<p><strong>Background: </strong>The background shows that since the consumption patterns constantly are changing and the Internet usage is growing it creates more opportunities for the companies to interact through new media. There are two ways to go for companies that intend to use social media as a marketing strategy, to be in the possession of their own information or get help from a third party.</p><p><strong>Problem definition: </strong>What factors are important in the long term survival of the companies when choosing a social media?</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this essay is to analyze and evaluate the personal blog and the company blog as an information technology strategy.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The essay will have a hermeneutic and quantitative approach in the form of a survey.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Theories: </strong>Consumer Behavior, The Buying Decision Process, Involvement Theory, Business Concept, Branding, Total Communication Theory, Word-of-mouth/web and Service Profit Chain.</p><p><strong>Empiric: </strong>The empiric will consist of the results from the survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The result shows that the blog is effective as an information technology strategy however the companies should adapt their choice of blog to the products that they sell.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Important factors for companies that seek long-term survival are involvement, communication and loyalty. It is also important to use a relationship marketing approach.<strong></strong></p><p> </p>

Background: The background shows that since the consumption patterns constantly are changing and the Internet usage is growing it creates more opportunities for the companies to interact through new media. There are two ways to go for companies that intend to use social media as a marketing strategy, to be in the possession of their own information or get help from a third party. Problem definition: What factors are important in the long term survival of the companies when choosing a social media? Objective: The objective of this essay is to analyze and evaluate the personal blog and the company blog as an information technology strategy. Method: The essay will have a hermeneutic and quantitative approach in the form of a survey. Theories: Consumer Behavior, The Buying Decision Process, Involvement Theory, Business Concept, Branding, Total Communication Theory, Word-of-mouth/web and Service Profit Chain. Empiric: The empiric will consist of the results from the survey. Results: The result shows that the blog is effective as an information technology strategy however the companies should adapt their choice of blog to the products that they sell. Conclusion: Important factors for companies that seek long-term survival are involvement, communication and loyalty. It is also important to use a relationship marketing approach.

Datum: 2014-06-02 Nivå: Magisteruppsats i företagsekonomi 15 HP Institution: Akademi för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik EST Författare: Alexander Ivsjö Robin Saha Titel: Bankerna i en ny miljö - Den teknologiska utvecklingens påverkan på svenska bankers marknadsföring Handledare: Sikander Khan Nyckelord: Marknadsföring, relationsmarknadsföring, transaktionsmarknadsföring, kundkontakt, kundlojalitet, kundnöjdhet, banker Frågeställning: Har och i så fall hur har bankernas marknadsföring mot privatkunden förändrats med tanke på den tekniska förändringen som har skett på den svenska bankmarknaden? Har och i så fall hur har bankernas syn på kundrelationer och kundlojalitet förändrats med avseende på den tekniska förändringen som har skett på den svenska bankmarknaden? Syfte: Syftet är att skapa en bild över hur bankerna använder sin marknadsföring mot privatkunder, samt att hur det har förändrats med tanke på den tekniska förändringen på den svenska bankmarknaden. Metod: Denna studie är uppbyggd av en deduktiv forskningsansats då författarna har gjort en förstudie för att få en förståelse av den svenska bankmarknaden. Studien har inslag av en kvantitativ metod, men huvudfokus ligger i en kvalitativ metod. Primärdata insamlades genom intervjuer med anställda och chefer på Handelsbanken och Nordea. Slutsats: De svenska storbankerna bedriver en relationsmarknadsföring med i vissa fall inslag av transaktionsmarknadsföring.Efter den tekniska utvecklingen har svenska storbankerna gått från att bedriva någon form av transaktionsmarknadsföring / Date: June 2, 2014 Level: Master thesis in Business Administration 15 ECTS Institution: The School of Business, society and engineering Authors: Alexander Ivsjö Robin Saha Title: The banks in a new environment - the technological developments’ impact on the marketing of banks in Sweden Tutor: Sikander Khan Keywords: Marketing, relationship marketing, transaction marketing, customer contact, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, banks Research Question: Has the marketing on the banking market towards private costumers in Sweden changed, and if so how, depending on the technological development? Has the view on customer relationships and customer loyalty changed on the banking market in Sweden, depending on the technological development and if so, how has it changed? Purpose: The aim of this study is to understand banks marketing efforts towards the private costumer and how it has changed on the banking market in Sweden depending on the technological development. Method: This is a study with a deductive approach based on a feasibility study of the situation on the banking market in Sweden. The study is mainly based on a qualitative approach but has also element from a quantitative approach. The primary data were collected through interviews with personal at Handelsbanken and Nordea. Conclusion: The major Swedish banks’ marketing is relationship marketing that in some case has elements of transaction marketing.Depending on the technological developments the marketing on the banking market in Sweden has gone from transaction marketing to relationship marketing.

