TY - JOUR A1 - Risius, Marten A1 - Benthaus, Janek A1 - Akolk, Fabian T1 - Increasing sales performance through social media activities T2 - EFL quarterly : an E-Finance Lab publication N2 - SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS PRESENT UNIQUE POSSIBILITIES FOR COMPANIES TO INTERACT WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TAKE UP A KEY ROLE IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. HOWEVER, LITTLE IS KNOWN CONCERNING THE FINANCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT AND SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO LEVERAGE IT. THE ANALYSIS OF OVER 1.5 MILLION TWEETS REVOLVING AROUND TEN CAR MANUFACTURERS SUGGESTS THAT COMPANIES CAN INCREASE THEIR SALES VOLUME THROUGH GREATER RELATIONSHIP INVESTMENT AND BY ADOPTING A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY THAT PROMOTES THE USERS’ RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION. Y1 - 2016 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/58001 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-580014 SN - 1866-1238 VL - 2016 IS - 4 SP - 6 EP - 8 PB - E-Finance Lab e.V. CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -