra Wahlqvist, Caroline Wallin och Niclas Wejrot Handledare: Gösta Wijk Nyckelord: traditionell marknadsföring, marknadskommunikation, medier, word-of-mouth Syfte: Givet de nya teknologiska utvecklingarna i media ämnar vi undersöka hur marknadsföring och marknadskommunikation har förändrats. Vi åsyftar att utveckla begrepp/modeller som gör det möjligt att bättre förstå fenomenet kunden som marknadsförare samt att relatera detta till traditionella marknadsföringsteorier. Metod: Vår uppsats är av explorativ art baserad på kvalitativa samt kvantitativa empiriska data hämtade från intervjuer och enkätundersökningar. Teoretisk referensram: Denna uppsats är baserad på teorier om marknadsföring, marknadskommunikation samt media. Slutsats: Företagen är medvetna om att word-of-mouth är ett effektivt sätt att marknadsföra men det är inte många som använder det som en uttalad strategi, vilket vi i vår uppsats kommer fram till är möjligt.

Syftet med denna kandidatuppsats har varit att, genom en studie av interaktionen mellan mäklare och dess kunder samt interaktionen mäklare emellan, försöka svara på hur fastighetsmäklaren agerar i sitt dagliga arbete. Metoden som använts har varit en kvalitativ studie vilken genomförts genom en deltagande observation. Mäklarna på en fastighetsbyrå har studerats utifrån ett dramaturgiskt och ett markandsföringsperspektiv. Mäklarens arbete med att skapa legitimitet för tjänsten och en god image illustreras i form av termerna roller, kundrelationer, kundnöjdhet och word-of-mouth. Uppsatsen utmynnar i en diskussion där mäklarens påstådda oumbärlighet som mellanhand vid fastighetsaffärer ifrågasätts..

The purpose of this study is to highlight the opportunities of using social media as a communicative tool to attract and engage customers on different social media platforms. In recent years social media has become an important way for business to communicate with people both national and global. The idea behind this thesis was found when we saw different approaches of how companies used social media as a marketing tool. Through a qualitative approach we did eight interviews with six different companies and two social media consults which have given us a basis of what companies really want to achieve with social media. With these interviews we were able to analyze and discuss the abilities to interact with people and how companies distribute content that engage users and increase their credibility to the company..

Word-of-mouth marketing (WOM) has been considered as one of the most effective marketing tools, yet the least understood. While its lucrative effects have been well proven in academic studies worldwide, little is yet known of why consumers engage in WOM, and what factors actually drive this sought-after behavior, particularly in an online context. While today's research lacks holistic views on the simultaneous effects of multiple WOM-drivers, this paper takes on a meta-analytic approach by building on the pertinent literature to construct an aggregated model, including several previously acknowledged drivers divided into two categories: (1) Brand related drivers and (2) Personal and situational drivers. The authors then empirically examine what drivers are the most influential on WOM in an online social media context. By doing so, this thesis does not only contribute to marketing managers' better understanding of online communications management, it also sheds light on the theoretical knowledge of the behavioral drivers of WOM.

This study aims to describe how a company behind a well-established brand in the fashion industry has strategically chosen to communicate with their target market. Interviews with four individuals in different positions within the company have generated qualitative data, which is presented and analyzed in relation to the theoretical frame of reference in this study. The results show that the company does not use conventional marketing, but relies rather on marketing based word-of-mouth generated by its customer base due to its unique store concepts. Previous research has shown that this type of marketing strategy is effective and beneficial to the brand equity, a conclusion that is demonstrated to also apply to the survey object of this study. Furthermore, it is also shown that this is largely due to the distinct and coordinated image that the company maintains through strict standardization..

Seventy-two working horses (they had been ridden with bit and bridle within the last two weeks) were examined in the oral cavity. Findings and status were noted. The horses were randomly chosen among individuals without clinical symptoms from the mouth and gastrointestinal system. The result showed that 93% of the horses had changes in the mucus membranes, 86% in the form of ulcerations. The P2 region was most commonly affected followed by wounds more caudally in the mouth (P3-M3 region).

This bachelor thesis in tourism studies focuses on people's use of social media related to travel. The paper aims to provide a wider knowledge of tourist?s propensity to display destinations through social media and how they perceive others that display travelling. This is put in relation to the term of social status in order to find out if there is a possible link. The intention was to provide an insight into the phenomenon to contribute new awareness that destinations can exploit in their marketing.