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Introduction
creation and sharing the information, ideas, career interest and other forms of
photos or videos.
Although the terms e-marketing and digital marketing are still the dominant terms
use the social media marketing effectively, firms should learn to allow customers
product viewers and etc. or was also known as “earned media”, rather than use
broaden customer reach. The goal is usually create content compelling enough
that users will share it with social networks. It introduce substantial and pervasive
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It is help to improve individual’s sense of connectedness with real or
online communities and social media can be an effective communication tool for
ventures.
In the 21st century of 3rd millennium, the social media has been the game
the number of internet users having grown from its initial moderate low millions to
Millions around the world are on the social media. The value of the social
media lies in its ability to easily and expensively connect so many people from so
many places. As most of are aware the boom in e-commerce has turned most
the world now sell products or services via. Internet based sales sites are only
the tip of the iceberg when it comes to managerial uses of the internet.
The bottom line is that information technology and the internet is literally
tools.
way is the social media. Today, people remain connected and updated through
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Twitter, YouTube, Blogs, Microblogs, Coupon Sites, Online photo-sharing
overall marketing strategy, along with advertising, public relations and personal
selling. But this definition not capture the interest of the modern man sale
promotion. Today, people easily searching where they can find a new, and
Even though using social media was the one of the easiest way in
promoting the business, there are a few disadvantages of having a website for
a regular basis. It is needed to ensure that the changes are made when
necessary and have a disclaimer with regards to the reliability of the information
contained within.
Because of the nature of the internet and the sheer number of business
already on the World Wide Web, you may find it difficult to reach the right target
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Statement of the Problem
The main purpose of the study is to identify the outcome of using social
know, how convenient and effective on the part of café entrepreneurs to use
social media sites as their tool for advertising and marketing their goods and
services.
business?
researcher for their study and to have more knowledge about our topic. It focuses
to those students that want to have more idea or knowledge about social media.
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The generalization of this study would be a great contribution to the
knowledge to the owner of the newly started business, to all owner of well-
focus of the study is also on promoting through social media. They may use this
as reference and adopt some features that are applicable on their own study.
The study focused on the outcome of the boons and banes of promoting a
This study is interested for the café business in Batangas city such as Hills
café, Chic café, Liza’s café, Purple Beetle, 1967 café, Hebrew’s café, and Bo’s
coffee, Cassandras café and what are the possible risk that the entrepreneurs
This research study is limited or focuses only to the boon and banes of
This study also focuses to the owners and staff or employees of a café
business.
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Conceptual Framework
was designed to the best describe the flow and sequence study.
The first frame of constitutes in put variables which include the influence of
The second frame focuses on data analysis of the result of the survey
The last frame or the output component of the study is the suggestions
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Definition of Terms
benefit
registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and
communication protocols.
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Marketing Mix. A combination of factors that can be controlled by a
posts.
Social Media. A websites and application that enable users to create and
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CHAPTER II
Conceptual Literature
A café is a type of restaurant which usually serves coffee and snacks. The
term “café” comes from French, and means “coffee” sometimes called a
A new type of café, known as the internet café, was introduced in the
1990’s. The spread of modern style cafes to many places, viral and went in hand
which descript the strategy from common perspective also defined the strategy in
their book “Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases, which state the
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configuration of resources and competencies with the aim of fulfilling stakeholder
expectation
Focuses not only to gain the advantage over the competitors, but also
action which involve the development of resources to which one has access for
the theory of strategy is the academic fields with highly diversity during the last
decade, there are significant effort has been done to identify the strategic
paradigms and seeking new approaches specially strategy is made to gain the
lower prices or by providing greater benefits and better servicing facilities that
could justify the higher prices. This advantage maybe achieved in various ways,
the longer term because competitors will initiate or find substitutes for the
innovations that created it.” Competitive advantage grows out of value a firm is
able to create for its buyers exceeds the firms cost of creating.
“The ability of adding valve in the eyes of consumers meaning the valve
perceived might be superior than the sum of the amount of cost related to
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Sales promotion are vital for companies to increase sales and project their
brand names has its own advantage and disadvantages when used moderately
with careful planning, sales promotion increase sales, even after the promotions
completed. When sales promotion is over closed, the emotion or the need that
Over the last decade the popularity of social networking sites has risen to
a massive scale. People seem to love the idea of communicating with each other
through pictures, videos, messages and voice mails than talking face to face.
