Vikas Report

Research Project Report
On
A study on IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN MARKETING AT

MINIBOXOFFICE
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Of
Master of Business Administration

DEGREE
(Session :2022- 2024)
SUBMITTED BY
*Vikas Rana*
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UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
Prof. Dr. Yogesh Kasuhik
Department of Master of Business Administration
GNIOT-MBA Institute, Greater Noida
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DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (FORMERLY UTTAR
PRADESH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY), LUCKNOW
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is my pleasure to be indebted to various people, who directly or indirectly

contributed to the development of this work and who influenced my thinking,
behavior, and acts during the course of study.
I am thankful to MR. RAMBHUL SINGH for his support, cooperation, and

motivation provided to me during the training for constant inspiration, presence,
and blessings.
I also extend my sincere appreciation to Prof. Dr. YOGESH KAUSHIK who

provided his valuable suggestions and precious time in accomplishing my project
report.
Lastly, I would like to thank the almighty, parents, Director and HOD of the
institute for their moral support and my friends with whom I shared my day-to-day
experience and received lots of suggestions that improved my quality of work.
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CONTENTS
Chapter No. Title Page No.
ABSTRACT 09
1. INTRODUCTION 10 – 24
1.1 Social Media Marketing
1.2 Benefits of Social Media Marketing
1.3 Develops Loyal Fans
1.4 Social Media Marketing Techniques
1.5 Some Social Media Marketing Tools
1.6 Statement of The Problem
1.7 Primary Objective of The Study
1.8 Scope of The Study
1.9 Company Profile
1.10 Why Should One Use Grocebin.Com
1.11 Industry Profile
2. Review of literature 25 - 36
2. Introduction
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND 37 - 43

3. RESEARCHDESIGN
3.1 Research design
3.2 sample design
3.3 source of data
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3.4 Analytical tools
3.5 Hypothesis testing
4. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 44 – 64
5. FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION 65 – 67
5.1 Findings
5.2 Suggestions
5.3 Conclusion
REFERENCES 68 – 72
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ABSTRACT
Social media marketing is a new trend and the most successful among all the types of
marketing tools. For a business to succeed, Advertisement should reach maximum users and
create a full clear and visible image of its brand. No doubt, social media marketing is the most
cost effective advertising strategy. Most social networking platforms provide free accounts
and signup and some online advertising tools come with some cost. On the other hand, the
return is much more than investment, in case of social media advertising. Only by investing a
little money and time, any one can greatly maximize and increase conversion rate and get
high return on investment for the money invested in advertising.
The main aim of this study is to examine how social media marketing will affect the final
decisions and behaviour of the consumer who spend their maximum time on social networking
platforms and forecast relationships among various consumer activities, marketing activities
and choice with the behaviour of the consumer.
Social media marketing is emerging continuously to satisfy the basic needs of website users
and on the other side it also has increased the opportunities for companies to advertise their
products and services in personalised way. The previous record shows that social media has
contributed greatly in changing consumer behavior and organisations got to know about the
customer behaviour.
Social media marketing has changed the marketing structure of the place where the goods are
sold and purchased online. Social media marketing has significantly changed the way of
thinking of the consumer and the organisations should not ignore the social media marketing
Growing popularity of social media compelled the marketers to think about this media along
with traditional functional areas of marketing. Social media is based primarily on the internet
or cellular phone-based applications and tools to share information among people. The number
of social media user’s is more than the population of some of the countries today. Impact of
social media on marketing can be judged by comparing marketing before social media and
marketing after the introduction of social media and the type of technologies used in social
media.
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CHAPTER-1
INTRODUCTION
For any Organization, the most valuable as it is it's brand and the modern organization should
realize that capitalizing on brand can help achieve growth, profitability objective and
sustainability. Along with incessant globalization social media has emerged as the best
platform for Advertising and Marketing for companies. It increased the visibility of services
and products.
For every businessman the only aim is how various marketing tools and techniques can
increase the number of selling services and products. The main aim of the study is to examine
how social media marketing will affect the final consumer behaviour among persons who
mostly use social media websites and also to find out the forecasted relationships among
various social media marketing activities, customer activities and behaviour of the consumer.
The Social media has changed the entire structure as to where the goods should be sold and
where to purchase online. It plays a very important part in modern day advertisement by
describing attributes and possible roles for marketing planning, recognising various marketing
tools and techniques. Not only that social media is changing the mind of consumer behaviour
but also to a great extent used for direct marketing and as a tool for personalized goods.
Social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram are dynamic tools that facilitate
online relationships. It is a relatively low cost form of marketing and allows organisations to
engage direct and end-user contact. The choice of social media marketing organisation creates
an influential impact of brands by recommending personalized consumer choice. Brands
influence customers, customers influence other customers and the chain continues which
further affects future earnings of the organisation and long-term organisational sustainability.
In this fast growing world, all ones have busy schedules, so for the customer it is difficult to
spend time on purchasing goods or services. Nowadays users are collecting information from
different sites and platforms Online without wasting time and labour. And social media
marketing is not only useful for customers, in that it provides information about the company
but also provides information of the customer's choice tothe company. Every social media tool
tries to build an image of the company's brands and goods. So we can say that consumers can
change their mind for purchasing any good or service by social media marketing and taking
the goods or services online.
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1.1. SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
It is a method by using social media sites to attain the attention of people. These programs
concentrate on developing content which will attract the attention of the readers in social
media and make them share the contents in their social networking site.
Any statement that is shared in the social networks, which includes short messages,
information about a product or service, brand or a company is termed as electronic word of
mouth. When the information about a product / service / brand / company is shared in a social
media by a user, it is reshared by many users in other social networks and when the
information is shared by a trustworthy source, it becomes a positive promotion for the product
than the promotion done through paid sources. This shows the power of social media
marketing.
What the major search engines seek for in terms of social media signals are the source's
authoritativeness and trust. Authoritativeness is different from Authorship. Authorship is a
function released by Google in 2011, which permits authors and publishers to add varied parts,
including photos, ratings and more details to search engine results pages. Trust is fundamental
to social signals being read by the search engines. Those people, whose social media profiles
have a trust score, are called influencers.
As per consumer socialization theory, communication with customers plays an important role
and its influence the psychological feature of the customer. It also has animpact on the attitude
of the customer. Social media networking sites provide an environment that enables the
consumers to communicate on the web which will havean important impact on consumer
socialization concepts.
1.2 BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

Social marketing is an approach used to develop activities aimed at changing or maintaining
people's behaviour for the benefit of individuals and society as a whole.
1.2.1 Increased Exposure:
Now a days the importance of Social Media Marketing has increased. Consumers and
Marketers are using Social Networking too much. The exposure increased now a days which
is showing 92%.
1.2.2 Increased Traffic:
With the introduction of web based marketing the users are increasing day by day. The
research says that consumers and even marketers use social networking sites too much and
due to that sites the traffic has increased day by day which is showing the research that traffic
increased up to 80%.
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1.3 Develops loyal fans:
Brand Loyalty is the other is the most important advantage of social networking sites. Taking
an example if a consumer is satisfied with any product he or she will never go toany other
company to buy the product. This creates brand loyalty.
1.3.1 Provided Marketplace Insight:
Social networking sites provide information about products and is available clearly.
That means its Features, Functions, Price etc. Consumers will get full information about
products only on websites and customers don’t have to go anywhere.The result shows that 72%
of customers agreed that social networking sites are providing marketing insights.
1.3.2 Generated Leads:
There are various different ways to lead generation. Most of the social networking sites
generate leads for products and services. For example A blog is a hub for customers
engagement. No doubt Face Book is also an important source, so in short it is generated leads.
1.3.3 Improved Search Ranking
Most of the customers are now spending hours even more than watching television too.And
what curiosity they get as social networking sites are the search engines. With the help of
social networking the ranks are given to products on the basis of feedback given by the
customer online.
1.3.4 Growing Business Partnership

As a Trading form of selling and purchasing is now replaced with Social Media the same
idea of business is also changing. After taking many years now Binch Box wants beauty
obsessed Instagram followers to join them.
Nowadays growing partnerships are also an important advantage of social networking sites
too.
1.3.5 Reduced Marketing Expenditure
Trading method of selling the product is too costly. A businessman needs salesman, office and
many more requirements. But now a days social networking sites are user friendly and
anybody can use the social media at any time and even businessmen can do the advertisement
on social media sites very cheaply.
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1.3.6 Improved Sales
In the present scenario where 4600 photos are shared, 600 websites are created everyday.
1,00,000 tweets are sent. Now a days different social networking sites are created so
differently as customers can purchase the goods online at any time. No doubt now adays
revenue has increased online as compared to earlier days.
1.4. Social Media Marketing Techniques

The main purpose of social media marketing is communicating about the product to the
consumer and making it accessible to people who doesn‟t know about the product. Social
media is used by companies to promote the product to the prospective customers. Social media
marketing helps the consumers at various stages of the buying process.
Research indicates that of these ten factors for effective marketing , Social media is one
amongst them , which indicates if any brand is in operative on social media, then the result
will be less chances of the brand to be present on google searches.
There are large no of users in facebook, Twitter and Google and there is huge exchange of
information which made the business firms use social media to interact with prospective
customers.
Instagram has hundred thirty million users monthly and twitter has two hundred ten million
monthly users and the average communication rate ranges from 1.46 percent onInstagram and
6.03% in the case of twitter.. The cost involved in social media marketing is very less when
compared to ancient modes of advertisements using TV/Radio/Print channels. In Fact there is
no price involved when using social networking sites, it also covers a wide range of people.
Many firms are now changing their approach for interaction with customers. They are using
online platforms for better client interaction and visibility. Social media are used as a
platform by customers to post reviews, recommendations, ratings, and raise queries to the
firms.
Companies are employing people to handle social media communication with the customers
and they are working as online community managers. The job of these managers are to handle
social media communications in an effective manner and win the trust of customers. Firms are
taking steps to manage client issues, identify various modes of social media marketing, engage
the customers to influence the new and prospective customers to market their product/service.
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1.4.1 Advantage of social media marketing
❖ Increased brand recognition
Social Media is a new platform for promoting the brand. Social Media helps the companies to
attain new customers and also have quick access to customers. When a particular brand is
familiar and available in multiple social media sites, It increases the brand recognition to the
customers and also attracts new customers. When the brand istweeted frequently in the social
media, then the company‟s brand image will get increased, thereby increasing the growth of
the company business.
❖ Improved Brand Loyalty
A research work published in the US, indicated that when there is a higher level of interaction
about a brand in social media, then there exists a higher level of trust about the brand among
customers. It also suggests that companies can take the benefit by using social media tools to
connect with its customers. The study also suggests there should be some strategic plan for
use of social media to influence the customers. Another study indicates that fifty three out of
hundred in American population are following their brands in social media and also they found
to be loyal to their brands.
❖ Chances to Convert
There is a chance that each and every comment, post, sharing, likes in social mediawill
become a sale and bring customers. Every comment, post, website link, video, tweet will
make the viewers visit the page and view the product and thereby there is a chance for
conversion into sale. Though all the comments may not get a chance for conversion into sale
but every good comment about the product will get a chance for conversion into sale.
❖ Conversion Ratio
The conversion rate of conversion of discussion in social media into sales is high. It is the
important element as seen by business people nowadays. The brands and the reviews about
the product started to speak like individual salesmen in the social media channels. Due to this
effect business people want to improve and increase their business with various people in
social media than with firms.
❖ Brand Authority
Continuous communication with the customers will bring faith about the product among the
customers. People are searching and viewing the comments in the social media about products
and services, whenever they are planning to buy a product or avail a service. Every new post
about a product in social media by a user will attract many users in social media and they
follow the page for information updates. When there is more talk about a product in social
media, there it becomes a more attractive brand.
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❖ Reduction in selling price
Due to the presence of social media, the advertising cost is getting reduced by way of
advertising through twitter, facebook etc… Hubspot research concludes that six hoursof
spending on the net in a week by a seller for social media will bring more viewers to the
product in social media. In order to get more customers, sellers can spend one houra day on
social media which will definitely bring more customers and thereby reducing the cost of
advertisement which in turn can reduce the price of the goods.
1.5 Some social media marketing tools

1. Social Media Monitoring.
2. Social Media.
3. Blog Marketing
4. Social Bookmarking and Tagging.
5. Social Analytics and Reporting.
6. Social Aggregation. With the fickle popularity of various Social Media Marketing like
Google+, Facebook, Myspace. Etc. which is affecting consumer behaviour.
1.6 Statement of the Problem
The social experience in the research guides the components of the consumers buying
behaviour through Online Platforms and the Impact of Social Media in Marketing. Many
Social Media Marketing techniques like search engine optimization campaigns are used by
businesses to boost their businesses. There are many Data Analysis thatshows Social Media
is affecting the Marketing behaviour of customers.
● Social networking is used by about 76% of businesses in order to achieve their marketing
objectives.
● Business retailers experience about 133% increase in revenues after marketing their business
in the mobile market that promotes social media marketing value for their business.
● 40% of online shoppers from the US use the Smartphone for in-store shopping.
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1.7 Primary Objectives of the study:
Following are main and primary objectives of the present study:
1. To study the concept of social media.
2. To evaluate the various channels preferred by consumers for buying decisionsover

Traditional Channels
3. To analyse the impact of social media on consumer buying behaviour.
4. To find out which is the best social media preferred by customers.
5. To find out the impact of social media on consumers with reference to the
Sitamarhi area.
1.7.1 Objective of the present paper
● To study the present status of E-Commerce in India.

● To examine the barrier of E-Commerce in India.
● To discuss the future of E-Commerce in India.
● To study the growth of the E-Commerce industry in India along with the factors
responsible for it.
1.8 Scope of the study
1. The Scope of this research is ultimately to understand many features, advantages of

social media marketing.
2. Understand the behaviour of the consumer, factors affecting consumer behaviour.
3. Traditional methods of marketing like Radio, Television are considered Upstarts with
questionable staying power.
4. Many progressive business owners are dabbling in social media Marketing
5. The long term benefit of an effective broad scope social media marketing campaign
cannot be measured in days or weeks.
6. Bloggs, Twitter, Facebook fans, Dig links, Skype are various tools Adopted by
customers as well as marketers too.
7. Scope is concerned with the place of the research also, for that researcher Has takenthe
area in respect of Sitamarhi district.
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1.9 Company profileGrocebin.com
Grocebin is the youngest Online Grocery store in India, primarily operating out of
Sitamarhi in the state of Bihar.
Bihar has always been an underdeveloped state since India got freedom particularly in the
field of marketing. Grocebin has always believed in the concept of Supply-Chain management
strategy to maximize customer value and gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
We encompass everything from delivering of source materials from supplier to the
manufacturer through its eventual delivery to the end user. We envision expanding to other
cities of the country at the earliest.
Grocebin wide range of products include all the grocery and supermarket items a typicalfamily
would need on a daily basis including fruits and vegetables. The comprehensive mix of the
products listed with us reflects the prerequisites of our modern times.
For now Grocebin stock and sell, from our warehouses, thereby cutting middlemen resulting
in Low Costs for you. We have tied up with HDFC Payment Gateway, the country’s most
trusted payment gateway to ensure that all your transactions are safe and secure.
Grocebin is a people-oriented company and we believe that even in this automated world we
always try our best to stay connected to our beloved customers every time they place an order.
We are always looking for feedback from each and every customer to ensure that they are
thoroughly satisfied with our supply.
Finally, we would strongly recommend and request you to provide feedback to us about your
End-to-End experience of your grocery shopping with us and we would ensure thatwe shall
update our features and functionalities to meet your expectations because you,the Customer is
the PIVOT of our business and everything we do revolves around you.
1.10 Why should one use grocebin.com ?
Grocebin allows you to walk away from the drudgery of grocery shopping and welcome an
easy relaxed way of browsing and shopping for groceries. Discover new products and shop
for all your food and grocery needs from the comfort of your home or office.No more getting
stuck in traffic jams, paying for parking, standing in long queues and carrying heavy bags –
get everything you need, when you need, right at your doorstep. Food shopping online is now
easy as every product on your monthly shopping list is now available online at grocebin.com,
India’s best online grocery store.
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1.11 INDUSTRY PROFILEE-COMMERCE
E-Commerce stands for electronic commerce and caters to exchange of products,

services and information via the internet. Electronic commerce is more than just
buying and selling products online. It includes the entire online process of
developing, marketing, selling, delivering, serving and paying for products and
services. It is doing business online. It includes any commercial activity that takes
place directly between a business, its partners, or its customers through electronic
communication and digital information processing technology.
E-Commerce is a modern business methodology that addresses the needs of the

