LAPSE:2023.8480
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LAPSE:2023.8480
Re-Engineering of Marketing for SMEs in Energy Market through Modeling Customers’ Strategic Behavior
February 24, 2023
Abstract
In recent years, the energy market has seen an increase in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) participating in the sector and providing relevant services to customers. The energy sector SMEs need to acknowledge whether reengineering their marketing strategy by modeling customers’ website behavior could enhance their digital marketing efficiency. Web Analytics refers to the extracted data of customers’ behavior from firms’ websites, a subclass of big data (big masses of uncategorized data information). This study aims to provide insights regarding the impact that energy SMEs’ web analytics has on their digital marketing efficiency as a marketing reengineering process. The paper’s methodology begins with the retrieval of behavioral website data from SMEs in the energy sector, followed by regression and correlation analyses and the development of simulation models with Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM). Research results showed that customer behavioral data originating from SMEs’ websites can effectively impact key digital marketing performance indicators, such as increasing new visits and reducing organic costs and bounce rate (digital marketing analytics). SMEs in the energy sector can potentially increase their website visibility and customer base by re-engineering their marketing strategy and utilizing customers’ behavioral analytic data.
In recent years, the energy market has seen an increase in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) participating in the sector and providing relevant services to customers. The energy sector SMEs need to acknowledge whether reengineering their marketing strategy by modeling customers’ website behavior could enhance their digital marketing efficiency. Web Analytics refers to the extracted data of customers’ behavior from firms’ websites, a subclass of big data (big masses of uncategorized data information). This study aims to provide insights regarding the impact that energy SMEs’ web analytics has on their digital marketing efficiency as a marketing reengineering process. The paper’s methodology begins with the retrieval of behavioral website data from SMEs in the energy sector, followed by regression and correlation analyses and the development of simulation models with Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM). Research results showed that customer behavioral data originating from SMEs’ websites can effectively impact key digital marketing performance indicators, such as increasing new visits and reducing organic costs and bounce rate (digital marketing analytics). SMEs in the energy sector can potentially increase their website visibility and customer base by re-engineering their marketing strategy and utilizing customers’ behavioral analytic data.
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big data applications in energy systems, big data in energy markets, customer behavior, digital marketing, digitalization, energy market, FCM simulation, re-engineering of marketing, regression analysis
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Giakomidou DS, Kriemadis A, Nasiopoulos DK, Mastrakoulis D. Re-Engineering of Marketing for SMEs in Energy Market through Modeling Customers’ Strategic Behavior. (2023). LAPSE:2023.8480
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Giakomidou DS: Department of Management Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Karaiskaki 70, 221 00 Tripoli, Greece
Kriemadis A: Department of Management Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Karaiskaki 70, 221 00 Tripoli, Greece
Nasiopoulos DK: Bictevac Laboratory—Business Information and Communication Technologies in Value Chains Laboratory, Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management, School of Applied Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens [ORCID]
Mastrakoulis D: Bictevac Laboratory—Business Information and Communication Technologies in Value Chains Laboratory, Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management, School of Applied Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens
Kriemadis A: Department of Management Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Karaiskaki 70, 221 00 Tripoli, Greece
Nasiopoulos DK: Bictevac Laboratory—Business Information and Communication Technologies in Value Chains Laboratory, Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management, School of Applied Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens [ORCID]
Mastrakoulis D: Bictevac Laboratory—Business Information and Communication Technologies in Value Chains Laboratory, Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management, School of Applied Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens
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Energies
Volume
15
Issue
21
First Page
8179
Year
2022
Publication Date
2022-11-02
ISSN
1996-1073
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