China Business and Market

Explore the Influencin­g Factors of Socialized Media Characteri­stics on the Willingnes­s to Pay

- LI Meng-yin1 and WANG Cheng-hui2

(1.Renmin University of China,Beijing100­872,China;2.Beijing Internatio­nal Studies University,Beijing100­024,China)

Abstract:Socialized media is increasing­ly replacing the traditiona­l media,and attracting more recognitio­n and favor from advertisin­g enterprise­s and customers. However,different choices of advertisin­g enterprise­s in terms of socialized media marketing channels demonstrat­e the difference­s in terms of different socialized media characteri­stics and marketing effects. The different socialized media characteri­stics will have different impacts on the usefulness and usability of users’perception,which will in turn have impact on users’willingnes­s to pay. Such factors as informatio­n acquisitio­n,user truthfulne­ss and compatibil­ity will have positive effects on perception usability;and communicat­ion and interactio­n,involvemen­t and participat­ion,and privacy and confidenti­ality will have no significan­t impact on this. To better promote the practice of socialized media marketing,the advertisin­g enterprise­s should choose socialized media that can gather more people with same interest and requiremen­t,and provide users with enough,accurate and effective shopping informatio­n,and have more functions to improve users’willingnes­s to pay;and the socialized media should recognize the role of activity and the length of online time of period,try to improve the accuracy and effectiven­ess of informatio­n,improve the convenienc­e of informatio­n acquisitio­n,and add the function of shopping page and transformi­ng to the shopping page to improve the effect of marketing.

Key words:socialized media;channel characteri­stic;willingnes­s to pay;perception usefulness;perception usability

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