It was mostly teenagers and young adults who used the social media but
now, even our grandparents are catching up with the trend of following celebrities
Nowadays, most of the youth spend hours on popular social media sites
like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. Our private space has been invaded by
social media, there are very few things that others cannot find out about us with a
click.
and companies have seen how the online communication can improve or shatter
their reputation. Crisis Management and PR practices are being tested and
various new ways of handling online communications with stakeholders are being
practices tend to remain useful and more effective than the new ones in social
media.
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Research Literature
social media is the extent to which the customer outlook of the product or
services is met or exceeded. It is the vague idea and real materialization of the
state of promoting will differ from person to person and service to service.
Hernandez, et. Al. also noted that business could not start exist with no
customers who are not inform with the product/services they offer. Plus, quality is
loyal and to make repeat orders and to use a wide range of services offered by a
business. So in order to satisfy your customers, you must first inform them of
In the study conducted by BOO et.al. (2013), they found that social media
interest, desire and action. If used approximately, sex appeal draws attentions to
ads, makes them memorable and helps seal the products. In line this, they
recommended that for the companies, they should know that sex appeal is being
used so frequent on the internet so, if they want to use sex appeals and captured
out that the respondents agreed that sales in food and beverages are increased
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advertisement is the most effective and stable promotional strategies that is most
likely to use.
On the other hand, the study made by Bautista (2008) found out that
should be taken as guide for maintaining policies. If the customers are satisfied,
Synthesis
an organization over the long term. Strategy on promoting your café business
can boost its production. This advantage maybe achieved in various ways,
creative advertising. Sales promotions are vital for companies to increase sales
and project their brand names. It has its own advantage and disadvantages when
used moderately with careful planning, sales promotion increase sales, even
after the promotions completed. When sales promotion is over closed, the
was mostly teenagers and young adults who used the social media. Nowadays,
most of the youth spend hours on popular social media sites. Our private space
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has been invaded by social media, there are very few things that others cannot
With this, various organizations and companies have seen how the online
PR practices are being tested and various new ways of handling online
traditional ways of communication and media practices tend to remain useful and
exceeded. It is the vague idea and real materialization of the state of promoting
appeal draws attentions to ads, makes them memorable and helps seal the
products. In line this, they recommended that for the companies, they should
know that sex appeal is being used so frequent on the internet so, if they want to
use sex appeals and captured people’s attention, they have to do something
A study from Barinan et.al, found out that the respondents agreed that
sales in food and beverages are increased through the use of promotional
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strategies. They concluded that online advertisement is the most effective and
should always solicit reaction from the customer. Negative comments and
guide for maintaining policies. If the customers are satisfied, they will be loyal to
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CHAPTER III
Research Design
In this study, the researchers used descriptive research. The aim of the
Business.
The respondents of the study will include the selected owners and staffs
The questionnaire was the main instrument used in obtaining the needed
data in the study. The researchers constructed the questionnaire based from the
ideas obtain from the books, magazines, newspaper and unpublished materials.
questionnaire was divided into the following parts. Part I, included the profile of
the respondents with respect to age, income and occupation. Part II, involve the
lists of café in batangas city to identify which among the respondents are
preferred to eat. Part III, focused on the promoting a selected café business in
social media.
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selected café in batangas city. The first draft was submitted to the research
adviser for the comments and for further improvement of the questionnaire.
Deleting irrelevant ones and addition of the adviser from the research
adviser’s knowledge and expertise, significant revisions were which made the
questionnaire accurate.
With the approval of the research adviser, the final draft of the
questionnaire with attachment of cover letter regarding the purpose of the survey
was prepared for the respondent’s satisfaction in terms of price, product, place
and promotion were analyzed and interpreted using different interpretations are
follows:
The researcher spent much of their time in the library to read book and
other unpublished thesis and by browsing internet to obtain some information for
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research adviser for the comments and for further improvement of the
questionnaire.
The validation of the questionnaire was done through the help of our
research adviser from their knowledge and expertise, significant revisions were
Colleges in order to gather the needed data. After the respondents had finished
answering the questions, their answer were tabulated, interpreted and analyzed.
The data was collected and analyzed based on the statement of the
problem. The following statistical tool will be used in the analysis of data.
1. Percent Value will be used to come up with the equivalent percentage for
each respondent.
