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Customer Brand Engagement On Online Social Media Platforms: A Conceptual Model And Empirical Analysis, Justina Malciute, Polymeros Chrysochou

Polymeros Chrysochou

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the knowledge of a newly emerged concept of customer engagement with brands in the context of online social media platforms. Drawing on the overview of currently available academic literature and the results of a quantitative consumer study, the paper delivers a thorough investigation of the concept and proposes a conceptual model of customer brand engagement on online social media platforms. The study suggests that customer brand relationship related factors will influence the level of customer engagement, which in turn will affect the levels of behavioral loyalty and intention to recommend the …

Digital Traces For Business Intelligence: A Case Study Of Mobile Telecoms Service Brands In Greece, Giannis Milolidakis, Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Chris Kimble

Chris Kimble

Purpose – Data from social media (SM) has grown exponentially and created new opportunities for businesses to supplement their business intelligence (BI). However, there are many different platforms all of which are in a constant state of evolution. The purpose of this paper is to describe a generic methodology for the gathering of data from SM and transforming it into valuable BI.

Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is termed virtual excavation and builds on the similarities between the manipulation of technological artefacts virtual communities using various forms of SM and the excavation and analysis of physical artefacts found in archaeological …