Relationship between Social Media Marketing and Consumer Buying Behavior

  • Syed Muhammad Ather University of Peshawar
  • Naimat Ullah Khan University of Peshawar
  • Faizan ur Rehman University of Peshawar
  • Lubna Nazneen Islamia College Peshawar
Keywords: social media, consumer buying behavior, social networking sites and marketing

Abstract

The social media has become an integral part of our lives with the introduction of 3G, 4G technology in Pakistan it has become possible for people to stay connected from anywhere any time. The purpose of this study is to find out that if any relationship between social media marketing and consumer buying behavior exist if their existence affected each other in any significant way. For this purpose an online survey was conducted and 100 people responded who were active users of social media in the region of Peshawar an unstructured/ structured questionnaire was designed to collect information from the respondents. The research findings and results confirms that there is a positive relationship between social media marketing and consumer buying behavior as well as that social media can be used as an effective marketing tool in region of Peshawar.

Published
2019-02-15