Bayesian Statistics and Marketing Rossi, Peter E; Allenby, Greg M; McCulloch, Rob
2012, 2012., 2005, 2012-05-14, 20051209, 20050101, c2005
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The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in the use of Bayesian methods in marketing due, in part, to computational and modelling breakthroughs, making its implementation ideal for many marketing ...problems. Bayesian analyses can now be conducted over a wide range of marketing problems, from new product introduction to pricing, and with a wide variety of different data sources.Bayesian Statistics and Marketingdescribes the basic advantages of the Bayesian approach, detailing the nature of the computational revolution. Examples contained include household and consumer panel data on product purchases and survey data, demand models based on micro-economic theory and random effect models used to pool data among respondents. The book also discusses the theory and practical use of MCMC methods.Written by the leading experts in the field, this unique book:Presents a unified treatment of Bayesian methods in marketing, with common notation and algorithms for estimating the models.Provides a self-contained introduction to Bayesian methods.Includes case studies drawn from the authors’ recent research to illustrate how Bayesian methods can be extended to apply to many important marketing problems.Is accompanied by an R package, bayesm, which implements all of the models and methods in the book and includes many datasets. In addition the book’s website hosts datasets and R code for the case studies.Bayesian Statistics and Marketingprovides a platform for researchers in marketing to analyse their data with state-of-the-art methods and develop new models of consumer behaviour. It provides a unified reference for cutting-edge marketing researchers, as well as an invaluable guide to this growing area for both graduate students and professors, alike.
Services marketing Lovelock, Christopher H; Wirtz, Jochen
2011., 2011-12-13
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For undergraduate courses in Service Marketing This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is ...especially relevant to students outside the United States. The fundamentals of services marketing presented in a strategic marketing framework. Organized around a strategic marketing framework Services Marketing provides instructors with maximum flexibility in teaching while guiding students into the consumer and competitive environments in services marketing. The marketing framework has been restructured for this edition to reflect what is happening in services marketing today.
Influencer Cornwell, T. Bettina; Katz, Helen
2021, 20201229, 2020, 2020-12-29
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The influential are no longer only those with celebrity status – but until now there has been no authoritative resource on the theory and practice of influencer marketing. This book will educate and ...inspire decision makers, researchers, students, and influencers themselves. Diving deeper than the many ""how-to"" books on the influencer phenomenon, this book brings in frameworks from marketing, sociology, psychology, and communication studies to redefine the influencer as a persona (related to a person, group of people, or organization) that possesses greater than average sway over others. Cornwell and Katz go on to: introduce the influencers, macro and nano, authentic and inauthentic, ascending and fading; consider their relationship to brands in the marketing ecosystem, along with regulations that set limits on influencer marketing; describe how influence is measured and evaluated and look into the future; and bring together the latest research on influencer marketing and organize it for the reader. The book serves both those who want to understand the science behind influencer marketing and those who want to most effectively employ influencers in brand strategy. Instructors, students, and professionals will appreciate international examples from multiple industries applying theories to the real world.
This is the first book to focus on crowdfunding in sport. Crowdfunding is an important new financial instrument that is becoming more popular with sports organisations, and this book examines the ...research evidence for crowdfunding and considers how it might be successfully implemented. Presenting international cases and data, including from European football, the book explains how crowdfunding campaigns have to be fully integrated with strategic marketing plans and require a solid understanding of the needs and motivations of potential investors, consumers, and fans. The book sets out a theoretical framework for applying strategic marketing in the context of crowdfunding in sports clubs, introduces the key characteristics of the sports crowdfunding market and funders’ behaviours in the crowdfunding campaigns of sports clubs, examines the market segments of the campaigns’ funders, and presents recommendations for developing marketing-mix programs to target them. This is important reading for any researcher, advanced student, or practitioner with an interest in sport business, sport marketing, sport finance, consumer behaviour in sport, or entrepreneurship, innovation, or technology in sport.
YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitter, etc. have their own logics, dynamics and different audiences. This book analyses how the users of these social networks, especially those of YouTube and ...Instagram, become content prescribers, opinion leaders and, by extension, people of influence. What influence capacity do they have? Why are intimate or personal aspects shared with unknown people? Who are the big beneficiaries? How much is vanity and how much altruism? What business is behind these social networks? What dangers do they contain? What volume of business can we estimate they generate? How are they transforming cultural industries? What legislation is applied? How does the legislation affect these communications when they are sponsored? Is the privacy of users violated with the data obtained? Who is the owner of the content? Are they to blame for ""fake news""? In this changing, challenging and intriguing environment, The Dynamics of Influencer Marketing discusses all of these questions and more. Considering this complexity from different perspectives: technological, economic, sociological, psychological and legal, the book combines the visions of several experts from the academic world and provides a structured framework with a wide approach to understand the new era of influencing, including the dark sides of it. It will be of direct interest to marketing scholars and researchers while also relevant to many other areas affected by the phenomenon of social media influence.
