Abstract :

The significant decrease in the number of visitors and not the first rank e-commerce platform in Indonesia indicates a decline in brand awareness and positive word-of-mouth. Considering the current critical condition of Lazada Indonesia in terms of awareness, the company must implement an innovative strategy to maintain the attraction of the platform and social media, while also gaining new customers and retaining existing ones. One approach is to efficiently utilize and enhance content marketing using social media to increase awareness of the company, which could result in increased positive word of mouth.

The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of content marketing has on word of mouth among users of Lazada Indonesia, while also examining the mediating role of brand awareness. The data for this research were obtained from a sample of 85 respondents who are users of Lazada Indonesia and who follow Lazada Indonesia’s social media accounts. The analysis and verification of all the results were conducted using SEM-PLS.

The research findings show that Lazada Indonesia’s content marketing has a positive influence on word of mouth and brand awareness among its users. The influence of brand awareness on word of mouth is positive but low influence. Furthermore, content marketing has a positive influence on word of mouth through brand awareness a mediating variable.

Research findings indicated that Lazada Indonesia’s content marketing has a positive also significant influence on word of mouth and brand awareness among Lazada Indonesia’s users. Same as the result of brand awareness has a positive and significant effect on word of mouth. Moreover, there is a positive and significant influence of content marketing on word of mouth through brand awareness as a mediating variable.

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Keywords :

Brand awareness, Content Marketing, E-Commerce, Word of Mouth

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