Sinnlfuencers are a new popular type of endorsers who focus on societal relevant issues. Against this backdrop, the question arises whether their success factors are the same as for traditional influencers or whether new success factors become relevant. In this work, we build up a case of Sinnfluencers for healthy nutrition and examine the five characteristics attractiveness, fitness, expertise, benevolence and obesity. Based on an online experiment involving 1332 data sets analyzed in SmartPLS we find that the traditional criteria fitness and attractiveness are most important. Based on these surprising results we propose implications for research and management.

The rise of technology has brought innovations in the field of marketing. The most modern trend of marketing is termed as social media marketing. Social media is not only reducing the communication distance in the world but the discovery of social media provided opportunities for business to increase their exposure. However, it has been observed that regardless of the advantages of new technology some time users’ are reluctant to accept and use that technology. Considering these facts, the investigation of the factors affecting consumers’ intention for the acceptance and use of social media marketing (SMM) has been the greatest concern of the researcher. Other facet of this study is to understand the nature of consumers’ behavior across culture. This research is an empirical study for testing the underlying factors that influence the users’ intention for the acceptance and use of SMM. Current research proposes SMM acceptance model by integrating unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and technology acceptance model along with personal constructs. As the focus of this study was on UTAUT, hence majority of factors were selected from this theory. The survey was conducted with sample of 612 participants from South Korea and Pakistan. Findings by using structural equation modeling revealed that attitude towards online advertisement and electronic word of mouth significantly affect users’ intention for acceptance of SMM. Moreover, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, perceived usefulness, and perceived risk significantly influence users’ attitude towards advertisement. It has been found that the effect of social influence, perceived usefulness, and involvement is significant on attitude towards electronic word of mouth (eWOM). Moderating effects of nationality, gender, and use frequency are also tested on integrated model. The findings are helpful to understand consumer behavior and advantageous for marketing strategies. This research will contribute to the literature within the domain of social media marketing. The findings along with implications and recommendations for future research were also discussed at the end.

Global depression has brought the Korean economy into the period of low growth. The notion of lifetime employment has long crumbled, while economic recession is gradually taking away quality jobs. Furthermore, the average lifespan for the population has neared 100, while baby-boomer retirement is swinging into high gear. The simultaneous inrush of social and economic problems is threatening our wellbeing. However, there has been insufficient amount of research conducted on the factors that influence the satisfaction with lectures in lifelong education designed to address the problems. If we look at the earlier studies, most of them are on the satisfaction with lectures in regular courses. Our society demands that jobs be created for retirees including the baby boomers and that quality jobs be provided for those who want to go back to work after they have withdrawn from previous employment. In this light, the current study aims to bring light on the causal relation between the influential factors and variables involved in the satisfaction of lectures of non-degree programs with a view to solving those problems, and suggests the need to draw up marketing strategy that uses it. Specifically, the purpose and method of this study are as follows. First, to develop variables to be used in this study through in-depth interviews with field staff in the industry and training staff. Second, to identify predisposing factors that influence the satisfaction with the lectures of non-degree programs. Third, to identify the variables mediating predisposing factors and satisfaction with lectures. Fourth, to propose marketing strategy for non-degree programs using the results of the study. As identified through this study, the influencing factors for satisfaction with lectures are physical environment, composition of contents, and instructor ability and attitude, while mediating variables are interaction and immersion in lectures. If these factors are reflected in education, a higher level of satisfaction with lectures will be ensured for business starting youths, retirees, and those who want to have some other job after withdrawing from their previous ones. Educational institutions will be able to use it in ensuring stabler recruiting of trainees and establish a more efficient guidance and marketing strategy. Reflecting the results of the study in education will contribute to heightening educational sustainability, social sustainability, and economic sustainability.

There are amount of researches study about corporate competition sustainability, find the way to survive in the competition. But sustainable development has been launched for many years. Sustainable marketing aims to balance among economic, environmental, and social goals. Marketing methods of one company should be innovated with fast development. Marketing practitioners and researchers should follow the idea to sustainable marketing base on the hot issue of sustainable issue. Because sustainable marketing can increase firms’ profit and improve the environment such as nature environment and society. Customer equity is the sum of customer lifetime value, comes from value creation based on profits, costs, cash flow, customers, and customer relationships. Customer equity has been defined as value of future profits that might be acquired from customers, excluding corporate costs (Berger & Nasr, 1998), as profits created when companies allocate resources appropriately to acquire and retain customers (Blattberg & Deighton, 1996), and as the sum of all customers’ discounted lifetime value (Lemon et al., 2001). In this research studied the relationship between sustainable marketing and customer equity. Customer equity has been the key for companies’ sustainable competitive advantage. The company can make proper marketing strategy with customer equity which can both satisfy consumers and make a profit for the company (Lemon et al., 2001). Also test customer attitude to sustainable marketing in different culture. Based on the results this study gave both academy and practice implications.