As the use of analytics becomes increasingly important in today's business landscape, The Marketing Analytics Practitioner's Guide (MAPG) provides a thorough understanding of marketing management ...concepts and their practical applications, making it a valuable resource for professionals and students alike.The four-volume compendium of MAPG provides an in-depth look at marketing management concepts and their practical applications, equipping readers with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively inform daily marketing decisions and strategy development and implementation. It seamlessly blends the art and science of marketing, reflecting the discipline's evolution in the era of data analytics. Whether you're a seasoned marketer or new to the field, the MAPG is an essential guide for mastering the use of analytics in modern marketing practices.Volume III is entirely dedicated to digital marketing. The first chapter, New Media, covers the impact of new media on the social, political and marketing landscape. It outlines the new rules and perspectives, leaving readers with a clear understanding of how they must adapt to succeed in the digital age.The Digital Marketing chapter covers a wide range of topics related to digital tools, techniques, processes, as well as the opportunities and challenges of digital marketing. A set of chapters on social media highlight best practices to adopt on each of the networks - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.Search Engine Optimization (SEO) covers on-page and off-page optimization to increase inbound traffic and channel it through the digital marketing funnel. Web Analytics covers the processes that constitute a web analytics system and deals with the use of web analytics platforms such as Google Analytics to assess the effectiveness of digital marketing in attracting and converting prospects.Search Advertising covers advertising on search engines to draw prospects and lead them through the digital marketing funnel. It covers topics such as the Google auction, keyword strategies, and practices to improve the effectiveness of search advertising.The final chapter, Digital Execution, serves as a comprehensive guide to developing and executing digital marketing plans.
Research can be characterized in terms of three domains: (1) the substantive (the real-world problem of focus in the research); (2) the conceptual (the theoretical representation of some aspect of ...reality); and (3) the methodological (the approach taken to investigate a real-world problem or test theory).
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Marketing has changed forever—this is what comes next Marketing 4.0: Moving from Traditional to Digital is the much-needed handbook for next-generation marketing. Written by the world's leading ...marketing authorities, this book helps you navigate the increasingly connected world and changing consumer landscape to reach more customers, more effectively. Today's customers have less time and attention to devote to your brand—and they are surrounded by alternatives every step of the way. You need to stand up, get their attention, and deliver the message they want to hear. This book examines the marketplace's shifting power dynamics, the paradoxes wrought by connectivity, and the increasing sub-culture splintering that will shape tomorrow's consumer; this foundation shows why Marketing 4.0 is becoming imperative for productivity, and this book shows you how to apply it to your brand today. Marketing 4.0 takes advantage of the shifting consumer mood to reach more customers and engage them more fully than ever before. Exploit the changes that are tripping up traditional approaches, and make them an integral part of your methodology. This book gives you the world-class insight you need to make it happen. * Discover the new rules of marketing * Stand out and create WOW moments * Build a loyal and vocal customer base * Learn who will shape the future of customer choice Every few years brings a "new" marketing movement, but experienced marketers know that this time its different; it's not just the rules that have changed, it's the customers themselves. Marketing 4.0 provides a solid framework based on a real-world vision of the consumer as they are today, and as they will be tomorrow. Marketing 4.0 gives you the edge you need to reach them more effectively than ever before.
As the use of analytics becomes increasingly important in today's business landscape, The Marketing Analytics Practitioner's Guide (MAPG) provides a thorough understanding of marketing management ...concepts and their practical applications, making it a valuable resource for professionals and students alike.The four-volume compendium of MAPG provides an in-depth look at marketing management concepts and their practical applications, equipping readers with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively inform daily marketing decisions and strategy development and implementation. It seamlessly blends the art and science of marketing, reflecting the discipline's evolution in the era of data analytics. Whether you're a seasoned marketer or new to the field, the MAPG is an essential guide for mastering the use of analytics in modern marketing practices.Volume I is focused on Brand and Consumer. Part I of this volume is dedicated to understanding the concepts and methods of brand sensing and brand equity. It delves into the analytic techniques used to track and profile brand image, and explains the key components of brand equity, how to measure it, and what factors drive it. It provides readers with a comprehensive framework for measuring and understanding brand equity and the tools to pursue its growth.Part II of this volume focuses on understanding consumers through qualitative and quantitative research methods, segmentation, customer satisfaction, customer value management, consumer panels, consumer analytics and big data. The volume covers the analytic tools used to extract insights from consumer transactions, which are becoming increasingly important in today's data-driven world. It also covers the use of consumer analytics and big data specifically within consumer markets.
