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Under a Creative Commons license Open access AbstractThe ready access to and availability of social media has opened up a wealth of data that marketers are leveraging for strategic insight and digital marketing. Yet there is a lack of professional norms regarding the use of social media in marketing and a gap in understanding consumers’ comfort with marketers’ use of their social media data. This study analyzes a census-balanced sample of online adults (n = 751) to identify consumers’ perceptions of using social media data for marketing purposes. The research finds that consumers’ perceived risks and benefits of using social media have a relationship with their comfort with marketers using their publicly available social media data. The research extends the applicability of communication privacy management theory to social media and introduces marketing comfort—a new construct of high importance for future marketing research. Marketing comfort refers to an individual's comfort with the use of information posted publicly on social media for targeted advertising, customer relations, and opinion mining. In the context of the construct development, we find that targeted advertising is the strongest contributing component to marketing comfort, relative to the other two dimensions: opinion mining and customer relations. By understanding what drives consumer comfort with this emerging marketing practice, the research proposes strategies for marketers that can support and mitigate consumers’ concerns so that consumers can maintain trust in marketers’ digital practices. KeywordsDigital marketing Ethics Social media Consumer trust Privacy Cited by (0)© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. What is Social Media?Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. The Office of Communications and Marketing manages the main Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube accounts. We offer an array of tools, including one-on-one consults with schools, departments and offices looking to form or maintain an existing social media presence to discuss social media goals and strategy, as well as offer insights and ideas. Before creating any social media account, you must submit the Account Request Form. Be sure to check with your school’s communications office for any school specific regulations or branding guidelines. Key Principles for Social Media Managers:
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Learn how to best utilize these tools with our platform specific best practices. University Social Media Policies:Social networks and other online media are great tools for engagement and two-way communication, but given the nature of this two-way, real-time communication, there is the potential for significant risks associated with inappropriate use. University Policies related to social media:
General Social Media Best Practices:While the tools of social media are easily accessible, the rules of the road are not necessarily intuitive. It’s a new communications landscape, with tremendous opportunities but also a lot to learn. We developed these guidelines to provide everyone at the university—from communications professionals to department administrators—with basic guidance on how to best use social media toward communications goals, both as the owner of an account and as a user/contributor. The suggestions and best practices outlined here can help you use these channels effectively, protect your personal and professional reputation, and follow university guidelines. We also hope that these guidelines spark conversations among social media practitioners on campus to learn from each other as we explore these emerging platforms. Please review the university best practices and feel free to contact Communications and Marketing with any questions. Requesting or Registering an Official Tufts Social Media Account:If you are looking to create an account, you must meet with the Social Media Strategist in the Office of Communications and Marketing to discuss the social media policies at the university, as well as strategy, goals, messaging and best practices. Please fill out a request form and we will contact you to set up a meeting. If you already have an account that was created prior to September 2013, please be sure to register your account with the Office of Communications and Marketing. Questions?Contact: Which characteristic of online media allows customers to express their needs and wants directly to a company in response to its marketing communications?Interactivity allows customers to express their needs and wants directly to a firm in response to its marketing communications. It also enables marketers to capitalize on the concept of community and customers to derive value from use of the firm's products and websites.
What are the 4 types of social media?In this article, learn about the seven different types of social networking and how you can leverage each for your business. What's the first thing that pops into your head when you think “social media?” Chances are, it's one of the big four social media networking sites: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok.
What are the three types of social media marketing activities?And thankfully, even with the influx of how-tos and social media guides out there, there are just three basic forms that social media marketing is made up of: Community management, content creation, and growth.
What type of communication is social media?Social media is an internet-based form of communication. Social media platforms allow users to have conversations, share information and create web content.
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