The effect of social media marketing, SerQual, eWOM on purchase intention mediated by brand image and brand trust: Evidence from black sweet coffee shop

Abstract

The research analysis of the study was to determine the influence of Social Media Marketing, Service Quality, and eWOM on Purchase Intention (Black Sweet Coffee Shop) through Brand as mediation. The type of research is quantitative with a case study research design. The implementation of research was carried out in Indonesia, especially in the city of Balikpapan. The subject of the study was a sweet Black Café Consumer who had used sweet Black Products with a sample count of 518 using THE SPSS-SEM Amos 22. The results of this discovery show that there was a direct influence of social media marketing, SerQual, and eWOM on Purchase Intention. The theoretical implication of this study is to find additional knowledge about marketing strategies in the field of SMEs. and integrate marketing and technology capabilities to optimize social media marketing against the purchase intentions of SMEs consumers, especially coffee shop franchises.