PEMANFAATAN INSTAGRAM SEBAGAI SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING ER-CORNER BOUTIQUE DALAM MEMBANGUN BRAND AWARENESS DI KOTA PEKANBARU

ABSTRACT: This study discusses the use of instagram as social media marketing to build brand awareness Er-corner  Boutique  in  Pekanbaru.  The   research  aims  to  know  the  use  instagram  in  increasing knowledge of consumers  who are not aware of the brand (brand Unware), to establish the level of brand recognition, to know the level of brand recall, and to know how the top of mind consumer Er corner boutique in Pekanbaru.
In this study the authors used a qualitative descriptive study with data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. Informants in this s tudy were 8 people who were taken by purposive sampling technique, those are Er -corner boutique owner, 2 employees Er-corner boutique,  and  5-corner  Er  customers  who  use  instagram.  Interactive  data  analysis  models  the researchers use to describe the results  of research into techniques for data analysis and data validity checking researcher use triangulation techniques.
The results showed that the use instagram by Er-corner boutique Pekanbaru in building its brand  awareness  of  Unware  of  the  brand  is  paid  promote,  endorsement  selebgram,  and  posted  a photo of outfit of the day (ootd) done by the owner Er-corner. After that strategies to increase brand recognition in instagram used by Er-corner boutique is intense sharing photos of products, positive testimonials  from  customers  and  provide  promo  discounts  and  held  several  quizzes  with  prizes. Tactics  conducted by Er-corner boutique in  making the brand recall to the  consumer by providing information about fashion and give quizzes with prizes to consumers every mont h twice and intense posting photographs of Er-corner boutique products every day. While the top of mind that Er-corner boutique get is increasing followers Er-corner for more than two years have followers on instagram more than 3500 (without follow customer first, it means pure of followers) and has more than 500 testimonies positive for years 2014-2015.
Keyword: Utilization Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Brand Awareness
Penulis: Viny Putri Fauzi
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd160039

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