organizations, merchants and consumers to cut costs while improving the quality of
goods and services and increasing the speed of service delivery. India has shown
tremendous growth in the E-Commerce segment. E-Commerce has become an
important tool for small and large businesses worldwide, not only to sell to
customers but also to engage them. Although the transition from traditional
purchasing to online purchasing was very slow initially in Indian market because
of less number of internet users due to lack of internet facility and awareness in
public. But now the situation has changed and the e-commerce industry is growing
rapidly in our country.
1.11.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this present study is to investigate the impact of social media
marketing on individual attitude and perception. More specifically, this study will
examine the perception of social media marketing and how it affects purchasing
decisions. Althoughseveral researches that have been conducted on the effects of
social media marketing on financial gains, the study’s interests are specifically
geared towards the examined effects of the use of social media on brand awareness
and customer loyalty, which essentially could lead to an increase in business
revenue. The study will be conducted via surveys on social media presence of
businesses with participants being students at GREATER NOIDA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY.
1.12 COMPANY PROFILE
MiniBoxOffice is India's only independent film marketing, distribution and film

festival organizing company. The company aims to promote independent cinema in
India and around the world and specifically to realize independent cinema as a
commercial enterprise in India. The company has established film festivals across
India mainly in Delhi, Noida, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata including the
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prestigious 'Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival'. All the festivals are running
successfully in 5th or 6th year. In a very short time MiniBoxOffice has earned a
reputation among filmmakers as more than 7000 films from more than 90 countries
have participated in its film festivals. Now the brand Miniboxoffice is well known
in the industry and it massively helps our young and experienced participating
filmmakers in getting recognition. MiniBoxOffice Tag Line Shorts
Films|Bigentertainment.
MISSION:
Customer Satisfaction is our primary objective and we strive for Excellence in it.
End user Contact and Immediate Problem Resolution is our Strength.
VISION:
Our vision is to set high standards for Digital marketing & Technology around
the world, across allindustries through hard work, innovation and creativity until
the preferred outcome is achieved.
WHAT THEY DO
We help businesses creating their online identity and achieve them to gain organic
visitors with our Website Designing & SEO Services
• Tailor-made solutions for organizations
• Organic SEO Services with mobile friendly websites
• Cost-effective SEO, PPC and Web Design Services
• Our customers have seen 500% growth with our SEO services
• Future-ready digital infrastructure to get ahead of the competitors
Digital Marketing and Customer Acquisition
From optimizing search campaigns to gain maximum leverage on media spends

(SEM), to optimizing your internet property for gaining a better rank in organic
search results (SEO), we ensure that you reach your objectives in the best possible
way.
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Plan companies social media campaigns to reach your exact target market with
the right communicationmessage.
Understanding brand message and creating interactive videos to showcase

your brand presence is ourspeciality.
Creating custom mailer designs and execute them to drive your inbound marketing
strategy.
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Creating brand partnerships by leveraging an ecosystem with over 30,000 active
partners.
Omni Channel Strategy and Business Solutions:

