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Enhancing the corporate image through social media: An approach based on multi-dimensional scaling

다차원척도법에 의한 기업이미지 제고를 위한 소셜미디어 활용방안

  • Received : 2013.02.25
  • Accepted : 2013.04.15
  • Published : 2013.05.31
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Abstract

Social media is drawing attention among companies for its potential as a marketing tool. There are many types of social media and their characteristics are varied, and thus choosing the appropriate social media considering the purpose of the company is important. In this paper, we conduct comparative analysis on the popular social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Naver blog, Youtube, Cyworld and Me2day using multidimensional scaling method. The result shows that there are differences in the effectiveness of enhancing diverse dimensions of corporate image among social media. This result can be used in developing social media based marketing strategy.

소셜미디어 사용자가 크게 증가함에 따라 소셜미디어가 마케팅 도구로서 갖는 가치 또한 부각되고 있으며 많은 기업들이 소셜미디어를 기반으로 하는 마케팅에 관심을 기울이고 있다. 소셜미디어의 종류는 다양하고 소셜미디어별 특성이 서로 다르기 때문에 기업이 추구하는 목적에 적합한 소셜미디어를 선택할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 기업의 마케팅 전략에서 많이 사용되고 있는 다차원 척도법을 이용하여 대표적인 소셜미디어인 페이스북, 트위터, 네이버블로그, 유튜브, 싸이월드, 미투데이에 대한 이미지 포지셔닝 분석을 실시하여, 각 소셜미디어에 대해서 사용자들이 어떠한 이미지로 인식하고 있는지를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 기업의 신뢰성 이미지와 기술 이미지 제고를 위해서는 페이스북과 트위터가 비교우위에 있었으며 기업의 마케팅 이미지와 장래성 이미지, 종합 이미지 제고를 위해서는 네이버 블로그를 활용했을 때 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과들은 소셜미디어를 활용한 기업 마케팅 전략 수립시 참고자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

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