IMPACT OF BUYING BEHAVIORS OF YOUNG CUSTOMERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS

Abstract

The Internet today has been hailed as the single most important invention of the 20th Century. with its increasing popularity as noticed from a greater number of users coming ‘online’ and more services being offered ‘online’ in general the internet now occupies a central role in young educated people’s lives, all over India. with its burgeoning population and rapidly increasing Net penetration, India has caught on to the fancy of Internet marketers or.com companies. Marketers today realize the favorable conditions in terms of the huge size of the young population, increasing literacy rate, growing internet penetration and a fast-track economy. They are ready to exploit the opportunity to reap huge gains and rewards. Marketers also realize that young consumers are becoming increasingly technology savvy and are logging -on now more than ever for purchase of personal necessities besides booking an airline or a railway ticket and the famed information search. Consumers in India spend approximately 6 times as much time on information search online as they do offline. Marketers have been quick to hook on to this opportunity by developing marketing strategies to leverage the increased Internet usage. Their strategies include web banners (Pop ups), search engine marketing, email marketing, and interactive web -based marketing. Internet marketing also helps marketers segment consumers into specific consumer groups based on their visits to specific sites, use of specific services, browsing sites, downloading specific content, and so on etc.,...