IPTEK Journal of Proceedings Series
No 5 (2019): The 1st International Conference on Business and Management of Technology (IConBMT)

The Impact of a Digital Influencer to the Purchase Decision

Maria Francisca Lies Ambarwati (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi dan Sekretaris Tarakanita)
Herlina Damaryanti (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi dan Sekretaris Tarakanita)
Harjanto Prabowo (Binus University)
Muhammad Hamsal (Binus University)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Dec 2019

Abstract

ong the many marketing tools which has given a wide range and easy accessibility. One kind of eWOM is digital influencer who uses the social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook. The digital influencer has a role as a communicator who influences the purchase decision of the viewers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a beauty vlogger to the purchase intention of the viewers in the YouTube channel. This study uses quantitative research method with analysis techniques include tests of validity, reliability, normality, linearity, simple linear regression, statistic descriptive, and determination. Data analysis was defined by the total quota sampling technique. Data collection was done by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents who were the viewers of the YouTube video blog. The result of this study shows that the contribution of the digital influencer to the decision of purchasing cosmetic products is 87.6%. This result opens the opportunity to producers of life-style products to collaborate with the beauty vloggers to advertise their products.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jps

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

IPTEK Journal of Proceedings Series publishes is a journal that contains research work presented in conferences organized by Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember. ISSN: 2354-6026. The First publication in 2013 year from all of full paper in International Conference on Aplied Technology, Science, and ...