<p>Background: The theater market has matured – supply now exceeds demand. Government funds are on a decrease, replaced by other means of financing. The city of Stockholm will be introducing a bonus system that will benefit independent theater groups that succeed to increase their revenue and attendance. Hence, the audience will play an even greater role, a tendency some free theater groups come to terms with by interacting with the audience to create value.</p><p>Thesis statement: What factors lead to the long-term survival of the independent theater groups, allowing them to benefit from the imminent bonus system?</p><p>Purpose: To analyze and evaluate the marketing strategies of the independent theater groups, in reference to their capability of long-term survival through value creation along with the audience, thereby increasing attendance and ticket revenue.</p><p>Methodology: The study combines quantitative and qualitative approaches and methods. Interviews were conducted with the producers at three independent theater groups in the city of Stockholm. The questionnaire was answered by 90 members of the independent theater group audience.</p><p>Areas of theory: Value creation, marketing communication and customer characteristics.</p><p>Results: There is a lack of coherence between the marketing strategies of the independent theater groups and the characteristics of the audience. Hence, the independent theater groups are currently facing poor conditions for long-term survival through growth in audience and revenue. However, if the strategies are adjusted to the audience’s inclination to participate in the value creation, the conditions may improve.</p><p>Conclusions: The important factors leading to long-term survival of the independent theater groups, thereby increasing audience participation and ticket revenue, are: ”Co-production of values”, ”Enabling” and ”Word of mouth”. Co-production of value must however not apply to the artistry, since the audience seems to guard artistic freedom.</p> / <p>Bakgrund: Teatermarknaden har mognat – utbud övergår efterfrågan. Bidragen minskar till förmån för en breddad finansiering. Ett bonussystem ska införas i Stockholms stad, vilket kommer att gynna fria teatergrupper som ökar sina intäkter och sitt publikantal. Publiken spelar således en allt viktigare roll och vissa fria teatergrupper försöker hantera detta genom att värdeskapa i interaktion med publiken.</p><p>Problemformulering: Vilka faktorer är viktiga för att fria teatergrupper ska överleva långsiktigt och sedermera gynnas av det förestående bonussystemet?</p><p>Syfte: Att analysera och utvärdera fria teatergruppers marknadsföringsstrategier med avseende på deras förutsättningar att överleva långsiktigt genom att värdeskapa med publiken och på så sätt öka sitt publikantal och sina biljettintäkter.</p><p>Metod: Studien kombinerar kvantitativa och kvalitativa ansatser och metoder. Intervjuer har genomförts med producenterna för tre fria teatergrupper i Stockholms stad och enkätundersökningar har genomförts med totalt 90 personer i de fria teatergruppernas publik.</p><p>Teoriområden: Värdeskapande, marknadskommunikation och kundegenskaper.</p><p>Resultat: Studien visar att de fria teatergruppernas publik är villig att skapa värde tillsammans med teatergrupperna. Såtillvida har de fria teatergrupperna goda förutsättningar att överleva långsiktigt genom att värdeskapa med sin publik. Det råder dock brist på överensstämmelse mellan de fria teatergruppernas strategier och publikens egenskaper. För att uppnå långsiktig överlevnad genom att öka sitt publikantal och sina biljettintäkter måste de fria teatergrupperna anpassa sina strategier till publikens vilja att deltaga i värdeskapandet.</p><p>Slutsats: De faktorer som är viktiga för att de fria teatergrupperna ska överleva långsiktigt och sedermera gynnas av det förestående bonussystemet är ”samproduktion av värde”, ”möjliggörande” och ”word-of-mouth”. Samproduktionen av värde bör dock inte gälla den konstnärliga verksamheten, då publiken tycks värna den konstnärliga friheten.</p>

