Journal of Business & Management
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2023): Journal of Business & Management

Do Digital Marketing Impact Business Performance? Emerging Views from Managers and Owners of Micro, Small and Medium Scales Enterprises in Nigeria

Silas Gontur (Federal College of Education Pankshin, Plateau State)
Adenike Odewumi Seyi (1Department of Business Education, School of Vocational and Technical Education Federal College of Education, Pankshin Plateau State, Nigeria)
Yerima Sati Bakshak (1Department of Business Education, School of Vocational and Technical Education Federal College of Education, Pankshin Plateau State, Nigeria)
Felix Dashe Awoena (1Department of Business Education, School of Vocational and Technical Education Federal College of Education, Pankshin Plateau State, Nigeria)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jul 2023

Abstract

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are engaged in recreation and economic wellbeing of a nation. They generate diversified sources of national income, improve a country’s competitive advantage and support economic development leading to suppleness of the economies. This study examines the influence of digital marketing on MSMEs performance in Plateau State, survey research design was used, data were obtained from 130 MSMEs in Plateau State through self – administered questionnaires and the study instruments were adapted from previous studies. The study instruments were subjected to determine the validity and reliability of the research instrument and subsequently to determine the hypothesized direct relationships among the variables through multiple regression analysis method. The findings revealed that social media marketing, e – mail marketing, internet marketing, and mobile marketing, are positive related to the performance scale of micro and medium scale enterprises in plateau state, while search engine marketing has no relationship with firm performance. The implication to the study is that digital marketing has a potential as marketing strategy to influence performance of small firms, the study will be of great importance to scholars because it a new subject to explore as a marketing strategy for MSMEs in competitive environment characterized rapid change in technology 

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Journal Info

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jbm

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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Journal of Business & Management (JBM) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research papers. JBM has been published since 2023. It is currently published quarterly (January, April, July, and October). e-ISSN 2985-7899 . The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is assigned to each published ...