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CHAPTER11MARKETINGCOMMUNICATIONINTHELIGHTOFINTERNETDEVELOPMENTTHEORETICAL111
thebasicones,thefollowingfunctionsaredistinguished:informative(providingcur-
rentandfuturebuyerswithinformationaboutthecompany,itsproductsandservices),
persuasive(causingthebuyertobuyaproductoruseaservice)aswellascompetitive
(non-pricecompetitiveactivitiesinthemarket).Thefunctionsreflectthechangestaking
placeinthemarket,relatedtothedegreeofthebuyer’sparticipationintheactivitiesof
companies,whichispresentedinmoredetailinsubchapter2.4.2.
Inthesourceliterature,“marketingcommunication”issometimesusedinterchangeably
withtheterm“promotion”,althoughtheseconceptsarenotidentical(e.g.Miroński2001).
Promotionisanarrowertermbecauseitincludesaone-waycommunicationbetween
thecompanyandthemarket.Communication,inturn,especiallyduringthedevelopment
oftheInternetanditstools,takestheformofatwo-waydialogbetweenthesenderand
therecipientofthecommunication(Wiktor2013;Taranko2015).Inaddition,com-
municationofthecompanywithmarketentitiestakesplacenotonlythroughspecific
instruments(asithappensincaseofpromotion),butalsothroughthecompany’sentire
operations,includingitsproductordistribution(Szymoniuk2006).
Duetothepurposeofthemonograph-identificationoftheimportanceofnew
mediainmarketingcommunication-itwasassumedthatmarketingcommunicationis
asetofinformationprovidedbythecompanytowardsmarketingenvironmententities,
i.e.potentialmasscustomers,suppliers,intermediaries,competitors,publicopinion
leaders,etc.,andalsoofinformationprovidedbymarketparticipantsthatconstituteboth
thedemandandsupplyside,e.g.thelatesttrends,needsandpreferencesofbuyersand
institutionalizedentities,etc.(seeMichalik,Pilarczyk2007).Itisabroadapproachto
marketingcommunication,inwhichdialogplaysasignificantrole,notjustaone-sided
transmissionofthemessage(Wiktor2013;Taranko2015).
ItshouldbeclearlyemphasizedthatduringtherapiddevelopmentoftheInternetand
newtechnologies,includingtoolsthatallowfortheexchangeofinformation,marketing
communicationisnotonlyaone-sidedprocessoftransferringinformationfromthecom-
panytothecustomer/potentialbuyer(seeFigure2).IntheopinionofKaczmarczyk(2015),
thisdialogalsoinvolvesgatheringinformationthroughvariousmedia(e.g.BigData).The
researcheriswidelycriticizingthestudiesonmarketingcommunication,whichconcern
thesubjectofdialogbetweenthesenderandtherecipient,anddonotmentionresearch
aimedatcollectinginformation“flowingfromthemarket”.Informationgatheredvia
theInternetisanalyzedtoimprovethecompany’soperationsandthesaleofaproduct
orservice.ThisanalysisiscalledBigData(BigDataAnalysis,BDA)anditisthebasis
oftheB2Cmarketrelations.
ModernInternettoolsenablecompaniestodialogwithcustomers,buyersoftheir
productsandservicesandotherstakeholders(Keller2001;Gabrielli,Balboni2010;
Kotler,Keller2012).Thecompany’sdialogwithvariousentitiesfromtheenvironment
isreferredtoas“integratedmarketingcommunication”,whichmayconsistofformal
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