An Empirical Study of Email-Based Advertisement and its Influence on Consumers’ Attitude

E-commerce becomes a cornerstone for many businesses over the recent years. Align with e-commerce activities, the marketing communication through online media plays a major role in achieving competitive advantageous. E-mail advertising in this context offers a cost effective, direct and reciprocal m...

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Main Authors: Navid Behravan, Roozbeh Masoudi, Morteza Jamalzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2012-07-01
Series:International Review of Management and Marketing
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Online Access:http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/214/pdf
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Summary:E-commerce becomes a cornerstone for many businesses over the recent years. Align with e-commerce activities, the marketing communication through online media plays a major role in achieving competitive advantageous. E-mail advertising in this context offers a cost effective, direct and reciprocal means for businesses overcoming time and geographical barriers. As so, this study discussed the advertising e-mail characteristics and its influences on customers' attitude about email-based advertisement. According to the research findings, entertainment and informativeness of advertising email content is strongly and positively affect customers’ attitude about email-based advertisement. On the other hand, the privacy of advertising e-mail is strongly, yet negatively influences the customers’ attitude towards email-based advertisement.
ISSN:2146-4405