Corporates whose product visualization is the most important use Instagram, which is image-based social network service to stimulate consumer participation and to influence the public online. Therefore, is it imporatant for corporates to select the ap...
Corporates whose product visualization is the most important use Instagram, which is image-based social network service to stimulate consumer participation and to influence the public online. Therefore, is it imporatant for corporates to select the appropriate Social Influencers and use them for their marketing. However, researches about the nature and importance of Social Influencers’ image are insufficient.
Accordingly, this study conducted an empirical analysis using prior research and survey methods to examine the impact of Social Influencers’ image at beauty products on the image of companies and consumers’ intention to purchase products.
As methods of study, key variables were derived and concepts were organized through existing prior researches and literatures. This study selected attractiveness, trustworthiness and expertedness as the attributes of Social Influencers’ image and also selected credibility, growth potential and competitiveness as the components of the corporate image. Based on above, hypotheses were established. Also, definitions and survey were constructed. The survey was made in convenient way and 292 of the 300 users of Instagram were used for the final analysis, excluding 9 who did not answer. The survey was conducted for a total of 8 days from April 20, 2018 to April 27, 2018. The results and implications of this study from the survey analysis are as follows.
First, the image of Social Influencers at beauty products has been shown to have a positive influence on the corporate image. The analysis has been shown that they affect the credibility of corporates in the order of their expertedness, trustworthiness and attractiveness. It is also has been shown that they affect the growth potential and competitiveness of the corporates in the order of their trustworthiness, attractiveness and expertednss. The results showed that each factors of the image of Social Influencers had a positive impact on the corporate image.
Second, the image of Social Influencers at beauty products has been shown to have a positive influence on the purchase intention. According to the analysis, Social Influencers’ trustworthiness, expertedness and attractiveness are significant on the purchase intention. The results showed that each factors of the image of Social Influencers had a positive impact on the purchase intention.
Third, it has been shown that corporate image has a positive influence on the intention of purchasing products. The analysis has been shown that corporate image has significant effect on purchase intention in order of their growth potential, credibility and competitiveness. The result has been shown that each factors of corporate image had a positive impact on the purchase intention of products.
The above results showed that all factors of Social Influencers’ image at beauty products had a positive impact on the corporate image and intentions of purchasing products.
This research therefore demonstrates the necessity and importance of Social Influencers’ image at beauty products to the corporates whose using Social Influencers for promotion of their selling products hoping that this will help them come up with guidelines to effectively manage and operate their business. In addition, corporates selling beauty products that use Social Influencers are increasingly interested, but it is insufficient on academic research. Therefore, I hope this study will help with further research on image of Beauty Social Influencers.