TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between Social Networks and Customer Acquisition in the Field of IT Solutions
AU - Cordova-Buiza, Franklin
AU - Urteaga-Arias, Pierre Eduardo
AU - Coral-Morante, José Antonio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022. Franklin CORDOVA-BUIZA, Pierre Eduardo URTEAGA-ARIAS and José Antonio CORAL-MORANTE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Social networks have allowed more direct communication with companies' target audience, segmenting the ads to streamline marketing efforts, help improve the brand's image, and increase the visibility of products to get closer to users with promotional tools. This research aims to demonstrate the relationship between social networks and customer acquisition in a Peruvian IT solutions company. The research method is quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional, and non-experimental; regarding the data collection technique and instrument, the survey and the application of a questionnaire were used to a sample of the DyHosting company located in the city of Cajamarca, Peru. The results show a significant relationship between social networks and customer acquisition; likewise, the results recommend that organizations that start implementing digital marketing plans apply social networks as a business model to attract customers to their organizations.
AB - Social networks have allowed more direct communication with companies' target audience, segmenting the ads to streamline marketing efforts, help improve the brand's image, and increase the visibility of products to get closer to users with promotional tools. This research aims to demonstrate the relationship between social networks and customer acquisition in a Peruvian IT solutions company. The research method is quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional, and non-experimental; regarding the data collection technique and instrument, the survey and the application of a questionnaire were used to a sample of the DyHosting company located in the city of Cajamarca, Peru. The results show a significant relationship between social networks and customer acquisition; likewise, the results recommend that organizations that start implementing digital marketing plans apply social networks as a business model to attract customers to their organizations.
KW - Social networks
KW - customer acquisition
KW - digital marketing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130124406&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5171/2022.631332
DO - 10.5171/2022.631332
M3 - Original Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130124406
SN - 1947-3788
VL - 2022
JO - IBIMA Business Review
JF - IBIMA Business Review
M1 - 631332
ER -