Taekwondo industry is capable of creating high value, especially, Taekondo drill halls' strategy for attracting people to their drill halls assumes very important role which enable them to increase their revenues for stability in finance that contribu...
Taekwondo industry is capable of creating high value, especially, Taekondo drill halls' strategy for attracting people to their drill halls assumes very important role which enable them to increase their revenues for stability in finance that contributive to an improvement in health and formation of positive minds in everything of the trainees themselves. Hereupon, this study set a goal to make an inquiry into an illustrative relation between the marketing strategies of Taekondo drill halls and the satisfaction of trainees and their behaviour after having subscribed, and then to figure out a strategy for attracting trainees for an activation of Taekwondo drill halls based on the findings from the inquiry.
For the study, the trainees of the Taekondo drill halls in five wards in
Gwangju area were selected as the population and then total 500 trainees'
samples were drawn out through biased sample, 488 trainees out of 500 actually
answered to the survey from which 12 incomplete and unreliable data were excluded and then the questionnaire from 488 trainees were actually used for analysis.
Confirmatory factor was analyzed with SPSSWIN Ver17.0 statistical method and
T-test, One-way ANOVA were carried out to see the factors for marketing strategy that varies to a demographic characteristics and Scheffe was used as a
post-hoc test. Besides, factor analysis and corelation, multi-regression analysis
were used to see whether the attracting factors of marketing strategies
influence satisfaction of the trainees and whether the satisfied trainees
resubscribe
Such ways of study and data analysis extracted the findings as below.
First, a paired-difference test for the factors of attracting trainees conforming to
demographic characteristics showed a significant differences in the strategies for price, location, promotion, and customer management while showed no difference in the strategy for items. Regarding age, a significant differences appeared in the strategies for price, items, customer management while no difference appeared in the strategy for promotion. In respect to places, significant differences appeared in the strategies for price, items, promotion, customer management while no difference appeared in the strategy for places. In subscription duration, only the strategy for price showed a considerable difference while the strategies for places, items, promotion customer management showed no difference. Current (class, grade, degree?) showed a considerable differences in the strategies for locations, promotion, customer satisfaction but showed no difference in the strategy for price, items.
Second, marketing strategies influenced satisfaction a lot of the trainees with price factor in relation to monthly fee, examination fee, uniform price while influenced not much in relation to cost for outdoor training activities. Regarding place strategy, it had a significant influence on facility scales, facility environments, subsidiary facilities, but not much influence on facility condition, traffic. In item strategy, it had meaningful influence on program fulfillment, program infusion method, but not much influence on the essential point of program& expertise of program. A promotional strategy had a considerable influence on promotional events, events, discount system but not much influence on information activities. Regarding customer management strategy, it had much influence on supply of information and settlement of difficulties, but it had not much little influence on the service for trainees, guideboard, relationship marketing.
Third, in the cost based marketing strategy, its overall sub factors such as monthly fee, uniform cost, cost for outdoor activities showed to be able to influence the activities after subscription. In place strategy, activity after subscription was being influenced by facility environments, facility conditions, subsidiary facilities, but not by facility scales and traffic. In items strategy, its entire subsidiary factors influenced the activities after subscription. regarding promotional strategy, the activity after subscription was being influenced by events and discount system, but not by information activities and promotional events. In respect to customer management, the activity after subscription was being influenced by services for the trainees, supply of informations, relationship marketing, settlement of difficulties, but not by guideboard.
Fourth, regarding satisfaction of the trainees, the activities after subscription was being influenced by the strategies for prices, promotion, customers satisfaction, but not by the strategies for places, items.
Accordingly, marketing strategy is important because a properly organized
marketing strategy raises efficiency in continues participation of the trainees in training at Taekwondo drill halls and their satisfaction & training activities,
as well as individual trainees can maximize their exercise effect resulting in a great expansion of the Taekwondo base.