The rapid and constant growth of the Internet and especially the World Wide Web brought numerous valuable applications to private homes and, among them, business-to-consumer commerce. The private consumer suddenly has the ability to browse and buy all the goods across all borders but is still bound to his computer at home, in any case to be able to browse and buy the sellers across all borders at any time and anywhere appears to be Mobile commerce Is a natural step, but many issues need to be solved before it can be part of the private consumer's daily life. First, mobile commerce needs to be better understood in order to discover all its potential. Indeed, mobile commerce is more than the wireless extension of the Internet e-commerce. Second, …show more content…
5 Anckar / D’Incau, 2002, p. 3 Buse, 2002,p. 93]: 1. Context-specific services: Mobile Commerce makes it possible to offer location based services, which are specific to a given context (e.g. time of the day, location and the interests of the user). Such services offer new opportunities for personalised push-marketing in close proximity to the vendor thereby increasing the probability of sales. It enhances brand presence and thus encourages consumers to remain loyal to brands they are acquainted with. 2. Time-critical situations: The ubiquity and immediacy of Mobile Commerce allows the user to perform urgent tasks in an efficient manner, e.g. fast reaction to stock market developments irrespective of his current geographic location. It is also useful in emergency situations. 3. Spontaneous decisions and needs: Spontaneous needs are not externally triggered and generally involve decisions that do not require a very careful consideration, e.g. purchase decisions involving small amounts of money. An example of such a service would be reserving a place in a restaurant or cinema
Unit 8- M1 Promoting E-Commerce Search engines Search engines are really important as they are a vital way of prompting business, as search engines help the customers narrow down what they are looking for specifically, an example can be if a customer’s wants to look for a specific watch they want to purchase but don’t know where to look then they can use search engines such as msn, google, yahoo etc. these search engines would narrow down what they are looking for as these search engine will give the user millions of results. Dial and chain can also promote their business by paying money so they can be at the top of search results in web browsers, this is a really good and effective way of advertisement and its simple the more money you pay
In other cases, a curandero, espiritista, or santero will provide his/her client
This view is based on a pay only for services rendered type of approach -often the case with a contracted service. When our
They offers only five star and four star room and the company is able to charge its customers at premium level. Place The goods and services provided by the hotel made available to the customers at a place where they can conveniently make purchase. It refers to the channel or the route through which goods and services move from the source to the final user. Place could be the intermediaries, distributors, wholesalers and
Mobile marketing will play a major role for future marketing strategies, because it may establish it as an important channel to reach and interact with consumers, may give rise to a higher level of emphasis placed on the use of mobile devices in the marketing
A huge advantage is that the economy will provide customers with goods that they want and need at an acceptable price. The sole reason is because people are willing to pay extra for what they want. The exciting part of being the customer is the new innovations that all companies are now coming up with. If we look at some companies such as apple, Samsung, Toyota, these companies are consistently bringing out new goods and services because of the growing demand, tough competition and rewards for popular products. Steve Jobs once stated, “you can’t just ask customers what they want and them try to give that to them.
Another example is the reservation system made by Easy Cruise, which is a IBS cruise partner. With this system, travel agents (B2) as well as customers (B2C) are able
The innovation of products and services is one way to differentiate with the competition. Most of the services and products offered by most mobile service providers are almost the same and the current regulation of ceiling enforced by the government on interconnection fee discourages firms from lowering further their call charges. This has led to company’s searching for other ways of differentiating themselves so as to retain and attract customers. Safaricom is known for using differentiation strategy in order to gain competitive advantage.
People define a service that refers to the people who can directly contact with the customer such as staff. One of the crucial part in selling a product is the staff and its service before buying a product. The employees in coca cola’s company have a standard uniform. The company specially focuses on friendly and prompt service to its customers from their employees. Process
However, choosing the appropriate technology is essential to the success of the advertising industry because different markets prefer different ways of conveying information. The use of applications in phones or e-commerce to order goods and services all over the world may be appropriate to a certain market, but media may be appropriate to an illiterate market (Porter, 1998). The development of smart phones is also an added advantage to the development of marketing activities in the advertising industries. For instance, in Singapore China the Taxi industry uses the application in the smart phones to access the consumers. Although the media are one of the appropriate medium to convey the adverts to the consumers,
Causes According to Amin & Noor (2013), the E-consumers generally refer to the purchaser of goods and services over electronic systems such as Internet and other computer networks. This new group of consumers is increasing in number over the years as on-line shopping become a trend and manifestation of modern life style. Based from the Paynter & Lim (2001), E-commerce would provide consumers with benefits such as interactive communications, fast delivery, and more customization that would only be available for consumers through online shopping. Product information in the Internet is more compact and it ranges from various sites.
As technology continues to improve, the usage of cell phones continues to increase too. The increase in using cell phones over the last decade has been unbelievable; and the cell phone itself has become a common facilitate for all ages all around the world. When people hear about the cell phone,majority of them usually see the positive sides and its benefits, but ignoring the risks of this small device which isquite serious and somehow dangerous. It has bad effects on health, it is a disturbing tool, because some people talk so loud in the public places which may annoy others and also sometimes it may be the cause that we forget about some works, and etc. So, majority of people who became aware of these disadvantagesin European and American countriesbegan using their cell phones less than before.
Online shopping has nowadays become a widely spread way of shopping among people on different continents and in different countries. Its popularity is constantly on the rise considering the spread of Internet technologies and the increasing share of online shops in the retailing business. Online shopping activities are gaining wide spread as far as they tend to provide the consumers with numerous benefits and increase the convenience of buying without leaving the house. The popularity of online shopping grows due to a range of reasons, including its convenience as well as time- and money-saving potential.
When I walk into AT&T, I’m overwhelmed with the wide variety of cells phones to chose from. It’s not a very hard decision though because I already know that i want a smartphone. Smartphones are the best option because it can help you organize your entire life. Smartphones can give you the ability to contact people in many different ways. They also, can keep you up to date on everything going on around the world.
7 Telecommunications The telephone is one of the most important means of communicating with the outside world. It is also frequently used for contacting members of staff within an organisation. 7.1 The advantages of telephone communications The telephone has a number of advantages: • The most important is the speed with which people can be contacted and the ease of use.