Digital Marketing and Consumer Behavioral Pattern of Fast Food Business Enterprises in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State (Published)
The study examined the relationship between digital marketing and consumer behavioral pattern in fast food business enterprises in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Two dimensions of digital marketing which were social media marketing and email marketing were adopted for the study to narrow down the scope, and also customer loyalty was adopted as a measure of consumer behavioral pattern to enable the study ascertain the relationship between the two variables. Both variables were analyzed extensively alongside their dimensions and measure. The conducted a survey of empirical works on the subject matter, forming a basis for the establishment of the justification for the study. The study adopted the Commitment Trust Theory developed by Robert and Shelby (1994), which is premised on the value of trust and commitment to the buying behaviour of customers. In order to further the study, primary data was generated from the administration of 200 copies of a questionnaire to a total of 200 customer respondents of the fast-food enterprises in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Pearson correlation coefficient method was used in the analysis of the data to establish a relationship between the variables, and pointed to a positive relationship between both social media, and email marketing as dimensions of digital marketing, and customer loyalty as a measure of consumer behavioral pattern
Keywords: Customer loyalty, Digital, Email, Marketing, Social media, consumer behavioral pattern