A Project on Social Media Marketing and its Influence on Consumer Behavior that helps a consumer to make a purchase decision and influence their perception and public behavior or anxiety they exhibit.
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Growth lof lDigital lMarketing lSector:
Fig lno l1. lGrowth lof lDigital lMarketing lSector
With lthe lrapid lgrowth lof lInternet land lconsumer lexposure lto lthe lSocial lMedia land
lalso lto lthe lInternet lways lof lshopping lthere lled la ldemand land lmore lfootfall lof lpeople
ltowards lDigital lMarketing. lThe labove lfigure lprovides la lclear linformation labout lthe lgrowth
lof lDigital lMarketing lin la lfaster lways.
Government lInitiatives:
The lDigital lIndia lCampaign lcomprises lof la lfew lprojects. lThese lprojects lare lstarted
lwith la lgoal lof lgetting lready lIndia lto lend lup lenabled lsocially land lmonetarily. lBesides lit
llikewise lintends lto lbring lgreat ladministration lfor levery lresident lthrough lsynchronized land
lco-ordinated lcommitment lof lthe lGovernment.
Our lPM lhas lhandover lthe lentire lobligation lof lexecuting lDigital lIndia lCampaign lto lthe
lDepartment lof lElectronics land lInformation lTechnology l(DEITY). lAs la lteam lwith ldifferent
lCentral lMinistries/Departments land lState lGovernments lthe lDepartment lof lElectronics
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landlInformation lTechnology lis lsorting lout land larranging lsystems lof lvarious lexercises lunder
lthe lDigital lIndia, lwhich lis lcautiously lchecked lby lMonitoring lCommittee lon lDigital lIndia
lheaded lby lthe lPrime lMinister litself.
Company lProfile:
Your laccomplices land lpartners lin lmaking la lbrand lwhich lchampion lin lthe lspace.
We, lTeam lBernay lIMC, lare ljust laides. lIt lis lyou lwho lmake land lmaintained lthe
lbusiness, land lwe lbasically lhelp lto lmake lit lincreasingly lviable lby lutilizing lmedia lapparatuses,
lweb ladvancements, land lweb lbased llife larrangements. lOur lgroup lhas ljoined lthe lexperience lof
lmore lthan l35 lyears lin lthe lfield lof lPublic lrelations, lmedia lthe lexecutives, land lbrand lworking
lover lthe lrange. lOpen lRelation lis lour lbusiness land lwe lcomprehend lthat lit's la lcenter lpiece lof
lyours las lwell. lWe're lhere lto lhelp lshape lyour lpicture, lachieve lyour lbusiness lobjectives,
lincrement lbrand ltrust land lguarantee lpositive lmedia linclusion lthat leventually lconveys lgenuine
lreturns lfor lyour lbusiness.
We llive lin la lmedia-immersed lworld lserving lus la lsteady lstream lof ldata land
linformation, lcompeting lfor lour lconsideration land lcommitment. lTaking ladvantage lof lthe
lupsides lof lthis lnew lage lis lno lmean laccomplishment. lThe lcomplexities lof loverseeing
lobservations, lpicking lup lhelp, lbringing lissues lto llight, lactivating lactivity land lmaking la
lpositive lopen lpicture lare lwinding lup lprogressively lincreasingly ltroublesome lin la ldata lfree-
for-all. lBe lthat las lit lmay, ldread lnot. lThat lis lthe lplace lwe lcome lin. lWe lare lhere lto lensure
lyour lopen lpicture lserves lyour lnecessities. l
Our lgroup lof lenergetic lmedia lrelations lauthorities lwill lutilize ltheir laptitude lto lcontact
lthe lcorrect lnews lsources lso las lto lrecount lyour lstory, lincrement lyour lperceivability land llift
lopen lacknowledgment lof lyour limage. lRegardless lof lwhether lyour ldefinitive lobjective lis lto
lsell lan litem, limpact lpopular lsentiment lor lcampaign lfor la lcritical lsocial lreason l– lwe lhave
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lthelapparatuses lto lguarantee lit lsucceeds. lWe lare lmillennial lin lage, lmulti-generational lin
lattitude, lcreative lin lexecution land lground lbreaking lin lstandpoint. lOur lmost lprominent
lquality lis lour lcapacity lto lcreate land lexecute lreason ldriven lenactments lthat lassociate
lnetworks, lassociations, land lorganizations lto laccomplish lextensive lscale lsway. lWe lutilize lan
lin-house, lincorporated lmodel lto lbuild lconvincing lstories lto lmirror lour lcustomer's limage
ldecisively, lonland ldisconnected. l
More lindividuals lthan lany lother ltime lin lrecent lmemory lare lexperiencing ltheir llives lon
lthe lweb. lThat lis lthe lplace lyour lintended linterest lgroup lis lhanging lout l– lso lwhy lnot lconnect
lwith lthem? lWe'll lbuild lup la lcomputerized lmethodology las lper lyour lpoints land ltargets, lplan
land ldeal lwith lyour lonline lstages, land lgive lthe lbest lsubstance lto lcontact lyour lgathering lof
lpeople lin lthe lbest lway.
