Evaluation of Sales Promotion Campaigns on Customer Patronage in Nigeria’s Telecommunication Market


Keyword : Sales promotion, campaigns, communicative elements, telecommunication, customer, patronage


Author(s) : Benson R. Oke, PhD, Prof. Aniefiok J. Udoudo, PhD, Prof. Nkereuwem J. Udoakah, PhD , Nnaemeka I. Meribe, PhD & Godwin A. Benson, PhD

Abstract :   

This  study  evaluates  sales  promotion  campaigns  on  subscribers’  patronage  of telecommunication products and services - and to what extent. It also seeks to examine whether communicative elements utilized in promotion campaigns help to stimulate subscriber patronage. Four research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The data  for  the  study  were  collected  through  interviews  with  the  Airtel  Area  Business Manager and a survey of 380 subscribers of the company’s network in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Findings suggest a correlation between awareness of sales promotion campaigns and subscriber patronage. Below-the-line media offer more mileage than traditional mass media when sales promotion campaigns are used to create product awareness. The study concludes that sales promotion campaigns if properly executed, are environmental or conditioned stimuli that reinforce favourable behaviour towards the promoted product or service. It is recommended that Airtel and allied firms be creative in the combination of  promotion  mix  that  they  present  to  the  subscribers  to  stimulate  patronage  and maintain  a  sustainable  competitive  advantage  over  many  other  network  service providers in the competing environment.

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