Research Proposal: Exploring the challenges that social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter bring to entrepreneurs/small businesses MICHAEL GOITOM 2924686 London Southbank University 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework/Literature review 3. Methodology & Timescale 4. References 5. Bibliography 1. INTRODUCTION The primary purpose of this research is to examine the challenges that social vehicles such as Linked In, Facebook and Twitter bring
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USA | USA | 3 | Xandrea Lancaster | Xandrea.Lancaster11@stjohns.edu | USA | USA | 4 | Fabiana Florenço Gil | fabianaffgil@gmail.com | Brazil | Brazil | 5 | Nurfatin Binti Walid | nurfatin_walid@yahoo.com | Malaysia | Malaysia | The Mobius Social Learning Platform (Mobius SLIP) Professor Djamel Eddine Laouisset Faculty of Business 2014-2015 Contents Abstract: 2 Background 3 Products/Services 3 Economic Environmental Factors 4 Geography and Demographics 5 Cultural Environment
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You can use social media for marketing and you can increase your sales figures from it. But there are some don’ts and dos about social media when using it as a strategy to improve the business’s ability Don’t do the hard sell: This might be the most common mistake business make and the most difficult lesson for small business owner. Companies need to understand that social media is not just a way to sell to their customers, but rather a chance to build on their relationships and find out what customers
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BRAND: BlackBerry INDUSTRY/MARKET DESCRIPTION: [pic] The industry BlackBerry is designated to is the consumer electronics market. This market is a huge sector that comprises of many products from audio equipment to laptops and computers. Datamonitor defines the market as such: The consumer electronics market consists of the total revenues generated through the sale of audio visual equipment and games console products designed primarily for domestic use. The audio visual equipment
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Business Horizons (2011) 54, 241—251 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media Jan H. Kietzmann *, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian P. McCarthy, Bruno S. Silvestre Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W6, Canada KEYWORDS Social media; Social networks; Web 2.0; User-generated content; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube Abstract Traditionally, consumers used the
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purpose of this research is to show leaders how Social media, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can quickly enhance a leader's understanding of how social media documents change in the culture. Social media search tools improve leadership's capability of having relevant information about anticipative changes in regards to transformational elements. Social media tools can search live change management topics and delivers results. The social media findings of change Management, Total Quality management
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enter social media. It is rare today to engage in any type of commerce without seeing the use of social media. No matter how big or small a business, “Follow us on Facebook” is everywhere. The larger social media forums such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, even track your internet use based on search engines and provide advertisements specific to your most recent searches. It is inevitable to try to engage even in everyday life without seeing the importance and the power that social media
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“5’s Cupcakes” Kimberly Grissom MKTG 522 Professor Mary Duboise March 16, 2014 1.0 Executive Summary 5’s Cupcakes will be the leading provider of egg-free cupcakes to the Shreveport-Bossier City area in Louisiana. It is owned by Jazmine Sims, a young stay-at-home mother. Having a young son, BJ, allergic to dairy products, Jazmine Sims has educated herself extensively on what can and cannot be provided to persons with dairy allergies. BJ, also known as 5 to family and friends, loves cupcakes
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2010, Viadeo had over 30 million members. Viadeo is heavily used in the French network in comparison to the other countries its members reside in (Gaynard, 2009). MySpace: In 2005 MySpace was the leading social media site with over 16 million members. MySpace is an interactive social media site powered by members with interests in music, movies, celebrities, etc. Targeted to a younger generation, Myspace quickly eclipsed its competition, most notably Friendster, and continually developed and evolved
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and join the newsletter or the Facebook fan-page to interact with the community. Over time if they are impressed with the offering, they will sign up to become a trial customer and then, later, convert to a paying customer. Cons: * Online marketing is not an area where Kim has great expertise. * Since BabbaBox is an entirely new product category, moms aren’t searching for it or for related terms. * When parents land on BabbaCo’s site, they are confused by the monthly box concept and
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