Vision:
“We lBuild lBrands”
Services lProvided:
Ideate:
We lIdeate lBrand lStrategy, lIdea lgeneration, lBrand ldiscovery, lBrand lrediscovery, lSocial
lMedia, lContent l& lStrategy, lWebsite lconsulting.
Illustrate:
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We lIllustrate lContent lcreation, lBranding, lRebranding lcampaigns, lDesign lServices
llogos, lNewsletter, lInvitations letc.
Inspire:
We lInspire lDigital lsupport, lContent, lManagement, lCampaigns.
Influence:
We lInfluence lMulticultural lengagement, lBranded lexperiences, lSocial lmedia lengagement, l
Public lrelations, lEvent lmanagement, land lMarketing, lSocial lmedia lpromotion.
Promoters:
Table lshowing lthe lPromoters lof lthe lCompany:
Sl
lNo
Name Designation
01 Mr.Raghavendra lRao CEO
02 Mr. lVishwas. lA Senior lAssociate
Fig lno l2: lpromotrers lof lCompany
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FUTURE GROWTH AND PROSPECTS OF DIGITAL MARKETING:
With 450 million internet users in India, businesses can no more choose to ignore their
presence on digital and online media. In the absence of digital presence, customers are
bound to discover and opt for the services of your competitor (who has already mastered
digital marketing).
The growing population of tech-savvy internet users has massively expanded the scope of
digital marketing in India and the future is looking great.
The primary reason why companies adopt online marketing is because it is a result-
oriented mode of marketing. You can get to know where every penny is spent and the
exact numbers in terms of traffic, conversions, the pages with the highest conversions and
the channels bringing in this traffic.
With more than 1.5 lakh jobs being created in India due to digital marketing, there
couldn’t be a better time to become a digital marketing consultant.
The following components of digital marketing:
Search engine optimization
Paid search
Email marketing
Social media marketing
Content marketing
Content writing
Inbound marketing
Conversion rate optimization
Web analytics and reporting
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LITERATURE REVIEW
Getting the truth': exploring the material grounds of institutional dynamics in social media:
Scott (2009) states the reasons for brand promoters preferring online web for marketing is
that the tools, techniques and content are constantly evolving. The buyers reward creativity by
responding to the online efforts like:
If you are open to trying out new things, you can be first in your industry to use something new
to communicate to your buyers.
Marketing in some social networking websites are still the most popular in their niche. Shih
(2009) says that there are hundreds of millions of active users across sites like Face book, Hi5,
Orkut and MySpace. 2.6 billionaire spent on Face book each day. These websites are enabling
brands to engage the right people in the right conversation at right time. Marketing the brands
through social media is becoming precise, personal, interesting ,interactive and social. Weber
(2009) says promoting a community is just like as promoting a new brand product or service to the
consumers. Social media is used to communicate people in the promotional aspect and inclined to
involve the236 J. Media Commun. Stud. people. Traditional advertising and direct marketing in
social media is to send people to the digital community to be informed, entertained and heard. Users
find appealing, a value high enough to encourage them to participate.