Designing and developing, visually appealing and functional websites which are
accessible to your audienceacross multiple platforms. We ensure that whatever we
deliver has the highest quality of experience.
Creating integrated campaigns to create brand presence and recall in the mind of
your audience.
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We help understand the key pain areas of your CRM process and ensure the
elimination of negativeimpression of your brand across the web.
Mobile App Development:
Specially designed enterprise and retail apps to ensure that your buyers can
easily find and purchaseproducts, leveraging technology in your favour to
increase your revenues.
Our visualizers think out of the box every day, thus helping you to leverage
on existing content throughinnovative concepts to gain revenue.
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Apps specifically conceptualized and designed to meet your business objectives.
Our team of highly skilledvisualizers, designers and developers, ensure that your
users will experience only the best
Digital Media Distribution and Solutions:
Brand campaigns using a mix of media and marketing. We partner with some
of the largest music labelsglobally.
Distribution of music, videos & other digital content across devices. Our platform
and analytics power someof the largest labels globally.
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Want to launch a story telling campaign built around music/videos/films
celebrities.
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CHAPTER-2
Review of literature
INTRODUCTION
Literature review is among the most important steps in the process of any research work.
Literature review is to find out and understand the main objective of a particular subject or
research which has been taken by the researcher. It is a record which shows what has been
done in this regard in the recent past. Thus, it is the current trend in the selected subject when
the review of literature is made by the researcher. He/she will become an expert in his/her
subject and eventually become a master. It shows the direction is which the research direction
must go. Research work clearly showing there should not be duplication of work. It also
indicates what type of methodology should be adopted by various experts and researchers.
Bikhchandani et al., (1998)
In their research describes whether or not shoppers shall purchase a product and
whether or not they suggest a product to others. These are normally used as parameters for
purchase intention. The study additionally reveals the result of knowledge cascades on social
media by different product attributes is unconditional withdifferent involvement strengths by
shoppers. It concludes that the shoppers try to show totally different levels of involvement
in different situations wherever they face withbrand buying and recommending to others.
Manju Ahuja et al., (2003)
In their article, targeted on investigating the factors that influence the shopping
behaviour and browsing behaviour of consumers during online purchase specifically, thestudy
has been conducted about the consumers using business-to-consumer sites. The researchers
also investigated buying preferences of consumers with varied demographic profiles which
may reveal different buying approaches and consumer behaviours for a specific class of
merchandise and services. Social media is the1 most effective factor that influences buying
behaviour of customers.
Muhammad Shafiqul et al., (2004)
In the analysis, the researchers concentrated on finding the relationship of Social Mediaand
buying behaviour of customers. The study involved the students of academic institutes of
Karachi. Around two hundred and sixty questionnaires were answered by the students. The
study finds that there is no strong relationship between Customer Buying behaviour and Social
Media.
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Ramsunder (2011)
Their study says that shoppers‟ decisions are influenced heavily by on-line brands. Opinion
of consumers will influence one another. This type of opinion by other consumers affects the
repurchases. So, Consumers are moving to the Internet to get more data for their buying
decisions.
RaghuramIyengar et al., (2012)
Investigated in Korea, how friends influence shopping through Social Network. Their study
concentrates on two important questions, the first question is “Is there any influence by friends
on purchases by consumers in social media networks”, the second question is “if there is such
influence which consumers are affected “. To strengthen the analysis, sample data were taken
from social networking website Cyworld. Sample dataof 208 users of Cyworld for ten weeks
of purchase and non-purchase information was collected. The researchers build a model on
the decision of buying and non buying and also with the amount spent. Markov chain Monte
Carlo technique and Bayesian approach is used to estimate the model. The results indicated
that there are three different categories of consumers with different buying behaviour.
Mir et al., (2012)
Thousands of web newsgroups and chat rooms influence the purchase decision of shoppers.
The image of the brand increases when many users provide positive opinionsabout the brand.
Dhegiha et al., (2013)
Their study analyses the knowledge inheritance on customer’s action and brand reputation.
Knowledge inheritance on social media happens once a person observesthe behaviour of
others and makes a similar decision that other people have already made. The knowledge
cascade are often used for one amongst 2 effects on shoppers, Knowledge cascading causes
the brand to appear high or low in Customer Intention on purchasing and additionally may
have an effect on consumers trust on brand. The studyaims at customers who have trust on
brand image. These kinds of customers are influenced by decisions taken by others.
TeenaBagga et al., (2013)
The study analyses the inner and outer factors of consumer’s online buying behaviour. A
structured form was used and a survey was conducted with two hundred samples.
Questionnaires were sent through the mail and also posted through online web pages and were
answered by the respondents themselves. The statistical analysis found seven major factors
that govern the consumer’s buying behaviour. These seven factors were: would like for Social
Communication, website Attributes, on-line Advertising, Recreation, Convenience, privacy
issues and data Search.
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Garima Gupta (2013)
In her paper analysed the influence of social media on product buying. The results proved the
actual fact that social media have an effect on product buying intentions. Particularly, there's
a powerful impact of 3 factors called information about product, peercommunication and the
level of product involvement on shoppers purchase intentions with respect to social media.
The author infers that, because the product is sold through on-line, it can't be examined;
perceived data shared about the product on social media and information sharing among peer
teams facilitates consumer’s analysis on the product and makes decisions accordingly.
GeetanjaliNaidu et al., (2013)
Their study analyses the influence of social media in purchasing behaviour of customersin
Raipur. According to the survey result 75% of Indian youth use the internet for sharingtheir
opinion, views and comment in numerous websites. The analysis concludes that people use
social media widely for collecting information regarding products.
Balakrishnan., (2014)
This study finds the influence of social media towards brand image and buying opinion of
younger Generation. 200 questionnaires were distributed to undergraduate students of
universities in Malaysia. The response rate was 75%. 3 hypotheses and 2 propositions were
tested using multivariate analysis and mean. The result showed that the internet
communications, online communities, electronic word of mouth, and on-line publicity are
successful in promoting the brand image and buying intention of consumers through social
media platforms. These findings notify the managers to reach the younger generation
customers. Social media is the best selling tool. This analysis provides information to
international sellers in applying social media activities to market their product.
Aindrila Biswas et al., (2014)
In her paper, aims to look at the influence of social media on consumer selection behavior.
Technology Acceptance Model was adopted to find the social media usage perceptions. The
employees of the Multinational companies in India are the samples forthe study. An equation
modeling was used to test the eligibility of the model. The results state that users of social
media inclined to have more purchase intention than the occasional users.
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Dr. Surbhi Chaturvedi et al., (2014)
Their study indicated that there may be 100 crore members present in social media; social
media sites became an important medium for firms and consumers to meet eachother for the
exchange of information about products. They also suggest that the influence of social media
on customer buying behavior is tremendous. Buying behavior in social networks is influenced
by gender, education, income, age etc.
Alireza Mohammadpour et al., (2014)
The study aims to find the impact of social media marketing on online buying behaviour of
customers with respect to brand capital using path analysis technique. A sample 160 from
university of Tehran were asked to fill the questionnaire on social media marketing,brand
capital and online shopping behaviour of consumers. The results indicated that social media
had a significant impact on brand name. Social media marketing had a significant indirect
positive impact on online shopping behavior of consumers. The results conform the role of
brand marketing in concurrence with media and online buying behavior of consumers.
Marta Zembik (2014)
His study explains that Social media comprises blogs, public forums, social media sites, that
are used for communication of some information. The data provided in social media is
beneficial for organization/ firms and customers. Customers benefited from the product
information posted by others, recommendations by other customers. Firms benefited by the
information provided by the customers in social media about their products, getting the
feedback on their product market, information about the prospective customers, customers
needs and demographic characteristics. This article emphasizes how social media information
is essential for companies and customers in their decision-making process.
Prof. Assoc. Dr. ElenicaPjero et al., (2015)
The researchers conducted the study in the Albania reality sector. Their article targetedon
Social Media and its capacity to affect the buying behavior of customers. The researchers
discussed the growth and adaptability of Social Media networks by numerous users in the
world. The researchers made a multifaceted analysis on the impact of Social Media on
consumers and buying intentions. The samples are selected from users of Social Media in all
dimensions and the result depicts the significant behavior of consumers.
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Tayyaba Noreen et al., (2015)
The researchers conducted the study about the Social media impact in Pakistan and Korea.
This study investigates the impact of social media on the buying behavior of consumers. This
study focuses on e - word of mouth, social media publicity and social media. The findings
indicated that consumers of Korean consumers have higher intention to buy a product using
social media platforms when compared to customers inPakistan. The results proved that e -
word of mouth have a bigger impact on buying intention when compared to publicity on social
networks.
NimaBarhemmati et al., (2015)
In their study, they found that Social Network Marketing is becoming the most successful
model in advertising. This study aims at how Social Network Marketing influences the
shopper buying behavior among consumers who use social networking sites. The study also
analyzes the relationships between customer engagement, social media selling activities and
shopper purchase behavior. A survey was conducted among fifty students of Malaysian
National University. The results showed positive relationships between consumer engagement
of social media and their buying behaviors.
SakkthivelAM et al., (2015)
Their analysis makes an attempt to check the influence of social media sites over youngwomen
consumer‟ shopping behavior from Islamic faith countries. This study employs structural
equation modeling to check out the influence of young woman consumers and the results
disclosed that brand, society and reference teams exert additional influence over young
woman consumer‟ shopping behavior through social media.
Williams et al., (2000)
In his study, Social media marketing influences perception, shopper selection behavior,
buying-decision and attitude from pre-purchase data phase to post-purchase behavior.
Belch and Belch et al., (2003, p120-122)
Described in their study that in some situations during the purchasing process, shoppers stop
looking out and evaluating data before going to the next stage. At this stage, shoppers decide
whether or not they can obtain products or not. The buying decision depends on the motivation
and influence of other shoppers through reviews and recommendation.
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Young Ae Kim et al., (2007)
Explains in their study that buying choices are powerfully affected by people who the buyer
knows and believes. Several internet buyers ask for the opinions before buying a new product.
Internet social communities allow chatting among trusting members, allowcustomers to share
their experiences by means of writing reviews and rating others‟ reviews. E-commerce
websites have started to obtain information on the interaction between customers in their
websites, to understand and investigate social influence on the purchase process, to boost
CRM and improve sales.
Achille (2008)
This study indicates that due to reviews and recommendations posted in various social media
sites by the online buyers has increased the number of online buyers to forty percent in the
past two years. As an impact of social media, through online forty one percent of consumers
purchased books, thirty six percent consumers purchased clothes and shoes, twenty four
percent consumers purchased video games and DVDs, twenty four percent consumers
purchased airline tickets and twenty three percent consumers purchased equipment.
OTX analysis DEI Worldwide (2008)
In their study, analysed the influence of social media on buying behaviour of customersand a
survey was conducted among the US population, which shows that buyers presently use social
media as a high information resource for brands, companies, or products. It additionally
concludes that social media outreach by brands and firms, particularly if a private on-line
representative will make this outreach, are often far moreimportant on shopper behavior than
advertisements or different promotional devices. Infact, two thirds of shoppers are doubtless
to pass the knowledge they receive to others and over half are doubtless to require action on
this information. There is a significantlystronger impact on shopper behavior when social
media is used as a positive outreach to share information.
JiXiaofen et al., (2009)
This paper has created a model of on-line spoken and opinion people have influenceon
consumer‟s shopping intentions . The study has known that the massage impression of on-
line spoken and leader‟s comments have lot of influence on consumer‟s temperament of
shopping garments; the data of online spoken influences its receiver‟s attitude towards bran
and consumer‟s temperament of buying clothes completely at the end.
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Gursakal (2009)
This study analyses the influence of media society and the amount of time that customers
spent on the net and social media. Nowadays, consumption trends have modified. The usage
of magazines, interviews and catalogs by buyers and sellers are altered by searching on emails,
internet sites and sharing information in social media. Because of the effective role of social
media, the time consumed on the net increases, and consumers‟ withdraw from traditional
searching methods. Social media has become an important place where opportunities are
mentioned, products are advertised and products are commented on.
Miller et al., (2010)
In his study revealed that over eleven million shoppers use 70% of social networking
to buy various products and services. The consumers provide useful data concerning the
product and share comments with different consumers over social media.
Penn Schoen and Berland Associates LLC (2010)
Their study explains how social media can impact consumer electronics. The study was
conducted by 1012 web interviews with the U.S. general population aged above eighteen. The
results discovered that social media networks have become integrated into people's lives.
Social media helps to form shopper behavior. About 30% of social media users made
purchases supported by social media reviews and recommendationsfrom friends and unknown
net users, nearly sixty-eight percent of respondents believe that these recommendations are
more or less closer to traditional recommendations. About, 33% believe that social media
reviews and recommendations they receive are far better than they receive through other
means.
Cvijikj (2010)
In their study examines the Influence of Facebook on the buying decision making process.
Consumers have confidence in the opinions of different people or teams during buying
decisions. This study evaluates the power of Facebook on decision making methods. A model
Facebook application was developed by researchers for sharing opinions with friends and
making repositories of things. The study analyses the internet survey of thirty three
participants. The survey contained twenty queries, divided into 3 parts. The primary cluster
involved data concerning the participant, like gender and age. The next cluster of questions
involved the buyer‟s shopper behavior and thelast centered on the conception, thought and
model Facebook. The results make sure that consumers see their friends as the most reliable
supply of knowledge when compared to other things. Results also indicate that a friend's
opinion on a product plays a bigger role than whether or not they possess the product.
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According to McKinsey Company (2010)
In his study, Social Media has a notable influence on customers particularly who are firsttime
purchasers of a product. It has a greater influence on high priced products because the
consumers want to conduct additional analysis and to get opinions for buying the product.
This indicates that Social Media has an impact on customers in their data search stage of
buying a product and as a result, customers will use Social Media to getdata concerning the
product and services.
Hoyer et al., (2010)
In his study explains that Social Media is a non-marketing factor which has a more significant
influence on the customer buying decision process than the other sources of marketing. Social
Media is a platform where customers exchange much information withothers via electronic
word of mouth, reviews and recommendations. Social Media websites help individuals to
share and communicate with each other via communities. According to the author, buyers on
Social Media are ready to pay attention to others' opinion and have trust on the peers and
influenced by the peer in their buying decision process.
Kozinets et al., (2010)
Suggest that on-line teams make an understandable influence on the buying behavior of the
consumer and also in buying decisions. For instance, the public discussion forum in the
websites of social media offers consumers to collect information about the product, which
helps them to make the decision on purchase selections.
Pookulangaran et al., (2011)
In his article states that purchasing is always an experience and social media permits the
consumers to connect with people who are mostly strangers. Cultural characteristicsimpact
consumers‟ usage of social media and have a great impact on online buying behavior.
Haciefendioglu (2011)
His study brings to light that buyers are influenced by the opinion of their friends on social
media during their purchase decision. The study also states that the opinions of their friends
in social media direct the consumers to take decisions for purchase of a specific product or
from a specific company.
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Mahmood Rahmani et al., (2011)
In their analysis, they investigated the various social media parameters that greatly affected
the purchasing decision of consumers. The analysis gave importance to find the influence of
social media on the consumers' buying decision. The authors outlined the objectives of the
studies, so as to realize the objectives, a suitable research model is predicted and research
hypotheses were tested on the model.
Constantinides et al., (2011)
Analysed and reported that Social Media differentiates Shopper‟s behaviors.Socio-cultural,

