The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of electronic content on customer experience and increase customer loyalty. This study is a survey, and the required data for the analysis was obtained by distributing and collecting 201 question

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of electronic content on customer experience and increase customer loyalty. This study is a survey, and the required data for the analysis was obtained by distributing and collecting 201 questionnaires. Data were analysed using Smart Pls 3.2.9 software. Content marketing focuses on change and innovation in the production of high-quality content. Content marketing is a method of creating the right content to attract, retain, and communicate with the audience for a long time. This type of marketing is defined to attract the interests of the audience and attract profitable customers to bridge the gap between customers and companies. The findings of the research indicated that there is a positive effect of electronic content marketing on customer experience and increase customer purchase frequency and, ultimately customer loyalty. Content marketing is an opportunity for all organizations and companies to be pioneers in customer retention as well as customer loyalty and repeat purchases by using this parameter. Due to its increasing growth, content marketing has become a top strategy in the market as a recipe for all large and small organizations wanting to enter the market. Variables such as user-generated content, conversion rate optimization, content personalization, and remarketing, as well as multichannel sales are the most powerful indicators of content marketing for retention, retention, and repeat purchases, as well as loyalty.Variables such as user-generated content, conversion rate optimization, content personalization, and remarketing, as well as multichannel sales are the most powerful indicators of content marketing for retention, retention, and repeat purchases, as well as loyalty.

Keywords


منابع
اصلی بیگی, حامد (1396). عوامل موثر بر ایجاد وفاداری مشتریان در بازاریابی آنلاین، دومین کنفرانس بین­المللی پژوهش­های کاربردی در تربیت بدنی، علوم ورزشی و قهرمانی، تهران، دانشگاه صالحان.
حیدری، ساناز (1390). بررسی رابطه بین تجربه مشتری و وفاداری مشتریان و تبلیغات دهان به دهان توسط مشتریان محصوالت سامسونگ، پایان نامه کارشناسی ارشد، رشته مدیریت اجرایی، دانشگاه صنعتی شاهرود.
مجتهدی, مرضیه و محمد همتی (1396). بررسی ادراک مشتری از عوامل موثر بر وفاداری مشتریان از خرید اینترنتی( آنلاین)، دومین کنفرانس سالانه اقتصاد، مدیریت و حسابداری، اهواز، دانشگاه شهید چمران، سازمان صنعت، معدن و تجارت خوزستان.
میرمحمدی ماهونکی, سجاد و زهرا تقیان دینانی (1394). بررسی عوامل مؤثر بر وفاداری مشتری آنلاین، کنفرانس ملی رویکردهای نوین در علوم مدیریت، اقتصاد و حسابداری، مازندران، موسسه علمی تحقیقاتی کومه علم آوران دانش.
نیک‌بخت، بنفشه (1396). آموزش: نقشه‌ سفر مشتری چیست و چگونه ساخته می‌شود.  https://www.zoomit.ir/2017/8/9/190303/customer-journey-map-how-make-it/
نیکی، حکیمه و یوسف صادقمند (1394). مروری بر مدل­ها و لزوم بکارگیری مدیریت تجربه مشتری، دومین همایش ملی و دومین همایش بین­المللی مدیریت و حسابداری ایران، همدان، دبیرخانه دائمی همایش.
وثوق, فرشید و اعظم عندلیب (1395). بازاریابی محتوا به عنوان رویکردی نوین برای جذب مشتریان در شبکه اجتماعی و وب­سایت­ها، اولین کنفرانس ملی مدیریت مهندسی، آستانه اشرفیه، مؤسسه آموزش عالی مهرآستان گیلان.
 
References
 
Bahtar, A. Z., & Muda, M. (2016). The impact of User–Generated Content (UGC) on product reviews towards online purchasing–A conceptual framework. Procedia Economics and Finance, 37, Pp 337-342.
 
Baltes, L. P. (2015). Content marketing-the fundamental tool of digital marketing. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Economic Sciences. Series V, 8(2), 111.
 
Cespedes, F. V., & Heddleston, R. (2018). 4 Ways to Improve Your Content Marketing.
 
