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The Effects of Affinity Marketing Initiatives on Performance of Online Consumer Packaged Food Industry

Covenant Journal of Business and Social Sciences

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Title The Effects of Affinity Marketing Initiatives on Performance of Online Consumer Packaged Food Industry
 
Creator Amue, John G.
Igwe, Sunny R.
 
Description Today, digital marketing are becoming more pronounce, as digital platforms are increasingly being incorporated into marketing plans. Affinity marketing initiative is practice within the context of digital marketing. This paper examines the effect of affinity marketing initiatives on digital performance. The authors conceptualise three dimensions of affinity marketing that are critical for superior digital and marketing performance; shared incentive, enhancement packaged and third-party endorsement. Endorsement is conceptualized as a platform for leveraging affinity initiatives. The authors test the effects of affinity initiatives on performance (e.g. website visibility, traffic and sales) using data from twenty online consumer packaged food firms. The results show that shared incentive and enhancement packaged affect performance given the right endorsement.Keywords: Digital performance; affinity marketing; endorsement; shared incentive; enhancement packaged.
 
Publisher Covenant University
 
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Date 2017-02-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/index.php/cjbss/article/view/420
 
Source Covenant Journal of Business and Social Sciences; Vol 7, No 2 (2016): December, 2016
2334-5708
2006-0300
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/index.php/cjbss/article/view/420/298
 
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