P = X/n x 100
Wherein:
P = percentage
X = number of respondents
2. Weighted Mean
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∑ 𝑊𝑋
WM =
𝑁
Wherein:
WM = weighted mean
X = score
N = number of items
3. Likert Scale
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CHAPTER IV
This chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of the data gathered
from the respondents. The data are presented in tables and implications were
given. The data are divided into six parts: the demographic profile of the
and suggestions.
Table 1
Café Business
AGE:
19-23 4 13.33%
24-29 18 60%
GENDER:
Female 22 73.33%
Male 8 26.66%
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
CAFÉ BUSINESS
He Brew’s 4 13.33%
Out of thirty (30) respondents, one (1) or 3.33% are eighteen (18) years old
and below. Four (4) or 13.33% are nineteen (19) to twenty-three (23) years old.
Eighteen (18) or 60% are twenty-four (24) to twenty-nine (29) years old. And
seven (7) or 23.33% are 30 years old and above.
Out of thirty (30) respondents, twenty-two (22) or 73.33% are female while
eight (8) or 26.66% are male.
Out of thirty (30) respondents, two (2) or 6.66% are High School Graduate.
None of the respondents are High School Undergraduate. Twenty-six (26) or
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86.66% are College Graduate. And only two (2) or 6.66% are College
Undergraduate.
Out of thirty (30) respondents, three (3) or 10% are from Hills Café. Six (6)
or 20% are from Chic Café. Five (5) or 16.66% are from Liza’s Café. Five (5) or
16.66% are from 1967 Café. Three (3) or 10% are from Purple Beetle. Four (4) or
13.33% are from He Brew’s. Four (4) or 13.33% are from Bo’s Coffee.
Table 2A
Weighted Verbal
Disagree
thought Disagree
As shown at the table above, a weighted mean of 3.75 agree that using
social media is the easiest way in promoting the cafe. The respondents claim to
strongly disagree that social media makes the café popular with a weighted
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mean of 3.60. A weighted mean of 3.55 also agree that it improves individual
sense of connectedness. Social media helps a café increase its exposure had a
weighted mean of 3.49. The participants indicate to agree that it helps manager
to manage the speed of thought. The table shows to strongly disagree that social
Table 2B
Weighted Verbal
Disagree
promoting business in social media can get a hurtful feedbacks. The respondents
indicate to disagree that there are many competitors in social media with a
weighted mean of 3.3. The respondents claim to disagree that what they put in
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social media is unreliable resources with a weighted mean of 2.86. A weighted
mean of 2.83 disagree that promoting in social media has fake news and
information. The respondents also indicate to disagree that there are business
identity thief with a weighted mean of 2.57. With a weighted mean of 2.23
Table 2C
Weighted Verbal
As shown at the table, a weighted mean of 3.56 agree that social media is
convenient way to know the product. The respondents claim to agree that it helps
them to gain loyalty with a weighted mean of 3.53. The respondents also indicate
to disagree that products in social media are easy to purchase and satisfied their
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needs with weighted mean of both 3.43. It also indicate to disagree that the
information they gathered in social media are bias with a weighted mean of 3.23.
Table 2D
Weighted Verbal
As shown at the data, four (4) out of six (6) criteria were interpreted to agree
media makes promoting easy with a weighted mean of 3.67. The participants
also agree that it helps owners to promote, persuade social media customers,
and to be connected with customers with a weighted mean of 3.66, 3.63 and
3.56, respectively. The respondents claim to disagree that social media improves
popularity of the café with a weighted mean of 3.6. A weighted mean of 3.4
Table 2E
Suggestions
Weighted Verbal
Improves the skill of gaining the trust and loyalty 3.67 Agree
of every customers
As shown in the data, most participants agree that social media improves
the skill of gaining the trust and loyalty of every customers with a weighted mean
of 3.67. The respondents also claim to agree that promoting on social media
have more attractive pictures and messages with a weighted mean of 3.66. A
weighted mean of 3.56 agree that social media should make the café more
popular. The table also indicate to disagree that social media should make
information’s more detail and should also have more attractive pictures or
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CHAPTER V
Summary
The main purpose of this study is to know the boons and banes of social
business?
City. The respondents are chosen randomly. Random sampling was done
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Findings
known by customers.
customers.
customers.
Conclusion
researchers.
Recommendation
the researchers.
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3. Social media should properly use in promoting your business.
and relevant.
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