Chepur, J., & Bellamkonda, R. (2019). Examing the conceotualizatin of customer experience as a construct. Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 23(1).
 
Forrest, P. (2019). Content Marketing Today.
 
Gentile, C., Spiller, N., & Noci, G. (2007). How to sustain the customer experience:: An overview of experience components that co-create value with the customer. European management journal, 25(5), Pp 395-410.
 
Hollebeek, L. D., & Macky, K. (2019). Digital content marketing's role in fostering consumer engagement, trust, and value: Framework, fundamental propositions, and implications. Journal of Interactive marketing, 45, Pp 27-41.
 
Khan, A., & Islam, M. (2017). The Impact of Digital Marketing on Increasing Customer Loyalty: A Study on Dhaka City, Bangladesh.
 
Klaus, P. P., & Maklan, S. (2013). Towards a better measure of customer experience. International Journal of Market Research, 55(2), Pp 227-246.
 
Kumar, V., & Venkatesan, R. (2005). Who are the multichannel shoppers and how do they perform?: Correlates of multichannel shopping behavior. Journal of Interactive marketing, 19(2), Pp 44-62.
 
Kuusisto, S.-S. (2019). Identifying the Level and Effectiveness of Content Marketing: Case Company X.
 
Lemon, K. N., & Verhoef, P. C. (2016). Understanding customer experience throughout the customer journey. Journal of marketing, 80(6), Pp 69-96.
 
O'Sullivan, E. L., & Spangler, K. J. (1998). Experience marketing: strategies for the new Millennium: Venture Publishing Inc.
 
Panosso, A., & Gaeta, C. (2011). Turismo de experiência. Editora SENAC, São Paulo, Pp 99-117.
 
Park, C.-H., & Kim, Y.-G. (2003). Identifying key factors affecting consumer purchase behavior in an online shopping context. International journal of retail & distribution management, 31(1), Pp 16-29.
 
Pine, B. J., Pine, J., & Gilmore, J. H. (1999). The experience economy: work is theatre & every business a stage: Harvard Business Press.
Piotrowicz, W., & Cuthbertson, R. (2014). Introduction to the special issue information technology in retail: Toward omnichannel retailing. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 18(4), Pp 5-16.
 
Ramzan, U., & Syed, A. R. (2018). Role of content based social media marketing in bulding customer loyalty and motivating consumers to forward content. Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, 23(3), Pp 1-20.
 
Ribbink, D., Van Riel, A. C., Liljander, V., & Streukens, S. (2004). Comfort your online customer: quality, trust and loyalty on the internet. Managing Service Quality: An International Journal,96)14, Pp 446-456.
 
Scherer, A., Wünderlich, N. V., & Von Wangenheim, F. (2015). The Value of Self-Service: Long-Term Effects of Technology-Based Self-Service Usage on Customer Retention. MIS quarterly, 3(10).
 
Shabanali, R. (2019). Customer journey in content marketing: Why 5-stage model is a better fit?  Retrieved from http://webmindset.net/customer-journey-content-marketing-5-stage-model-better-fit/.
 
Srivastava, M., & Kaul, D. (2016). Exploring the link between customer experience–loyalty–consumer spend. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 31, Pp 277-286.
 
Suhartanto, D., Helmi Ali, M., Tan, K. H., Sjahroeddin, F., & Kusdibyo, L (2019). Loyalty toward online food delivery service: the role of e-service.
 
Toufaily, E., Ricard, L., & Perrien, J. (2013). Customer loyalty to a commercial website: Descriptive meta-analysis of the empirical literature and proposal of an integrative model. Journal of Business Research, 66(9), Pp 1436-1447.
 
Veríssimo, M., & Menezes, N. (2015). Social media as a tool to enhance customer experience in hospitality industry. Portuguese Journal of Marketing/Revista Portuguesa de Marketing.
 
Yang, S. (2019). The Study of Customer Experience Design and Optimization of Shopping Website: Case Analysis of Amazon in China. Asian Business Research, 4(2), Pp 1.
 
Yang, Z., Peterson, R. T., & Cai, S. (2003). Services quality dimensions of Internet retailing: an exploratory analysis. Journal of services marketing, 17(7), Pp 685-700.