Social Media Marketing

Sociální média představují nový prostor pro marketing, propagaci a získávání zpětné vazby od zákazníka. Práce si klade za cíl zmapovat způsoby využití internetu a sociálních médií v rámci marketingové komunikace napříč širokým spektrem organizací. Získané závěry budou na základě analýzy využity k vytvoření návrhu marketingové komunikace pro společnost zabývající se prodejem specializovaných expedičních světel.Social media represent brand new environment, which can be very useful for marketing communication, product propagation and also for getting a feedback from customers. The aim of thesis is to analyze multiple ways of social media usage at companies using social media to propagate themselves on the Internet. Information resulted from this research will go through further analysis and create marketing comminucation plan of the company specialized for expedition flashlights.

Social Media Marketing

Social media represent brand new environment, which can be very useful for marketing communication, product propagation and also for getting a feedback from customers. The aim of thesis is to analyze multiple ways of social media usage at companies using social media to propagate themselves on the Internet. Information resulted from this research will go through further analysis and create marketing comminucation plan of the company specialized for expedition flashlights

Research on Czech firms’ marketing communication based on social media networks

Objective of the research described in this article is to make an analysis of the usage of marketing communication using both traditional Internet communication channels as well as Social Media Networks by the Czech companies. Primary research was made through on-line questionnaire. Companies across the branches and size categories within the Czech economy were addressed. Companies were selected from the www.firmy.cz portal. Only companies with their own web domain were addressed. The typical respondents were mostly from middle management, especially managers from the marketing or commercial departments. The final number of questionnaire respondents covered in the research is 1009. The main research method was questioning. The questionnaire consisted of three sections with the scale answer questions mainly. Google Refine was used for data processing and Microsoft Excel for statistical processing and graphic outputs of the research. Evaluated results show significant gaps in usage of Internet communication tools in marketing of Czech companies and also deficiency between clear understanding of the respondents how Social Media should be used in marketing communication and real use in the companies. This deficiency was statistically tested and relation between respondents’ perception of the importance of Social Media use for bidirectional communication with stakeholders and non-use of Social Media for bidirectional communication with stakeholders by respondents’ company was confirmed