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SWOT Analysis, Overview of Findings

From conducting the SWOT analysis of the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats , there have been many findings. Overall, there are plenty of strengths. Next.co.uk receives an average of 94.4 million website visitors in a three-month period, according to Similarweb, 2022. This organization's website gains a large number of visitors when compared with other competitors. For example Marksandspencers.co.uk (82.3 million) and matalan.co.uk (23.4 million). However, Asos remains the largest number of visitors in 2022, with 185 million visitors (Similarweb, 2022). Therefore, making Asos.co.uk the largest competitor threat online.  Another strength is having a large online reach, which is also evident via social media on mobile devices. Next Plc, have a significant amount of followers, likes, and interaction with its customer base. For example on Instagram, there is a following of 2.4 million and almost 10,000 posts to date (Instagram, 2022). This is signific...

Social Media Advertising

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Social media marketing is a great tool to build an online presence and a community of customers and visitors to an organization's page. Nevertheless, how does social media advertising support an organization's overall digital marketing efforts?   As Well as creating this important presence and generating awareness, through following, likes and sharing posts. ‘On average, 28% of people who use the internet found new products after viewing social media ads’ (SociallyBuzz, 2022). This is evident that potential customers are intrigued and engaging with social media advertisements. This vast exposure for an organisation is powerful in reaching customers internationally. ‘ Today’s total of 4.62 billion social media users is 3.1x higher than the 1.48 billion figure we published in 2012’ (Kemp, 2022). Evident that social media will continue to grow and be exposed to an even greater market.    Having an online presence and creating awareness about an organisation, is often conver...