E-marketing is a marketing philosophy that has transformed the practice of marketing from traditional means to online platforms. It has changed the way and manner firms relate with their customers. Globally, there are variations in the practice and growth of emarketing. As such, the paper discussed the benefits and challenges of e-marketing in Nigeria. It also examined strategies that can be adopted to enhance e-marketing by reviewing some models with the aim of drawing inferences and a direction for the growth and development of e-marketing in Nigeria. Content analysis was applied by reviewing literature on e-marketing. The paper indicates that the benefits of emarketing range from global reach to new product development while the major challenges of e-marketing identified are inadequate Internet Infrastructure, cost of getting connected, unreliable power supply, inadequate number of knowledgeable staff and perceived lack of security. Moreover, e-marketing strategy framework comprising the Marketing Mix model, 4S model, Cox and Koelzer model as well as Granitz and Greene model were discussed. The paper concluded that Nigeria needs to improve her information and communications technology especially accessibility to internet infrastructure and security so that businesses and customers can avail themselves of the benefits of e-marketing. Contribution/ Originality:The paper contributes to the existing literature on e-marketing by applying and discussing strategic models that can be used to improve and sustain the practice of emarketing. The paper also designed diagrammatic presentation of the three levels of the marketing-mix models and adapted the elements to e-marketing.
The moderating variable has the tendency of increasing or decreasing the strength of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. However, factors that moderate this relationship have scarcely been research upon in the hotel services sector. This study therefore examined the moderating effects of five salient demographic variables (sex, age, education, occupation, income) on the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty. The study employed descriptive research design with cross-sectional survey using a structured questionnaire to collect the data. The data were analysed using percentages and General Linear Model (GLM). The results show that age, education, and occupation significantly moderate the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty while sex and income do not at the 0.05 significant level. Based on the findings of this, it is therefore recommended that hotel managers should consider the significant effect of age, educational qualification, and occupation in determining the extent of the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty when formulating and implementing marketing strategies.Contribution/ Originality: This study contributes to the existing literature by examining the moderating effects of five salient demographic variables (sex, age, education, occupation, income) on the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty.
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