Demographic, situational and psychological factors have an effect on shopper‟s purchasing
behavior. Business people can handle up more practical social media selling activities by
categorizing social media users by their age, gender, academic level, geographical location
and occupation/income level. In the same way, psychological factors like learning, motivation,
perception and personality, Socio-culturalfactors like family, social status and family culture.
These variables provide benefits for business people to find and target the consumers of social
media through proper social media marketing activities.
Diffley et al., (2011)
In their research investigation, it is clear that Marketers have analyzed whether or not social
media sites may be used as a good tool for selling and whether to involve buyers to participate
in marketing on social media sites. They say that firms ought to undertake a distinct approach
that attracts shoppers instead of loading their inbox. If more selling advertisements are pushed
on to the shoppers, then shoppers will get frustrated overthe product. This author talks
about developing a proper approach to use websites asan advertising tool. As a conclusion
the author suggests that firms have to develop goodrelationships with shoppers to make social
media sites a better tool for selling.
Erkan Acar et al., (2011)
Their study revealed the thing that affects consumer‟s attitudes towards selling throughsocial
media. For a businessman, Shopper communities act as new marketplaces for businessmen.
The analysis aims to spot the factors that have an effect on the consumer‟s attitude towards
selling a product on a social media platform.
Edison (2011)
In his recent analysis, on users of on-line social networks in America revealed that about 52%
of United States citizens have a minimum of one or additional social networkprofiles. The
analysis showed that one fourth of on-line social marketing users buy their favorite brands, on
these on-line social networks sites, of which many users use Facebook as brand pages. The
result shows that on-line social networks became a source of information on products for
buying decision making by consumers.
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Karimov et al., (2011)
In their research suggesting that purchasing of products online may be considered risky by
customers because of the lack of physical product analysis, lack of personal information
contact, and in some cases the dearth of secure transactions. The efforts towards increasing
the basic issue of trust in shopper behaviour can be supported with the employment of social
media channels, like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and company blogs as they enhance the
sensation of social presence additionally, shoppersmay use social media as a communication
tool which can facilitate them decide what to shop for. The recent addition to the capabilities
of social media is the addition of mobile applications to communicate with others.
Stephen Guo et al., (2011)
This paper analyses a Chinese marketplace, Taobao, which is the world‟s largest e-commerce
site. Integrated instant electronic messaging tool makes Taobao high from its competitors. In
our study, this study specializes in how a person‟s transactions are embedded in social media.
The analysis concludes a model for purchasing a product through buyer recommendation, if
an individual wants for a product, how he will act to decide the shop. The model uses data
retrieval techniques from the websites and demonstrates how social factors will help to
understand client behavior.
According to Drell (2011)
This study analyses the internet behavior of customers of social media and disclosed 2 main
types of information shared through online. They were categorized as high information sharers
and low information sharers. In this study, out of 100 percent, High information sharers of on-
line shopper‟s were 20 percent and belong to the age of teens, they are dedicated to brands,
and had several pieces of electronic equipment to share the information. On the other hand,
Low information sharers of on-line shoppers are 80 percent, were commonly older,
concentrated on quality instead of brand.
IremErenErdogmus et al., (2012)
The aim of this study is to identify the impact of social media on brand trust of the customers.
This study takes into account customers following one brand on social media and, therefore,
the information was collected through the structured form with a sample of 338 folks and
tested using various statistical tools. The study concludes that brand loyalty of consumers is
affected when the brand is found in various applications and platforms on social media.
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Khushbu Pandya (2012)
This study is an effort to make awareness among Indian marketers regarding the facilityof
social media which is spreading at a massive rate. The study is exploratory in nature and used
last five years secondary data. The findings of the study answer one major question – what's
the state of social media on consumer behavior in India, the study provides figures, all major
facts, analysis and examples of case study.
Greenleigh, (2012)
In his study, investigates the behavior of young agers in connection with social media on
shopping decisions. Millennials are the shoppers who are in the age group betweenteen
to mid-30s. In step with the researcher, Millennials have the characteristics like, always
connected to social media, hyper-social, looking into other people's activity, shopping and
enjoying, strangers as their friends. This study detailed that fifty-one percent of Millennials
trust strangers for shopping the product, over relatives or friends. The study shows that eighty-
four percent of Millennials take the opinion from social media communities before shopping
for products.
Sharma et al., (2012)
In their study find the advantage and disadvantage about a brand or product present on Social
Media. The study also reveals that Social Media has an overall influence on consumers
shopping behavior.
Pietro et al., (2012)
Explore the extent of social media, particularly Facebook, influence buying decisions. They
find happiness in using social media for buying decisions. The study reveals aboutconsumer‟s
suggestions and recommendations on merchandise on Facebook, enjoyment in finding the
information on brands and products, attitude in the usage of various tools provided by social
media for the buying decision of products. The study also infers a good relationship between
the views of consumers towards buying intention of customer and social media.
SaadiaNasir et al., (2012)
This analysis targets the buying behavior of women customers in Pakistan. Study has been
conducted with two hundred feminine respondents from Lahore town. The results indicate that
women consumers take into account traditional word of mouth to be more promising
information than social media for purchase choices.
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Angella J. Kim et al., (2012)
This study identifies the attributes of social media activities that influence consumer purchase
towards branded luxury products. The study identifies 5 apparent Social media activities of
luxury brands and they are amusement, communication, fashionable,tailor made and word of
mouth. The results indicate that there exists a significant positive relation between social
media and purchase intention of consumers.
Themba et al., (2013)
Examines how the students of African University have interaction in product related e Word
of mouth and the impact of their interaction on their shopping decision. The study reports that
the communication in brand-related e Word of mouth through social networks is
comparatively low and has an absolute positive impact on buying decisions.
The researchers had found that the consumers who are using Facebook, twitter, WhatsApp
are maintaining their attitude towards social websites. We know that advertising is a paid form
but non personal communication is used by various types of traditional marketing. Based on
the various studies as compared to offline traditional marketing now many business
communities are using the help of various social websites. Research shows that social websites
are viral and carrying very important messages and information and also creating brand
building and brand equity too. The study shows social websites different from old traditional
methods of marketing. Social websites are not only attracting consumers but also the various
business communities also using the various social websites. In modern times staying in
competition is a challenge for many business communities and social media is one gift for
them to stayin the competition by attracting consumers.
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CHAPTER-3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH

DESIGN
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN
Descriptive Research design has been used which clearly indicates that the study is about the
characteristics of individuals or investors towards their investments.
3.2 SAMPLE DESIGN
The sampling design is the definite plan for obtaining a sample from a given population.It
consists of number of items such as sample size, sampling unit,
sampling technique, sampling area.In the current research, mostly qualitative primary data
collected through online questionnaires with various types of customers through questionnaire
which is pre coded and pre tested contacts; whereas secondary data collected among various
Social Websites, various Literature Review, National, International Journals and various
Thesis.Probability sampling design technique has been used in this study.
3.2.1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
The sampling technique used in the project is Stratified Random Sampling. Stratified random
sampling is the procedure of dividing the population into different strata and choosing one
among them for analysis.
3.2.2 SAMPLE SIZE
The survey will be conducted on the basis of sampling methods. The total population Is 200
customers. The researcher is going to develop sample design, the respondents will be
collecting the information from 200 customers that is 1% of the population were selected for
the present study in Sitamarhi city.
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3.2.3 AREA OF STUDY
The selected area of study is Sitamarhi (Bihar).
3.2.4 PERIOD OF STUDY
The study was conducted for a period of three months from January 2021 - March 2021.
3.3 SOURCES OF DATA
The study used both primary data and secondary data
3.3.1 Primary Data
The primary data was collected through 128 respondents.
3.3.2 Secondary Data
The secondary data was collected from reviewing various literature, internet and ma
related books .
3.4 ANALYTICAL TOOLS
Various tables and charts are used as a means for easy representation of dataanalyzed
through Percentage Analysis.
3.4.1 SOFTWARE USED
Microsoft Excel
SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Science
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3.5 Hypothesis testing
The hypothesis will be tested by the following techniques:
1. CHI-SQUARE TEST
2. ANOVA
• Chi-square test
Chi-square is the measure which checks or evaluates the extent to which a set of the
observed frequencies of a sample deviate from the corresponding set of expected
frequencies of the samples. It is the measure of aggregate discrepancies actual and
expected frequencies. This distribution is called χ2 distribution. It was first
introduced byhelmet in 1875. It is also known as “goodness for fit”. It is used as a
test static in testing hypotheses that provides the theoretical frequencies with which
observed frequencies are observed.
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The result of the ‘Pearson Chi-Square’ says that ‘P=0’ indicates a significant relationship
between all the variables like Shopping on the Internet saves time, Online Shopping is Risky,
etc.
● Anova (analysis of variance)
In stats we mostly want to get information if the mean of two popular people are equal. To
answer this, we need to use Anova (analysis of variance). It is a particular type of statistical
hypothesis testing mostly used in the analysis of experimental data. In the typical application
of Anova (analysis of variance), the Hypothesis which is Null is thatall groups are simply
random samples of the same population. The wording of Anova (analysis of variance) is the
synthesis of different types ideas and it is always used for various purposes and implement it.
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CHAPTER-4
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Below are the analysis done during the research study
4.1 age profile
TABLE 4.1 SHOWING THE RESPONDENT OF AGE
Particulars No. of Respondents Percentage of Respondents
Below – 20 10 7.8%
20 -30 96 75%
30 – 40 18 14.1%
40 – Above 04 3.1%
Total 128 100%
CHART 4.1 SHOWS THE AGE OF RESPONDENTS
INTERPRETATION
From the above data total Respondents are 128 from which 10 members are
Below 20 means 7.8%, 96 members are between 20 -30 means 75%, 18 members are
between 30 – 40 means 14.1%, and 04 members are 40 – Above means 3.1%.
Inference
Majority of the respondents are between 20-30 years old i.e. 75%.
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4.2. Gender profile
TABLE 4. 2 SHOWING THE GENDER OF THE RESPONDENT

Male 101 78.9%
Female 27 21.1%
Total 128 100%
CHART 4.2 SHOWS GENDER OF THE RESPONDENT
INTERPRETATION
From the above data total respondents are 128 from which 78.9% are therespondents are
men and the 21.1% are Women.
Inference
Majority of the respondents are Male i.e 78.9%
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4.3. Marital Status
TABLE 4.3 SHOWING THE MARITAL STATUS OF THE RESPONDENT

Married 29 22.7%
Un Married 99 77.3%
Total 128 100%
CHART 4.3 SHOWS MARITAL STATUS OF THE RESPONDENTS
INTERPRETATION
From the above data total respondents are 128 from which 77.3% are the Respondentsare
Married & 22.7% are Un Married
Inference
Majority of the respondents are Unmarried i.e 77.3%
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4.4. Education Qualification profile
TABLE 4.4 SHOWING THE EDUCATION BACKGROUND OF THE RESPONDENT
Particulars No. of Percentage of the

Respondents Respondents
High School 06 4.7%
Undergraduate 54 42.2%
Post Graduate 58 45.3%
PhD & Above 06 4.7%
Other 04 3.1%
Total 128 100%
CHART 4.4 SHOWS THE QUALIFICATION OF THE RESPONDENTS
INTERPRETATION
From the above data total Respondents are 128 from which 58 members i.e., 45.3%
are Post Graduate, 54 members i.e., 42.2% are Undergraduate, 06 members i.e., 4.7% are High
School, also 06 member i.e., 4.7% are PhD & Above and the 04 members i.e., 3.1% are others.
Inference
Majority of the respondents are Post graduate i.e 45.3%
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4.5 Occupation profile
TABLE 4.5 SHOWING THE OCCUPATION PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENT

Employed 35 27.3%
Un Employed 23 18%
Self Employed 11 8.6%
Students 56 43.8%
Others 03 2.3%
Total 128 100%
CHART 4.5 SHOWS THE OCCUPATION OF THE RESPONDENTS
INTERPRETATION
From the above data total respondent are 128 from which 35 is Employed i.e., 27.3%,
23 are Un Employed means 18%, 11 members is Self Employed i.e., 8.6%, 56 isStudent i.e.,
43.8%, and the others 03 i.e., 2.3%.
Inference
Majority of the respondents are students i.e 43.8%
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4.6 Annual Income profile
TABLE 4.6 SHOWING THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE RESPONDENT
Particulars No. of respondents Percentage of Respondents
Bellow – 2,00,000 77 60.2%

2,00,000 – 4,00,000 23 18%
4,00,000 – 6,00,000 10 7.8%
6,00,000 - Above 18 14%
Total 128 100%
CHART 4.6 SHOWS THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE RESPONDENTS
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total no. of Respondents are 128 from which 77 members areBellow
– 2,00,000 i.e., 60.2 %, 23 are Between 2,00,000 – 4,00,000 i.e., 18%, 10
members are in Between 4,00,000 – 6,00,000 i.e., 7.8%, 18 members are 6,00,000 –
Above i.e., 14%
Inference
Majority of the respondents are Bellow - 2,00,000 i.e 60.2%
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4.7 Have you ever had online shopping Respondents
TABLE 4.7 SHOWING RESPONDENTS OF ONLINE SHOPPING

Yes 126 98.4%
No 02 1.6%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.7 Shows the Respondents of ever had online shopping
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total no. of Respondents are 128 in which 126 members are doing online
shopping i.e., 98.4% and the 02 members are not doing online shopping i.e., 1.6%
Inference
Majority of the respondents are doing online shopping i.e 98.4%
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4.8. How often you do online shopping
TABLE 4.8 SHOWING RESPONDENTS HOW OFTEN DOES ONLINE SHOPPING

Monthly Once 40 31.7%
Monthly Twice 38 30.2%
Six Month 16 12.7%
Yearly 01 0.8%
Occasionally 31 24.6%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.8 Shows the Respondents often do online Shopping
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total no. of Respondents are 128 in which 40 members are shopping
online in monthly once i.e., 31.7%, 38 members are doing monthly twice i.e., 30.2%, 16 members
are doing online shopping in 16 months at once i.e., 12.7%, 01 member are doing yearly i.e., 0.8%
and 31 members is doing occasionally i.e., 24.6%.
Inference
Majority of the respondents are doing online shopping is monthly once i.e 31.7%.
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4.9. For how long have you been shopping online?
TABLE 4.9 SHOWING HOW LONG RESPONDENT HAVE BEEN SHOPPING ONLINE
Less than 1 year 27 21.1%
2 – 5 Years 51 39.8%
More than 5 Years 50 39.1%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.9 Shows the Respondents how long they shopping online
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total no. of Respondents are128 in which 27 members are doing online
shopping less than 1year i.e., 21%, 51 members are doing online shoppingbetween 2 - 5 years
i.e., 39.8%, 50 members are doing online shopping more than 5
years i.e., 39.1%.
Inference
Majority of the consumer responds that they are doing online shopping for more than 2-5years i.e
39.8%
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4.10. The main objective of using online shopping according to you is
TABLE 4.10 SHOWING MAIN OBJECTIVE OF USING ONLINE SHOPPING