(Hung and Li)
Verbal (WOM) is a profoundly solid type of showcasing data. In any case, since it is hard to
think about WOM in the up close and personal setting, analysts have restricted comprehension of its
wellsprings of adequacy or its belongings past item and brand interchanges. We broke down PC
intervened information and led up close and personal meetings with excellence item devotees in
China to comprehend electronic WOM (eWOM) in an utilization intrigue virtual network. Our
discoveries uncover four classes of reactions: (1) wellsprings of social capital, (2) brand decision
assistance, (3) influence learning advancement, and (4) buyer reflexivity. We at that point propose a
model and offer a lot of hypothesizes to layout future research headings.
(Borges)
The author finds that today's buyers want to be engaged differently than in years past and
many traditional marketing tactics simply do not work anymore. Social media marketing is a
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revolutionary way to build solid relationships with buyers. Low cost, brand building, staffing
advantages, loyalty and level playing field are key benefits of social networking sites as a successful
marketing media.
(Mangold and Faulds)
The author documented that development of Internet-based web based life has made it
feasible for one individual to speak with hundreds or even a large number of other individuals about
items and the organizations that give them. Accordingly, the effect of shopper to-customer
interchanges has been extraordinarily amplified in the commercial center. This article contends that
web based life is a crossover component of the advancement blend on the grounds that in a
conventional sense it empowers organizations to converse with their clients, while in a
nontraditional sense it empowers clients to talk specifically to each other. The substance, timing,
and recurrence of the online networking based discussions happening between purchasers are
outside supervisors'immediate control. This stands as opposed to the conventional incorporated
promoting interchanges worldview whereby a high level of control is available. They incorporate
giving buyers organizing stages, and utilizing websites, web-based social networking devices, and
limited time apparatuses to connect with clients.
(Chu and Kim)
The author stated that as an ever increasing number of advertisers join internet based life as
a necessary piece of the limited time blend, thorough examination of the determinants that affect
buyers' commitment in eWOM by means of interpersonal organizations is getting to be basic.
Given the social and mutual attributes of long range interpersonal communication destinations
(SNSs, for example, Facebook, MySpace and Friendster, this examination looks at how social
relationship factors identify with eWOM transmitted by means of online social sites. In particular,
an applied model that recognizes tie quality, homophily, trust, standardizing and instructive
relational impact as an imperative precursor to eWOM conduct in SNSs was produced and tried.
The outcomes affirm that tie quality, trust,lregulating and enlightening impact are emphatically
connected with clients' general eWOM conduct, though a negative relationship was found
concerning homophily. This investigation proposes that item engaged eWOM in SNSs is a novel
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wonder with imperative social ramifications. The suggestions for scientists, experts and approach
producers of internet based life direction are talked about.
(Jothi et al.)
The author analyses thatWeb is the developing data innovation with the believability of
promptness and quickness, therefore, it gets globalization each part of correspondence.
Correspondence through web is progressively determined, with powerful intuitive system among
its clients. As of late, web publicizing has taken new structures which have more preferences over
the conventional mediums like print media, TV and radio. Advertising correspondence is getting to
be exact, individual, fascinating, intuitive and social. Distinctive methodologies of correspondence
are followed in different interpersonal interaction destinations like Face book, Twitter and Orkut.
They make affect over the gathering of people as well as influence them to connect with the
showcasing measurements made. Individuals motivate appended to mark correspondence in person
to person communication destinations than normal pennant and spring up promotions. These
systems administration destinations carry progressively intuitive correspondence with promoting.
Long range informal communication locales will turn into the essential field for very focused on
promoting and publicizing. Along these lines, it is important to ponder the viability of brand
correspondence system followed in informal communication locales which are for the most part
gotten to by Indian clients. This examination endeavors to discover the adequacy of brand
correspondence methodology in advancing and promoting their image in interpersonal interaction
locales. The viability is resolved with the assistance of study from individuals who utilize these
locales, and the substance of three interpersonal interaction destinations is investigated.
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(Pookulangara and Koesler)
The author interprets that Data innovation has made a creative manner by which individuals
convey and cooperate. Especially, long range interpersonal communication sites have turned into a
famous virtual gathering place for shoppers to join and share data. Interpersonal organizations
enable shoppers to deliberately post individual data, transfer photos, send and get messages, join
gatherings, and blog at their relaxation. Shoppers presently have the way to convey their
conclusions about items and organizations to different customers "such as themselves" at a basic
point in the business cycle—the start.Retailers have a great deal to pick up by using and bridling the
intensity of informal communication to upgrade their general showcasing procedure. Person to
person communication gives the chance to find out about their buyers' needs, and after that react
proactively and offers innovative and powerful approaches to acquire bits of knowledge not
beforehand accessible. Moreover, interpersonal interaction has moved from the edges, turn out to
be more standard and begun impacting society.
