Abstract: In today's China, the well-educated middle class, with stable jobs and above-average income, are the driving force behind its Internet society. Through the analysis of data from the 2015 Chinese General Social Survey and 50 interviewees, this study investigates the current situation of this group’s specific internet usage. The findings of this study demonstrate that daily life among the members of this socioeconomic group is closely tied to the Internet. For Chinese middle class, the Internet is used to socialize and entertain self and others. It is also used to search for and share information as well as to build their identities. The empirical results of this study will provide a reference, supported by factual data, for enterprises seeking to target the Chinese middle class through online marketing efforts.
Abstract: At the present time, online marketing has become the common target of small and full-scale organizations. Today’s humanbeing who has to spend most of their time in front of the computer because of his job, prefers to socialize by internet due to the easy access to technology. So online marketing area expands day by day. All business organizations from the smallest to the biggest are in a race in order to get a cut from the virtual market share in an extreme competitive environment. However these organizations which use the internet to reach more consumers cannot determine their target group accurately, so this is the biggest handicap of online marketing sales nowadays. The aim of this study is to determine some significant elements about need for communicating efficiently with the consumer on the internet on online marketing. The strategies that can be used in order to increase sales and the limitations of virtual environment where cannot be communicated with the consumer face to face are argued in this study’s scope. As a consequence it is thought that to study on this subject because of lacking and also being limited efficiency of researches and outputs. Within this scope suggesting some proposals about how to communicate efficiently with the consumer and also offering the consumers’ demands efficiently is the essential objective of this study.
Abstract: Colour choice has become a common strategy and
correlates highly with marketing. Three broad functions can be
identified for colour in a building context especially applied in
marketing communications, which are its role as an important
parameter in illumination designs, its capacity to influence the visual
appearance of a building in a predictable manner and as an aesthetic
function. The review of literatures shows that colour has an impact on
online marketing communications, and relations between colour, web
and marketing communications.
Abstract: This study aims to examine the determinants of
purchase intention in C2C e-commerce. Specifically the role of
instant messaging in the C2C e-commerce contextis investigated. In
addition to instant messaging, we brought in two antecedents of
purchase intention - trust and customer satisfaction - to establish a
theoretical research model. Structural equation modeling using
LISREL was used to analyze the data.We discussed the research
findings and suggested some implications for researchers and
practitioners.