Price 28 21.9%
Convenience & Time 71 55.5%
Savings
Fast Shipping 13 10.2%
Trust 04 3.1%
Brand Conscious 09 07%
Friend Referral 03 2.3%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.10 Shows the Respondents main objective of using online shopping
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number. of Respondents are 128 in which 28 membersare using
online shopping due to price i.e., 21.9%, 71 members are doing online shopping due to
convenience and time savings i.e., 55.5%, 13 members are doing online shopping due to Fast
shipping i.e., 10.2%, 04 members due to trust i.e., 3.1%, 9 members due to brand conscious i.e.,
07%, 03 members due to friend referral i.e., 2.3%
Inference
Majority of the consumer are Respond that they are doing online shopping due toconvenience
and time savings i.e 55.5%
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4.11. Have you ever faced any problem while conducting online shopping
TABLE 4.11 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS EVER FACED ANY PROBLEM WHILE
CONDUCTING ONLINE SHOPPING.
Yes 82 64.1%
No 46 35.9%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.11 Shows the Respondents ever faced any problem while conductingonline
shopping.
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number of members are 128 in which 82 members are faced problem
while conducting online shopping i.e., 64.1%, and 46 members are not facing any problem while
conducting online shopping i.e., 35.9%, According to my Response
Inference
Majority of the consumer are respondents that they facing the problem while they aredoing
online shopping i.e 64.1%
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4.12. If Yes, What kind of Problem
TABLE 4.12 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM

THEYFACED
Delay in Deliver 19 14.8%
Cheap Quality of Product 57 44.5%
Product Damage 16 12.5%
Non-Delivery 04 3.1%
Other 32 25%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.12 Shows the Respondents what kind of problem they faced
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number of members are 128 in which 19 members are facing
problem in delay in deliver i.e., 14.8%, 57 members are facing problem in cheap quality of product
i.e., 44.5%, 16 members are facing problem in product damage i.e., 12.5%, 04 members are facing
problem in Non-Delivery i.e., 3.1% 32 members are facing other type of problem i.e., 25%.
Inference
Majority of the consumer shows their respondents that what they facing the problem thecheap
quality of product i.e 44.5%
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4.13. How Often do you use Internet Everyday?
TABLE 4.13 SHOWS THE RESPONDENTS HOW OFTEN DO USE INTERNET

EVERYDAY
Particulars No of Respondents Percentage of Respondents
Less than 1 hr. 13 10.2%
1 – 2 hr. 16 12.5%
2 – 3 hr. 30 23.4%
3 – 4 hr. 17 13.3%
More than 4 hr. 52 40.6%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.13 Shows the Respondents how often do use internet everyday
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number. of members are 128 in which 13 members are using the
internet less than 1 year i.e., 10.2%, 16 members are using the internet 1 – 2hr. i.e., 12.5% 30
members are using the internet daily 2 – 3hr. i.e23.4%, 17 members are using the internet daily 3
– 4hr. and 52 members are using the internet daily more than 4 hr. i.e., 40.6%
Inference
Majority of the consumers show the respondents that they often use the internet morethan 4hrs.
In a day i.e 40.6%
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4.14. How would you Describe your Internet Proficiency?
TABLE 4.14 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS WOULD DESCRIBE INTERNET

PROFICIENCY

Beginner 17 13.3%
Intermediate 71 55.5%
Advance 40 31.3%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.14 Shows the Respondents would describe internet proficiency
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number. of member are 128 in which 17 are beginners in his internet
proficiency i.e., 13.3%, 71 members are Intermediate to using internet proficiency i.e., 55.5%, 40
members are advanced to using Internet proficiency i.e., 31.3%,
Inference
Majority of the members shows that they are intermediate to describe the internetproficiency i.e
55.5%
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4.15. How often do you use Internet for Shopping
TABLE 4.15 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS HOW OFTEN USE INTERNET FOR
SHOPPING
Daily 13 10.2%
Weakly Once 21 16.4%
Weakly Twice 05 3.9%
Monthly Twice 37 28.9%
Occasionally 52 40.6%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.15 Shows the Respondents how often use internet for shopping
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number. of members are 128 in which 13 members use internet daily
for online shopping i.e., 10.2%, 21 members use weakly once internet for shopping i.e., 16.4%, 5
members use internet for online shopping weakly twice i.e., 3.9%, 37 members are using internet
for online shopping monthly twice i.e., 28.9%, 52 members use internet for online shopping
Occasionally i.e., 40.6%.
Inference
Majority of consumer shows the respondents to often use internet for shopping isoccasionally i.e
40.6%
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4.16. How much do you think you Involved in the decision-making Processfor
buying any product at your family level
TABLE 4.16 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS HOW MUCH INVOLVED IN THE

DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR BUYING ANY PRODUCT AT HIS FAMILY
LEVEL
Completely 26 20.3%
To a great Extent 42 32.8%
To moderate Extent 47 36.7%
Never 13 10.2%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.16 shows the respondents how much involved in the decision makingprocess
for buying any product at his family level
INTERPRETATION
In the above data the total v. of members who gave the Response is 128 in which 26
members have completely decision-making process for buying any product at his family level i.e.,
20.3%. 42 members have a great extent for decision making processfor buying any product at
his family level i.e., 32.8%, 47 members have to moderate extent in the decision-making process
for buying any product at his family level i.e., 36.7% 13 members who have never involved in the
decision-making process for buying any product at his family level i.e., 10.2%.
Inference Majority of the members respondents how much involved in the decisionmaking
process for buying any product at his family level to moderate extent i.e 36.7%
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4.17. If you never had online shopping please specify the reason
TABLE 4.17 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS EVER HAD ONLINE SHOPPING

I don’t know about online 04 3.1%
shopping
Risk of credit card 33 25.8%
transaction
Internet literacy 12 9.4%
Risk of identity theft 10 7.8%
Other reason 69 53.9%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.17 Shows the Respondents ever had online shopping
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number. of respondents, I have 128 in which 04 members who don’t
know about online shopping i.e., 3.1%. 33 members have getting risk of creditcard transaction
while doing online shopping i.e., 25.8%, 12 members have internet literacy for online shopping
i.e., 9.4%, 10 members who never had online shopping due to risk of identity theft i.e., 7.8%, 69
members never had online shopping due to other reasons i.e., 53.9%.
Inference
Majority of the members Shows the Respondents ever had online shopping for otherreason
i.e 53.9%
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4.18. How often you rely on information available on social media if you have
uncertainties regarding a purchase.
TABLE 4.18 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS RELY ON INFORMATION

AVAILABLEON SOCIAL MEDIA IF THEY HAVE UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING
A PURCHASE
Always 13 10.2%
Often 26 20.3%
Sometimes 48 37.5%
Seldom 16 12.5%
Rarely 09 07%
Never 16 12.5%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.18 Shows the respondents rely on information available on social media ifthey have
uncertainties regarding a purchase
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total no. of Respondents, I have is 128 in which 13 members always who often
rely on information available on social media if he has any uncertainties regarding a purchase i.e.,
10.2%, 26 members often who rely on information available on social media i.e., 20.3%, 48
members sometimes who get relay information on social media if he gets any uncertainties
regarding a purchase i.e.,37.5%, 16 members seldomwho rely on information available on social
media i.e., 12.5%, 9 members rarely who getinformation available on social media i.e., 7%, 16
members who get never any information on social media if he have uncertainties regarding a
purchase i.e., 12.5%.
Inference
Majority of the member responds that they sometimes rely on information available on social
media if they have uncertainties regarding a purchase i.e 37.5%
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4.19. Have you changed your initial purchase preference after searching relevant
information via social media sites?
TABLE 4.19 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS CHANGE THEIR INITIAL

PREFERENCE AFTER SEARCHING RELEVANT INFORMATION VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES
Always 12 9.4%
Often 23 18%
Sometimes 61 47.7%
Seldom 05 3.9%
Rarely 12 9.4%
Never 15 11.7%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.19 Shows the respondents change their initial preference after searchingrelevant
information via social media sites
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number of respondents, which I collect is 128 in which 12 members
always change his initial purchase preference after searching relevant information via social media
sites i.e., 9.4%, 23 members often change his decision i.e., 18%, 61 members sometimes change
his decision i.e., 47.7%, 5 members seldom change his decision while purchasing i.e. 3.9%, 12
members rarely change his decision while purchasing i.e., 9.4%, 15 members who never change
his decision while purchasing i.e., 11.7%.
Inference Majority of the members are showing sometimes they change their initialafter
searching relevant information via social media sites i.e 47.7%
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4.20. Advertisements / Reviews / Blog posts etc. have higher credibility than
Advertisements / Editorials / other marketing means on mass media?
TABLE 4.20 SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS HAVE HIGHER CREDIBILITY