Background: The theater market has matured – supply now exceeds demand. Government funds are on a decrease, replaced by other means of financing. The city of Stockholm will be introducing a bonus system that will benefit independent theater groups that succeed to increase their revenue and attendance. Hence, the audience will play an even greater role, a tendency some free theater groups come to terms with by interacting with the audience to create value. Thesis statement: What factors lead to the long-term survival of the independent theater groups, allowing them to benefit from the imminent bonus system? Purpose: To analyze and evaluate the marketing strategies of the independent theater groups, in reference to their capability of long-term survival through value creation along with the audience, thereby increasing attendance and ticket revenue. Methodology: The study combines quantitative and qualitative approaches and methods. Interviews were conducted with the producers at three independent theater groups in the city of Stockholm. The questionnaire was answered by 90 members of the independent theater group audience. Areas of theory: Value creation, marketing communication and customer characteristics. Results: There is a lack of coherence between the marketing strategies of the independent theater groups and the characteristics of the audience. Hence, the independent theater groups are currently facing poor conditions for long-term survival through growth in audience and revenue. However, if the strategies are adjusted to the audience’s inclination to participate in the value creation, the conditions may improve. Conclusions: The important factors leading to long-term survival of the independent theater groups, thereby increasing audience participation and ticket revenue, are: ”Co-production of values”, ”Enabling” and ”Word of mouth”. Co-production of value must however not apply to the artistry, since the audience seems to guard artistic freedom. / Bakgrund: Teatermarknaden har mognat – utbud övergår efterfrågan. Bidragen minskar till förmån för en breddad finansiering. Ett bonussystem ska införas i Stockholms stad, vilket kommer att gynna fria teatergrupper som ökar sina intäkter och sitt publikantal. Publiken spelar således en allt viktigare roll och vissa fria teatergrupper försöker hantera detta genom att värdeskapa i interaktion med publiken. Problemformulering: Vilka faktorer är viktiga för att fria teatergrupper ska överleva långsiktigt och sedermera gynnas av det förestående bonussystemet? Syfte: Att analysera och utvärdera fria teatergruppers marknadsföringsstrategier med avseende på deras förutsättningar att överleva långsiktigt genom att värdeskapa med publiken och på så sätt öka sitt publikantal och sina biljettintäkter. Metod: Studien kombinerar kvantitativa och kvalitativa ansatser och metoder. Intervjuer har genomförts med producenterna för tre fria teatergrupper i Stockholms stad och enkätundersökningar har genomförts med totalt 90 personer i de fria teatergruppernas publik. Teoriområden: Värdeskapande, marknadskommunikation och kundegenskaper. Resultat: Studien visar att de fria teatergruppernas publik är villig att skapa värde tillsammans med teatergrupperna. Såtillvida har de fria teatergrupperna goda förutsättningar att överleva långsiktigt genom att värdeskapa med sin publik. Det råder dock brist på överensstämmelse mellan de fria teatergruppernas strategier och publikens egenskaper. För att uppnå långsiktig överlevnad genom att öka sitt publikantal och sina biljettintäkter måste de fria teatergrupperna anpassa sina strategier till publikens vilja att deltaga i värdeskapandet. Slutsats: De faktorer som är viktiga för att de fria teatergrupperna ska överleva långsiktigt och sedermera gynnas av det förestående bonussystemet är ”samproduktion av värde”, ”möjliggörande” och ”word-of-mouth”. Samproduktionen av värde bör dock inte gälla den konstnärliga verksamheten, då publiken tycks värna den konstnärliga friheten.

