“…Building on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0 (Kaplan and Haenlein, 2010), SMS allow for reciprocal communication and thus are often referred to as "the technological component of […] relationship building" [Andzulis et al (2012), p. 308]. Recognising the value of SMS, B2B firms increasingly adopt and use those communication tools to support brand relationship strategies (Rapp et al, 2013, Andersson and Wikström, 2017, Murphy and Sashi, 2018, Nunan et al, 2018, Guha et al, 2018, Hsiao et al, 2019 Online communication tools enable brands to extend their physical presence to virtual presence (Lowry et al, 2006). Physical presence is defined as the perception of intimacy or being close, while virtual presence refers to the perception of being present despite physical separation (Ou et al, 2014, Chong et al, 2018.…”