An Experimental Study of the Relationship between Online Engagement and Advertising Effectiveness

Bobby J. Calder, Edward Carl Malthouse, Ute Schaedel

Journal of Interactive Marketing· 2009-11-01· article· 1,039 citationsclosed

Digital Marketing and Social Media Marketing and Advertising Strategies Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing

Abstract

We discuss consumer engagement with a website, provide a systematic approach to examining the types of engagement produced by specific experiences, and show that engagement with the media context increases advertising effectiveness. Based on experiments using measurement scales involving eight different online experiences, we advance two types of engagement with online media — Personal and Social-Interactive Engagement. Our results show that both types are positively associated with advertising effectiveness. Moreover, Social-Interactive Engagement, which is more uniquely characteristic of the web as a medium, is shown to affect advertising after controlling for Personal Engagement. Our results offer online companies and advertisers new metrics and advertising strategies.

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Bobby J. Calder, Edward Carl Malthouse, Ute Schaedel (2009). An Experimental Study of the Relationship between Online Engagement and Advertising Effectiveness. Journal of Interactive Marketing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intmar.2009.07.002

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  title  = {An Experimental Study of the Relationship between Online Engagement and Advertising Effectiveness},
  author = {Calder, Bobby J. and Malthouse, Edward Carl and Schaedel, Ute},
  year   = {2009},
  journal = {Journal of Interactive Marketing},
  doi    = {10.1016/j.intmar.2009.07.002}
}

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