Digital Marketing Strategy Development to Competitive Advantage

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Pornsiri Wirunphan

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         The purposes of this research were to: 1) to study the situation of marketing problems and competitive strategies of community enterprises jasmine rice grower beef cattle of Ban Nong AR Khun, Prasat Subdistrict, Huai Thap Than District Sisaket Province, 2) to develop digital marketing strategies to create competitive advantages of community enterprises, 3) to study the relationship between digital marketing strategies and the competitive advantages of community enterprises, and 4) to study the relationship between the competitive advantages of community enterprises gained competitive advantage through efficiency in marketing operations. The target groups for collecting qualitative data were 13 people and quantitative data were 55 people. Using descriptive statics method and multiple regression for hypotheses testing. Findings were as follows; 1) the situation of marketing problems in beef cattle feed products were not enough to meet the demand. Competitive strategies of community enterprise groups were to make a difference by improving beef cattle feed formulas and many formulas. In addition, using cost strategies to reduce production costs. 2) Digital marketing strategy development, It was found that there was a focus on social media through communication channels and building relationships with other websites. 3) Digital marketing strategies have a positive relationship and impact on the competitive advantage of community enterprise groups, especially social media orientation and affiliate relationship capability and 4) Competitive advantage has a significant relationship and positive impact on efficiency of marketing performance.

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Wirunphan, P. (2024). Digital Marketing Strategy Development to Competitive Advantage . Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (JHUSOC), 22(1), 161–180. https://doi.org/10.14456/jhusoc.2024.9
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