The researcher investigated the relationship between Electronic Marketing and Marketing Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Akwa Ibom state. The study was born out of the fact that government at different levels have made policies and programs geared towards improving SMEs in the state but only a few of them have been able to live up to expectation. The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between electronic marketing and marketing performance of small and medium scale enterprises in Akwa Ibom State. The researcher adopted survey design. Data were collected with the use of questionnaire. The sample size consisted of 366 SMEs operators selected using simple random sampling. Two hypotheses were formulated tested and analyzed using simple linear regression. It was found that there is significant relationship between the proxies of electronic marketing (social media marketing and SMS marketing) and marketing performance of SMEs in Akwa Ibom State with social media having the highest regression coefficient. In line with the findings, the researcher concluded that social media marketing and SMS marketing are key elements of electronic martmarketing which enhance the marketing performance of SMEs in Akwa Ibom State. The researcher recommended that SMEs that have not been using electronic marketing strategies (social media marketing and SMS marketing) to a large extent should do so in order to be competitive and enhance their performance.
Citation:: Samuel Etuk, Ini Smart Udoh and Eke Clement Udowong (2022) Electronic Marketing and Marketing Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, British Journal of Marketing Studies, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp.59-74
Keywords: Electronic marketing, Marketing Performance, Small and Medium Scale enterprises.
