Improving the performance of social media campaigns with the internet of things

Abstract

This dissertation describes the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in a social networked media campaign for a digital marketing agency. An electronic object platform a van, the interior of which changed color as a function of Twitter user interactions, was developed to simultaneously motivate and assess engagement with the campaign. The campaign’s dissemination was furthermore supported by Facebook posts and prior IoT based research measuring the popularity of different keywords in Twitter conversations, which were subsequently used as Hashtags in the campaign. Using a quasi-experimental methodology, it was created two campaigns. The results obtained a preview campaign (Without IoT) was compare with the results of the IoT campaign. Under the data analysis the IoT generate positive results as a tool for the Propagation of information.

Date of Award	18 Oct 2016
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Ana Isabel de Almeida Costa (Supervisor)