The procedures of the study are mainly through the review on the relevant reference documents related to the subject of those have been published domestically and internationally, meanwhile to get a better understanding on the most recent development on Information Technology and its associated models which are being applied to the customer relationship management by the organizations and/or business units in the world. Then, through the investigation and review on steel industries to understand the real situations domestically and internationally, specifically to focus on the Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd. As an example, for which to plan the implementation of Extranet System for the improvement of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) by using Information Technology, what problems it will be faced and how is the best strategyfor this implementation. Then after the completion of the study, to make a constructive recommendation to the Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd as an useful reference when the Extranet system to be planned and implementedfor. In Chapter-1 ¡©Introduction¡ª¡Ato descibe the backgroud, purposes, procedures and the limitation related to the study¡Fin Chapter-2, the major is concentrate on the review and understand on the relevant documents of the subject related¡Fin Chapter-3, specifically to focus on the existing situations of the steel industries and the Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd. how it is the current situation to the subject issue¡Fin Chapter-4, to have further investigation on recent situations for the use of Information Technology in Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd. to make a recommendation for their reference whn they plan for the implementation of Extranet System for the improvement of Customer Relationship Management¡Fand finally, in Chapter-5, to describe the findings and issues for whicht to be expected to have further study in the future to come up a generalized model for which can be applied to all companies not only for steel industies but also to all conventional enpterprises as an important and valuable reference guideline.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Business Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Relationship marketing has received much attention and widespread publicity over the past ten years and has moved to the forefront of research and practice. It provides companies with a management tool to establish economically profitable relationships, networks and interactions with different, but equally important stakeholder markets. The marketing concept as reflected in the four P's of the marketing mix was prominent in marketing practice and thinking until the mid-1980s, when reference to customer relationships and relationship building began to appear in the literature and became the focus of much research. The marketing concept, although still relevant, was expanded to include the dimension of relationships. The shift fiom transactional to relationship-based marketing has many implications for product and service based business. Marketing can no longer be viewed as a separate function to which an organisation can assign responsibility for the customer while the rest of the organisation gets on with their tasks. Rather, the relationship-based view of marketing places the responsibility for marketing (as defined broadly) on everyone in the organisation. In other words, it is the responsibility of every employee within the organisation to satisfy the needs of customers. A relationship marketing orientation can therefore create a competitive edge for an organisation and can also have a positive impact on organisational performance. In a highly competitive, global environment organisations are focussing more attention on building sustainable, competitive advantages by developing and maintaining close, cooperative relationships with a limited set of suppliers, customers and channel members. Through these relationships, organisations create value by differentiating their offering and/or lowering their costs. The term "relationship marketing" is therefore applied to a number of different marketing activities ranging from consumer frequency marketing programs to selling activities directed towards building partnerships with key customers. The focus of this study is to investigate the mutually beneficial nature of establishing long term relationships in supplier markets, customer markets, internal markets, recruitment markets, internal markets and influence markets. The different principles which are important to improve and professionally manage the relationships in the markets listed above, are identified and discussed. These principles were tested in travel agencies in the Western Cape province to determine their current and ideal application in a travel and tourism environment. The calculation of effect sizes were based on the difference between the current and ideal application of the principles within travel agencies in the Western Cape. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Business Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007

Relationship marketing has received much attention and widespread publicity over the past ten years and has moved to the forefront of research and practice. It provides companies with a management tool to establish economically profitable relationships, networks and interactions with different, but equally important stakeholder markets. The marketing concept as reflected in the four P's of the marketing mix was prominent in marketing practice and thinking until the mid-1980s, when reference to customer relationships and relationship building began to appear in the literature and became the focus of much research. The marketing concept, although still relevant, was expanded to include the dimension of relationships. The shift fiom transactional to relationship-based marketing has many implications for product and service based business. Marketing can no longer be viewed as a separate function to which an organisation can assign responsibility for the customer while the rest of the organisation gets on with their tasks. Rather, the relationship-based view of marketing places the responsibility for marketing (as defined broadly) on everyone in the organisation. In other words, it is the responsibility of every employee within the organisation to satisfy the needs of customers. A relationship marketing orientation can therefore create a competitive edge for an organisation and can also have a positive impact on organisational performance. In a highly competitive, global environment organisations are focussing more attention on building sustainable, competitive advantages by developing and maintaining close, cooperative relationships with a limited set of suppliers, customers and channel members. Through these relationships, organisations create value by differentiating their offering and/or lowering their costs. The term "relationship marketing" is therefore applied to a number of different marketing activities ranging from consumer frequency marketing programs to selling activities directed towards building partnerships with key customers. The focus of this study is to investigate the mutually beneficial nature of establishing long term relationships in supplier markets, customer markets, internal markets, recruitment markets, internal markets and influence markets. The different principles which are important to improve and professionally manage the relationships in the markets listed above, are identified and discussed. These principles were tested in travel agencies in the Western Cape province to determine their current and ideal application in a travel and tourism environment. The calculation of effect sizes were based on the difference between the current and ideal application of the principles within travel agencies in the Western Cape. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Business Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007