Social media users today have become active producers of information but how sharing brand-related information affects the attitude of other users is an important and unexplored path. Narayan et al. (2011) mentioned that User’s attitude towards the brand is shaped not just by the attributes of the products but also the preferences of other consumers, such as peers. Zhu et al. (2012), through their study concluded, user’s opinions significantly sway other user’s own choices or are likely to reverse their attitudes. Dawson et al. (1990) have supported that delivering experiences that are pleasurable and relevant will linger in the memory and influence the user’s attitudes and purchase intentions. Although previous studies researched the attitude of the users towards social media advertising, the effect of social media advertising on the user’s attitude towards the brand is yet to be examined. By applying the Uses & Gratification theory, stimulus-Organism-Response theory and the Theory of Reasoned Action, this study aims at evaluating the effects of information sharing, peer pressure, entertainment and emotional connection in a social media setting on the user’s attitude toward a brand present in social media thereby influencing their purchase intentions from the brand. An online survey was developed using items adopted from previous study and administered to college students, who are regular users of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Of 271 valid responses, 21% were males and 79% were females. Multiple regression analyses results supported all hypotheses. The results are consistent with the previous research, confirming user’s choice of media is influenced by their information seeking, entertainment and status needs (Tan, 198). Marketing via social media may offer content that have specific relevance or may offer entertainment for users (Chi, 2011) and may result in the establishment of an emotional connection with the brand. The more frequently brands interact with the users/fans/followers, the stronger will be the emotional connection which will affect the user’s purchase intentions from the brand. MaKenzie, Lutz & Belch (1986) in their study supported that the marketing patterns can influence the attitude of the users towards the brands which in turn affects the purchase intentions from the brand. The findings of this study confirmed that social media is a very important marketing tool. The marketers needs to ensure that they a) have a presence and social media, b) devise effective online marketing strategies and c) employ dedicated social media staff to continually interact, entertain and engage the users.

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence that factors for a successful venture have on business performance. To fulfill this goal, factors for a successful venture are presupposed as the four elements of business creator, technological innovation, type of strategy, and organization, while business performance is set as subordinate variable, with a view to creating a model and establishing a hypothesis for a positive analysis. Data collection for the positive analysis was conducted using a questionnaire, and as for sampling, of the companies located in Seoul and greater metropolitan region and registered with Small and Medium Business Administration as of late December 2012, 98 companies have been selected for the final data. And I have come up with the two following results. First, factors for venture success have all proven to exercise statistically significant influence on business performance. Second, of all factors for venture success, business creator and technological innovation exercise huge influence on business performance, as compared to the other factors. From these two conclusions, it is understood that to upgrade business performance of a venture, business creator and technological innovation should be given priority over the other factors.

연구의 목적은 마케팅요소에 관한 선행연구를 바탕으로 지역축제의 마케팅요소를 도출하고자 하는 데 있다. 전통적 마케팅 요소 4P와 서비스마케팅 요소 7P, 관광마케팅 요소 8P에 대한 이론적 근거와 지역축제의 마케팅 요소에 대한 다양한 선행연구를 바탕으로, 지역축제 마케팅요소들을 도출하였다. 연구결과로서, 지역축제 마케팅요소로서 Product, Price, Place, Promotion, People, Physical Evidence, Programming 등 7P를 제시하였다.

본 연구의 목적은 지역 마케팅 홍보에 있어서 관계마케팅 개념을 도입하여야 할 필 요성을 강조하면서 관계의 질적인 측면에서 영향을 미치는 관계마케팅 요인을 제시하여 지 역 관계마케팅 홍보 전략수립을 위한 이론적 틀을 제시하는 것이다. 관계마케팅적 접근에 의하면 지역은 거대한 시스템으로 인식되며 그 시스템의 하위 시스템으로서 방문객 관계, 타 지역 경쟁관계, 타 지역 제휴 관계, 지역 내부 관계 및 지역 환경 관계 등이 상호의존적 으로 작용하면서 최종적으로는 지역과 방문객간의 관계의 질을 향상시키게 된다. 관계의 질 에 영향을 미치는 요인은 신뢰, 안전, 상호 커뮤니케이션의 질적 수준 및 관계적 규범 등으 로서 이러한 요인들은 지역에 대한 방문객의 이미지 형성에 작용하여 지역과의 관계정립에 긍정적 혹은 부정적 결과를 가져다 준다.

우리 기업은 운명상 국내 시장의 규모가 협소하기 때문에 세계 시장을 향하여 나아가지 않을 수 없다. 특히 최근의 경제 위기를 극복하고 지속적인 경제 성장을 이끌어 내기 위해서는 적극적인 해외 시장 진출이 필수적이다. 이와 같은 해외 시장 진출에 있어서 우리 기업들이 느끼는 가장 큰 애로 사항중의 하나가 국제 마케팅력의 부족이다. 그러나 현재까지 국제 마케팅력에 대한 연구는 매우 미미한 수준이다. 지금까지 국제 마케팅력에 대한 연구는 체계적이고 분석적인 연구를 시도했다기 보다는 현황 분석을 통한 서술적인 연구에 머물고 있었다. 이에 본 연구는 비가격경쟁력을 중심으로 우리 기업의 해외 시장에서의 마케팅능력을 나타내는 국제 마케팅력의 결정 요인을 기업 특성 요인과의 관계에서 살펴 보고, 이를 토대로 우리 기업의 국제 마케팅력 강화 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 분석 결과를 요약하면 해외 시장에서의 제품의 품질과 디자인력을 나타내는 국제 제품력의 경우에는 경영자의 해외 시장 태도와 연구개발비중이 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 해외 시장에서의 브랜드의 인지도와 지명도를 나타내는 국제 브랜드력은 해외 사업 경험, 해외 시장 정보수집 그리고 연구개발 비중이 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 해외 시장에서의 유통 능력을 나타내는 국제 유통력의 경우에는 해외시장 정보수집과 해외사업 인력비중이 중요한 요인으로 나타났으며, 해외 시장에서의 광고 및 판촉 능력을 나타내는 국제 촉진력의 경우에는 해외마케팅 투자와 해외 시장 정보수집 그리고 연구 개발 비중이 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.