SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY INDIA July, the 26th, 2013 INDEX - SOCIAL MEDIA IN INDIA: SOME FACTS & NUMBERS - SOCIAL MEDIA AND ECOMMERCE IN INDIA - TOP ECOMMERCE WEBSITES IN INDIA - TOP ECOMMERCE WEBSITES IN INDIA & SOCIAL MEDIA - STRATEGY PROPOSAL Limbara Srl / All rights reserved / 2013 SOCIAL MEDIA IN INDIA More than 76 million people in India will use social networking sites at least monthly this year, up 51.7% from last year's total. Doubledigit growth in users will mean that by 2014, 83% of internet users in the country will regularly access social networks Social network users and penetration in India, 2010-2014: - 2010: 33.1 million (+38.8% change / 52.3% of internet users / 2.8% of population) 2011: 50.2 million (+51.5% / 60.3% …show more content…
The younger segments, which is anybody below the age of 35, interact more with the site and post reviews about products, engage with these companies on social media and such. There is also an increase in visitor loyalty – the Indian ecommerce user makes six visits a month to an ecommerce site. Over 95% of ecommerce come from social media portals. The second largest source for ecommerce users is search. Other popular sources among ecommerce users include entertainment sites, news sites, e-mail and jobs sites Sources: ComScore India Limbara Srl / All rights reserved / 2013 TOP E-COMMERCE WEBISTES IN INDIA On the basis of unique visitors Jabong, Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra and Indiatimes shopping are the Top 5 ecommerce sites in India. Each record over 5 million unique visitors per month, with Jabong leading the pack at 11.6 million followed by Flipkart and Amazon with 10.7 million each. Collectively, these five e-tailers cater to 26 million online shoppers, more than a half of total number of online ecommerce visitors in India alone. Limbara Srl / All rights reserved / 2013 TOP E-COMMERCE WEBISTES IN INDIA Footwear brand Nike works only with online retailers such as Jabong and Myntra. Myntra accounts for over 10% of annual sales for Nike (and for brand Puma, too) Limbara Srl / All rights reserved / 2013 TOP E-COMMERCE WEBISTES IN INDIA & SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER IS THE NUMBER ONE MEDIUM FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THEIR
Consumer to consumer e-commerce industry is a worldwide stage for any purchaser or customer. While most income originates from colossal number of exchanges, they increase enough from ads, auctions, reviews and so forth. Samples of such e-business incorporate Amazon, Etsy, Craigslist, Kickstarter, Taobao and so forth.
Twitter is a platform that allows super-short posts of 140 characters or less. You can also tweet out an image, video that is on Vine, etc. Twitter has an estimated 310 million users as of April, 2016. Around 65 million of those users are based in the USA.
Facebook and Twitter have become one of the biggest social media use by Americans. Through Facebook people can share their life experience. In reality life experiences are lost through Facebook because the person posting is not living the experience with his or her friends. Twitter is use to post little messages called tweets that can only be up to 140 letters. Tweets express how someone feels or what they are doing. Twitter
Twitter; a social media platform which connects millions of people together, is one of many
Ecommerce is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Currently the United States is the largest online retail market. Based on the statistical data, retail e-commerce back in 2012
Amazon and eBay attracted the most unique visitors each month to their global e-commerce sites. Forrester Research Inc. estimates that the global online population will be 2.32 billion in 2014. Online shoppers have more options than ever before. Used, hard to find items, and collectables are more accessible thru online shopping. Online shoppers no longer need to drive from one store to the next to find the best deal, and there is no need to stand in long lines making shopping online fast, easy and enjoyable.
Ellison, Steinfield and Lampe identify that social networking sites are among the main use of internet today. According to the authors, social networking sites are among the social media platforms that facilitate interaction in the computer environment. The writers identify the main motives for using social networking sites, for example, Facebook. One of the benefits is that Facebook improves the quality of life both social and at workplaces. According to the writers, social media has become common in the society that a majority cannot remember previous life without them. Social networking sites have become popular among college students who find it as a major platform for social interaction.
Twitter is also extremely popular; it provides a vehicle for very short messages or "tweets" that can be
IDC survey reports that 3 out of 4 B2B buyers used social media to communicate with peers before making purchasing decisions.
Social Media has grown to be one of the world’s most popular use of communication.
Many businesses have shown that after implementing an e-commerce system into their companies, sales have increased immensely. Sneaker Joe’s is a small family run business that is looking to expand their business after the sneakers they sell have shown to be very popular locally, after a picture of them was spotted on a social networking site. I have been looking at some of the most popular websites that consumers use to purchase their goods and what kind of commerce system they have in place, but first, I have written an explanation of the different types of ecommerce used today.
Now, the usage of social networking is one of the trends. According to trendwatching.com, there are 2.4 billion internet subscribers around the world. Hence, we think that internet has been taken over the chambers of connection. In the usage of smart gadgets such as smart phones, tablet PC, laptop and so on, the first thing upon switching on the gadget is to get connected to the internet connection. According to the research in business magazines, it shows most of the restaurant provide Facebook fans page or a website or even both of them. Thus, we think that e-commerce is being used widely.
Social networking sites and social media have increased in popularity, at a global level in recent years. An example is Facebook, which is said to have more
In the era of smart businesses, the growth of e-commerce is driven largely by the internet and digital technology, the advent of smart-phones and the increasing disposable income of the people, especially of young working professionals. Moreover, the sedentary work culture and hectic routine life are compelling both consumers and businesses to go online - a revolutionary marketplace to save time as well as money. This is all about B2C companies; there are several B2B portals that assist start-up firms in expanding their reach, penetration and the overall revenue. According to the Forrester Research, B2B e-commerce sales is more than 200 percent of the size of B2C e-commerce and it is expected to touch the $12 trillion sales figure worldwide by 2020. Moreover, If we talk about India only, a study done by Walmart in 2014, tells that India's B2B e-commerce industry will grow to $700 billion by 2020.
According to Wikipedia, Social media marketing is a term which describes “the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites (Wikipedia).” These kinds of promoting tactics are getting more and more popular and effective in this technology driven world, it is easier for a business company to determine where the potential customers are and easily attract their eyes through social media. It also saves more money compare to the traditional advertising methods. As the technology develops, social media is getting much more impressive to make people interact and chat with each other, and share information as well.