THANADVERTISEMENTS / EDITORIALS / OTHER MAKING MEANS ON MASS
MEDIA

Strongly Agree 35 27.3%
Agree 58 45.3%
Neutral 26 20.3%
Disagree 04 3.1%
Strongly Disagree 05 3.9%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.20 Shows the Respondents have higher credibility than Advertisements /editorials
/ other marketing means on mass media
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number of respondents which I collect is 128 in which 35 consumers
strongly agree that Advertisements / Reviews / Blog posts etc. have higher credibility than
Advertisements / Editorials / other marketing means i.e., 27.3%, 58 members get agree with this
i.e., 45.3%, 26 members are neutral on this statement i.e., 20.3%, 4 members are getting disagree
with this statement i.e., 3.1% and 5 members are getting strongly opposed i.e., 3.9%.
Inference
Majority of members are agree to show the Respondents have higher credibility thanAdvertisements /
editorials / other marketing means on mass media i.e 45.3%
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4.21. Which according to you have highest media potential
TABLE 4.21 SHOWS THE RESPONDENTS HAVE HIGHEST MEDIA POTENTIAL

Social media 101 78.9%
Print media 09 07%
Television ads 11 8.6%
Radio 00 00%
In person media 07 5.5%
Total 128 100%
Chart 4.21 Shows the Respondents have highest media potential
INTERPRETATION
In the above data total number of responds which I collect is 128 in which 101 membersare getting
privilege to social media to get highest media potential i.e., 78.9%, 9 members giving to print
media highest media potential i.e., 7%, 11 members giving in the favour of television media to
highest media potential i.e., 8.6%, no one getting respond on radio and 7 members getting respond
in person media i.e.,5.5%.
Inference
Majority of the members are getting responds that social media have highest media potential i.e
78.9%
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CHAPTER-5
FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS AND
CONCLUSION
5.1 Findings
I find that 93% of all marketers indicated that their social media efforts have generatedmore
exposure to their business, increased traffic was the second major benefit, with 87%
reporting positive results.
❏ Majority of the respondents are between 20-30 years old i.e 75%
❏ Majority of the respondents are Male i.e 78.9%
❏ Majority of the respondents are Unmarried i.e 77.3%
❏ Majority of the respondents are Post graduate i.e 45.3%
❏ Majority of the respondents are students i.e 43.8%
❏ Majority of the respondents are Bellow - 2,00,000 i.e 60.2%
❏ Majority of the respondents are doing online shopping i.e 98.4%
❏ Majority of the respondents are doing online shopping is monthly once i.e 31.7%
❏ Majority of the consumer responds that they are doing online shopping for morethan 2-5years
i.e 39.8%
❏ Majority of the consumer are Respond that they are doing online shopping due toconvenience
and time savings i.e 55.5%
❏ Majority of the consumer are respondents that they facing the problem while theyare doing
online shopping i.e 64.1%
❏ Majority of the consumer shows their respondents that what they facing theproblem the
cheap quality of product i.e 44.5%
❏ Majority of the consumers show the respondents that they often use the internetmore than
4hrs. In a day i.e 40.6%
❏ Majority of the members shows that they are intermediate to describe the internetproficiency
i.e 55.5%
❏ Majority of consumer shows the respondents to often use internet for shopping isoccasionally
i.e 40.6%
❏ Majority of the members respondents how much involved in the decision makingprocess for
buying any product at his family level to moderate extent i.e 36.7%
❏ Majority of the members Shows the Respondents ever had online shopping for other reason i.e
53.9%
❏ Majority of the member responds that they sometimes rely on information available on social
media if they have uncertainties regarding a purchase i.e 37.5%
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❏ Majority of the members are showing sometimes they change their initial after searching
relevant information via social media sites i.e 47.7%
❏ Majority of members are agree to show the Respondents have higher credibility than
Advertisements / editorials / other marketing means on mass media i.e 45.3%
❏ Majority of the members are getting responds that social media have highest media potential
i.e 78.9%
5.2 Suggestion
Social media is an essential piece of your business marketing strategy. Social platformshelp you
connect with your customers, increase awareness about your brand and boostyour leads and
sales. 52% of social media marketers believe social media positively influences their companies
revenue and sales.
❏ Identify the right social media channel

❏ Make the most of live videos
❏ Create your brand story
❏ Leverage user-Generated content
❏ Use social friendly images
❏ Use instagram for posting ads
❏ Use relevant Hashtags
❏ Utilize the power of employee advocacy
❏ Get your timing right
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5.3 CONCLUSION
Social media is creating a great influence on the business all around the globe. From creating
a clear image of their brands by sharing their pages on social platforms. Social media also
suggests the customer liked products through various Data Analytics and Data Science
technology. People follow brand pages on social media to get notification.Social media is not
an option but a necessity of modern business. Hence, the new social media marketing creates
a lot of opportunities for new businesses and challengesto get customer space. And social
media is occupying or shifting the traditional way of marketing to Digital advertisements of
businesses and their products.
Digital marketing is not only concerned with placing ads in portals, it consists of integrated
services and integrated channels. Marketers want to use these components in an effective way
to reach target groups and to build a brand. In this digital era marketers are not the custodian
for a brand, people who are connected across the digital platforms are the custodians.
Brands want to build their presence over digital platforms, because customers have high
affinity towards digital media than other media’s. More than that, customers are highly
information seekers and digital media is the only platform for two way communication
between brands and customers.
Digital media is the best platform to convert a product to a brand. Because it is more cost
effective and it provide lot of touch points to marketer. Brands can able to engage their target
group in an effective way through digital platforms. Digital media is not only for engagement,
brands can increase their customers or they can retain their existing customers. Digital
platforms help to increase the impact of brand recall in targetgroups.
Importance of digital presence increasing importance of digital agencies, so they making
money through digital advertising raising of digital marketing consciousness making money
for digital agencies by which they are booming and making more money with small
investments.
I honestly believe that this project report will be at most useful for marketers to understand
the digital marketing and also to plan for future strategies.
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Research Project Report

A study on IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN MARKETING AT

Submitted for the partial fulfilment of the Award

Master of Business Administration

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Prof. Dr. Yogesh Kasuhik

Department of Master of Business Administration

GNIOT-MBA Institute, Greater Noida

Name of HOD Name of Supervisor:

Prof. Dr. Anshul Sharma

It is my pleasure to be indebted to various people, who directly or indirectly

I am thankful to MR. RAMBHUL SINGH for his support, cooperation, and

I also extend my sincere appreciation to Prof. Dr. YOGESH KAUSHIK who

Chapter No. Title Page No.

1.1 Social Media Marketing

1.2 Benefits of Social Media Marketing

1.3 Develops Loyal Fans

1.4 Social Media Marketing Techniques

1.5 Some Social Media Marketing Tools

1.6 Statement of The Problem

1.7 Primary Objective of The Study

1.8 Scope of The Study

1.9 Company Profile

1.10 Why Should One Use Grocebin.Com

1.11 Industry Profile

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND 37 - 43

3.1 Research design

3.2 sample design

3.3 source of data

3.5 Hypothesis testing

4. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 44 – 64

5. FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION 65 – 67

1.2 BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

1.3.4 Growing Business Partnership

1.4. Social Media Marketing Techniques

1.5 Some social media marketing tools

1.6 Statement of the Problem

Following are main and primary objectives of the present study:

1. To study the concept of social media.

2. To evaluate the various channels preferred by consumers for buying decisionsover

3. To analyse the impact of social media on consumer buying behaviour.

4. To find out which is the best social media preferred by customers.

1.7.1 Objective of the present paper

● To study the present status of E-Commerce in India.

1.8 Scope of the study

1. The Scope of this research is ultimately to understand many features, advantages of

2. Understand the behaviour of the consumer, factors affecting consumer behaviour.

4. Many progressive business owners are dabbling in social media Marketing

1.10 Why should one use grocebin.com ?

E-Commerce stands for electronic commerce and caters to exchange of products,

E-Commerce is a modern business methodology that addresses the needs of the

1.11.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

1.12 COMPANY PROFILE

MiniBoxOffice is India's only independent film marketing, distribution and film

From optimizing search campaigns to gain maximum leverage on media spends

Understanding brand message and creating interactive videos to showcase

Omni Channel Strategy and Business Solutions:

Digital Media Distribution and Solutions:

Bikhchandani et al., (1998)