(Zhang et al.)
In their study indicated that organizations ought to have a brand nearness on a wide range of
internet based life locales to build their shopper gathering of people. "Research has demonstrated
that presentation to electronic verbal (E-WOM) messages can create more enthusiasm for an item
classification than can introduction to data delivered by advertisers" (Birkart and Schindler 2001 as
refered to in Zhang, Jansen, and Chowdhury 2011, 161). Today, purchasers are increasingly
proficient of the items they devour because of the web engaging them to access data therefore,
making dynamic co-makers of significant worth (Zhang, Jansen, and Chowdhury 2011). Customers
as co-makers of significant worth can give organizations a lot of rate of return since it is expanding
brand mindfulness, which implies the significance of eWOM in the present showcasing world.
"Internet based life, for example, Facebook permit target customers to wind up message senders by
passing on promotions to companions, interfacing them to the publicists expressly, or remarking on
the advertisement and having those remarks gone along viral channels" (Interactive Advertising
Bureau 2009 as refered to in Chu 2011, 32).
(Cheung and Thadani)
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The author decribes that notion of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) communication has
received considerable attention in both business and academic communities. Numerous studies
have been conducted to examine the effectiveness of eWOM communication. The scope of
published studies on the impact of eWOM communication is large and fragmented and little effort
has been made to integrate the findings of prior studies and evaluate the status of the research in this
area. In this study, we conducted a systematic review of eWOM research. Building upon our
literature analysis, we used the social communication framework to summarize and classify prior
eWOM studies. We further identified key factors related to the major elements of the social
communication literature and built an integrative framework explaining the impact of eWOM
communication on consumer behavior
(Saravanakumar and SuganthaLakshmi)
The author analyses that amid various time's diverse strategies for interchanges has created
and changed the step by step life. Internet based life has turned into the technique for proclamation
in the 21't century, empowering us to express our conviction, thoughts and way in a flat out new
way. Along these lines of message have likewise hugy affect organization, where they have
understand that without a right arrangement and web based life procedure they get no opportunity to
emerge in the quickly changing advanced opportunity. To ensure an effective participation via web-
based networking media the organizations need to mull over various promoting speculations with
the goal that they can help their image in various viewpoint. In the event that this can be aggregate
with unique methods for purchaser cooperation the organizations have a decent opportunity to lead
the pack in online life showcasing'.
(Wang et al.)
The author examines that Customer socialization through companion correspondence
utilizing internet based life sites has turned into a vital advertising issue through the improvement
and expanding notoriety of online networking. Guided by a socialization system, this article
examines peer correspondence through web based life sites; singular dimension tie quality and
gathering level ID with the friend bunch as predecessors; and item dispositions and buy choices as
results. Study information from 292 members who occupiedlwith companion correspondences
about items through web based life affirm that the two predecessors have positive impacts on friend
correspondence results.
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(Gensler et al.)
The author documents that the dynamic, universal, and regularly constant collaboration
empowered by web based life essentially changes the scene for brand the executives. A profound
comprehension of this change is basic since it might influence a brand's execution considerably.
Writing about web-based social networking's effect on brands is developing, yet comes up short on
a precise ID of key difficulties identified with overseeing brands in this new condition. This paper
audits existing examination and presents a system of online life's effect on brand the board. It
contends that shoppers are getting to be significant creators of brand stories because of new unique
systems of customers and brands framed through online networking and the simple sharing of brand
encounters in such systems. Firms need to focus on such customer produced brand stories to
guarantee a brand's achievement in the commercial center.
(Goh et al.)
In this study the author examine the effect of customers' participation in a firm's social
media efforts on the intensity of the relationship between the firm and its customers as captured by
customers' visit frequency. We further hypothesize and test for the moderating roles of social media
activity and customer characteristics on the link between social media participation and the
intensity of customer-firm relationship. Importantly, we also quantify the impact of social media
participation on customer profitability. We assemble a novel data set that combines customers'
social media participation data with individual customer level transaction data.
