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How the innovations contribute for company development through customer relations which are dependent on the 2.0 technologies?

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Term

4. term

Publication year

2016

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Pages

78

Abstract

This thesis examines how innovations grounded in Web 2.0 technologies contribute to company development by strengthening and reshaping customer relationships. Building on the rapid growth of internet use and social applications, it highlights the shift from one-way mass communication to two-way collaboration in which firms listen, gather feedback, and co-create value with customers. The central research question asks how innovations support company development through customer relations dependent on 2.0 technologies. The theoretical framework spans Marketing 2.0, the marketing communication mix, targeting, social networks and applications, engagement campaigns and games, advertising in social media, social trading, consumer behavior, and social CRM. Methodologically, the study combines a review of literature and models with an empirical component comprising a survey on social media use and a case analysis of Medea (pharmacies), focusing on organizational presence, management, and value creation. The aim is to map ROI opportunities, articulate benefits and risks of social platforms, and offer practical recommendations for integrating Web 2.0 into strategy to drive engagement, loyalty, and business development. The opening chapters set out objectives, concepts, methods, and design; specific results and conclusions are presented in later sections of the thesis.

Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan innovationer baseret på Web 2.0-teknologier bidrager til virksomheders udvikling gennem stærkere og mere interaktive kunderelationer. Med udgangspunkt i den kraftige vækst i internetbrug og fremkomsten af sociale applikationer beskrives overgangen fra envejs massekommunikation til tovejs samarbejde, hvor virksomheder lytter, indsamler feedback og medskaber værdi sammen med kunderne. Afhandlingen formulerer det centrale forskningsspørgsmål: hvordan innovationer kan understøtte virksomhedsudvikling via kunderelationer, der er afhængige af 2.0-teknologier. Den teoretiske ramme omfatter Marketing 2.0, marketingkommunikationsmix, målretning, sociale netværk og applikationer, kampagner og spil til engagement, annoncering i sociale medier, social trading, forbrugeradfærd og social CRM. Metodisk kombinerer studiet en gennemgang af litteratur og modeller med en empirisk del bestående af en spørgeskemaundersøgelse om brugen af sociale medier samt et casestudie af Medea (apoteker), med fokus på praksis for tilstedeværelse, styring og værdiskabelse. Formålet er at kortlægge muligheder for ROI, identificere gevinster og risici ved sociale platforme og opstille praktiske anbefalinger til, hvordan virksomheder kan integrere Web 2.0 i deres strategi for at skabe engagement, loyalitet og forretningsudvikling. De første kapitler skitserer mål, begreber, metoder og design; konkrete fund og konklusioner præsenteres i de senere afsnit af afhandlingen.

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