A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students

Since the internet era began, an increasing number of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have started to focus on using the internet, particularly social media. It is possible to view the decision of SMEs to join social media platforms as both a strategic choice and a reaction to environmental...

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Main Author: Kong, Si Wei
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2023
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Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5846/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5846/1/KongSiWei_FYP.pdf
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description Since the internet era began, an increasing number of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have started to focus on using the internet, particularly social media. It is possible to view the decision of SMEs to join social media platforms as both a strategic choice and a reaction to environmental changes. Through this action, resources and business procedures are aligned to sustain corporate performance. This paper discusses the positive impact of social media in business growth by highlighting the advantages that social media brings, and to explore the factors why small businesses prefer social media as a marketing platform on business growth. Facebook and Instagram are the two main social media platforms focused in this study. A survey with limited choice and scaled response is used to collect the data from 60 respondents.
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spelling utar-58462023-08-12T07:53:23Z A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students Kong, Si Wei HE Transportation and Communications Since the internet era began, an increasing number of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have started to focus on using the internet, particularly social media. It is possible to view the decision of SMEs to join social media platforms as both a strategic choice and a reaction to environmental changes. Through this action, resources and business procedures are aligned to sustain corporate performance. This paper discusses the positive impact of social media in business growth by highlighting the advantages that social media brings, and to explore the factors why small businesses prefer social media as a marketing platform on business growth. Facebook and Instagram are the two main social media platforms focused in this study. A survey with limited choice and scaled response is used to collect the data from 60 respondents. 2023 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5846/1/KongSiWei_FYP.pdf Kong, Si Wei (2023) A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5846/
spellingShingle HE Transportation and Communications
Kong, Si Wei
A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students
title A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students
title_full A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students
title_fullStr A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students
title_full_unstemmed A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students
title_short A study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (SMES) among UTAR students
title_sort study on facebook and instagram as marketing platforms for small and medium-sized businesses (smes) among utar students
topic HE Transportation and Communications
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5846/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5846/1/KongSiWei_FYP.pdf