(Rapp et al.)
In the examination the author express, the creators propose an infection impact of online
networking use crosswise over business providers, retailers, and shoppers. Subsequent to creating
and approving web based life utilization measures at three dimensions—provider, retailer, and
client—the creators test internet based life virus impacts and their definitive effect on different
execution measures. The calculated structure and exact outcomes offerlnew bits of knowledge into
the disease impacts of online life utilization over the channel of conveyance just as critical social
impact instruments that improve these impacts. Reliable with the forecasts, online networking use
decidedly adds to mark execution, retailer execution, and consumer– retailer dedication.
Additionally, the impact of provider online networking utilization on retailer internet based life use
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and thus on client web based life use is directed by brand notoriety and administration ability to use
both hands. With the regularly expanding development and selection of internet based life
applications and comparative innovations, this examination gives a structure to advance utilization
by supply channel accomplices which at last impacts execution related results.
(Taylor et al.)
The author found that the online networking clients' message sharing practices are likewise
ascribed to the requirement for self-upgrade. At the point when shoppers see an online promotion to
be predictable with their character, they are bound to impart the message to others since it is
illustrative of their identity and what they like. Consequently, "sponsors ought to consider the
emblematic and self-articulation properties of their online promotions and match them to focused
shoppers' self-ideas" (Taylor, Strutton, and Thompson 2012, 13). As such, the showcasing of an
organization needs to have comparable qualities with its objective market's advantage.
(Constantinides)
The author suggests that Social Media have changed the power structures in the commercial
center; proof focuses to a noteworthy power relocation occurring and to development of another
type of amazing and refined client, hard to impact, convince and hold The paper diagrams the
nature, impacts and present status of the Social Media, fundamental their job as client strengthening
specialists.
(Hajli)
The author analyses that the Online networking have given new chances to buyers to
participate in social collaboration on the web. Customers utilize web based life, for example, online
networks, to produce content and to connect with different clients. The investigation of web based
life can likewise distinguish the focal points to be picked up by business. Almultidisciplinary
display, expanding on the innovation acknowledgment show and significant writing on trust and
web based life, has been conceived. The model has been approved by SEM-PLS, exhibiting the job
of internet based life in the advancement of web based business into social trade. The information
rising up out of an overview show how online networking encourage the social cooperation of
shoppers, prompting expanded trust and goal to purchase.
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(Wylie)
The author describes that the development of ubiquity and utilization of online life
apparatuses, for example, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, blogging, and wikis have prompted an
internet based life upset. Given this far reaching impact, it is essential for instructors, heads, and
technologists to comprehend the dangers of utilizing web based life in the study hall and work
environment.
(Godey et al.)
The author states that the Sparse proof is accessible on of how web based life showcasing
exercises impact brand value creation and customers' conduct towards a brand. This exploration
investigates these connections by breaking down spearheading brands in the extravagance segment
(Burberry, Dior, Gucci, Hermès, and Louis Vuitton). In light of a study of extravagance brand
buyers (Chinese, French, Indian, and Italian), who pursue the five brands examined via web-based
networking media, the examination builds up an auxiliary condition demonstrate that tends to holes
in earlier online life marking writing. In particular, the investigation shows the connections
between web based life promoting endeavors and their outcomes (image inclination, value
premium, and reliability). The examination estimates brands' online networking advertising
endeavors as an all encompassing idea that fuses five angles (diversion, cooperation, popularity,
customization, and verbal).
(SI)
The author suggests that Web-based social networking, today, is among the 'best open doors
accessible' to a brand for associating with planned purchasers. Online life is the medium to mingle.
These new media win the trust of customers by associating with them atla more profound
dimension. Online life advertising is the new mantra for a few brands since early a year ago.
Advertisers are observing various online life openings and starting to actualize new social activities
at a higher rate than at any other time. Internet based life advertising and the organizations that use it
have turned out to be progressively advanced. One can't stand to have no nearness on the social
channels if the contender is making waves with its items and administrations. The blast of web
based life wonder is as incredible as that and the pace at which it is developing is rankling.
Worldwide organizations have perceived online life advertising.
