Issues in location based marketing: a review of literature

Location based marketing has clearly become a primary element in today’s business. The main objective of this paper is to analyse such a growing phenomenon of using such location services by both marketers and customers, providing some motivations and factors that drive both parties to use these ser...

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Main Authors: Jaradat, Ahmad, Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian, Asadullah, Ahmad, Ebrahim, Seyed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IJSRP.ORG 2015
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/49131/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/49131/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/49131/1/Issues_in_Location_Based_Marketing_P373606_Jan_2015.pdf
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Summary:Location based marketing has clearly become a primary element in today’s business. The main objective of this paper is to analyse such a growing phenomenon of using such location services by both marketers and customers, providing some motivations and factors that drive both parties to use these services. In addition, some popular applications in this field are mentioned as a real world example to provide deeper understanding on how such applications can facilitate our lives. Finally, an analysis on the issues regarding this topic is made which covers an expected problem in some applications as well as other issues related to the consumers and companies.