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(Stephen)
The author audits as of late distributed research about customers in advanced and online
networking advertising settings. Five subjects are recognized: (I) purchaser computerized culture,
(ii) reactions to advanced publicizing, (iii) impacts of computerized conditions on shopper conduct,
(iv) portable situations, and (v) online verbal (WOM). On the whole these articles shed light from a
wide range of points on how shoppers experience, impact, and are affected by the advanced
conditions in which they are arranged as a feature of their day by day lives. Much is as yet to be
comprehended, and existing learning will in general be excessively centered around WOM, which
is just piece of the advanced purchaser encounter. A few bearings for future research are progressed
to urge specialists to think about a more extensive scope of marvels.
(Zhang and Benyoucef)
The author states that development of social trade has brought significant changes to the two
organizations and customers. Henceforth, understanding customer conduct with regards to social
business has turned out to be basic for organizations that mean to all the more likely impact
shoppers and tackle the intensity of their social ties. Given that exploration on this issue is new and
to a great extent divided, it will be hypothetically imperative to assess what has been concentrated
and determine important bits of knowledge through an organized survey of the writing. In this
examination, we lead a precise survey of social trade concentrates to explain how purchasers carry
on long range interpersonal communication locales.
ResearchGap:
With the lack of understanding of the behavior of a consumer that they showcase upon the
social media marketing or online means of advertising that a company follows to acknowledge the
customers to know the product or services that a company is stressing upon the consumer to buy a
certain product or services from these company or concern. The social media marketing has a
positive as well as negative bearing on the consumer behavior as the human being or consumer in
general is a social being and also interacts with other fellow being.
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CHAPTER-3
RESEAECH lDESIGN
STATEMENT lOFlTHElPROBLEM:
The ltraditional lmodel lis lpicked lto lconsider lthe limpact lof lweb lbased llife lon lcomplex
lpurchasing lchoices lbecause lof lits lstraightforwardness land ladaptability. lOf lthe lfive lphases,
lthe lprimary lphase lof lneed lacknowledgment lisn't lconsidered, las lit lis lfrequently lnot
lmanagable lto lthe lsort lof lreview lstudy lutilized lin lalternate lstages. lSubsequently, lthis lpaper
lcenters laround lthe lchoice lprocedure lof lcustomers lwho lmade la lgenuine lbuy lafter lthey lmade
la ldecision labout lan lindividual, lsituational, lmental, lor lsocial lrequirement lfor la lspecific litem
lor ladministration las lsufficiently lsubstantial. lThe lpoint lis lto lexplore lthe lrelationship lof lthe
lstages, lthat lis, lthe limpact lof lthe ldata llook lorganize lon lthe lassessment lof lchoices; lthe limpact
lof lelective lassessment lon lbuy lchoice; land lthe limpact lof lthe lchoice lstage lon lpost-buy lresult.
lThe lchoice lprocedure lis linvestigated las lfor lthe lutilization lor lnon-utilization lof linternet lbased
llife.
NEED lFOR lTHElSTUDY:
Huge lnumber lof lpromoting lshapes ldon't lunderscore lon lthe lsignificance lof lutilizing
linternet lbased llife lto limpart ltheir lcenter ladvertising. lConsequently, lsharing lof llearning lon lthe
lsignificance lof lonline llife lwill lmake lmindfulness lon lhow lcritical linternet lbased llife lis lto lthe
lcomputerized lnetwork land lits leffect lin limparting lfirms' lcontributions lonlthe lloose.
RESEARCH lOBJECTIVES:
The lobjective lof lthe lstudy lis llisted lbelow:
• To lstudy lSocial lMedia lMarketing.
• To lanalyze lthe linfluence lof lSocial lMedia lon lConsumer lBehavior.
• To lstudy lthe lperception lof lSocial lMedia lMarketing.
SCOPE lOFlTHElSTUDY:
The lstudy lhelps lto lstudy labout lthe lfactors lthat linfluence lthe lconsumer lin lbuying lthe
lproduct lor lservices lfrom lthe lSocial lMedia lor lfrom lthe lSocial lsites lthat lplays la lmajor lrole lin
lpersuading lor linfluence lthe lconsumer lto lbuy la lparticular lproducts/ lservices. lThis lstudy