Identifying the Antecedents and Consequences of Digital Content Marketing in Online Insurance Companies

Vahabi, Seyed Mehdi; Rahiminik, Azam; Heydari, Seyed Abbas

doi:10.22054/dcm.2024.76048.1217

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Candidat in Business Management, Department of Business Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22054/dcm.2024.76048.1217

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the research was to identify the antecedents and consequences of digital content marketing in online insurance companies.
Method: The present study has been conducted by adopting a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative) and in an exploratory manner. In the qualitative part, thematic analysis technique has been used in the MAXQDA2020 software. The community of the qualitative department was the managers and experts of the sales and marketing department of the insurance industry (electronic and digitalized department). Based on targeted sampling, 10 people were considered as samples. Qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interviews. For the validity of the findings, Cohen's kappa index was 0.837, which is confirmed. Structural equation method is used in a small part. In the quantitative part of the research, the statistical population consisted of experts and managers of marketing units and assistants in the country's insurance industry in Tehran. Using Cochran's formula (for unlimited population), a sample of 384 people was extracted. Based on the codes of the qualitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire was formed. The data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed in AMOS 24 software.
Findings: The results show that the antecedents of digital content marketing include the fundamental requirements of digital content marketing, requirements before the production of digital content, managerial/organizational requirements, and perceptual-cognitive antecedents of the audience and identified consequences including marketing consequences, financial consequences, and brand-related consequences, the favorable consequences for the customer and the engagement of the audience with the content in the digital content marketing model.
Conclusion: This study has designed and explained the digital content marketing model. In recent years, electronic businesses have been growing rapidly and have gradually taken a relatively favorable share of the industrial enterprises of the country and play an undeniable role in the growth of the country's economy. One of the important parts of digital marketing is the production and creation of valuable content. Another expression, the combination of content and technology refers to the production of digital content. Content marketing is actually a method in which the organization continuously creates and publishes valuable content in order to attract and reach the audience, and its purpose is to transform the customer's behavior into a profitable behavior for the organization.

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International Journal of Digital Content Management

Identifying the Antecedents and Consequences of Digital Content Marketing in Online Insurance Companies

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Volume 6, Issue 10
January 2025
Pages 220-250

Identifying the Antecedents and Consequences of Digital Content Marketing in Online Insurance Companies

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Volume 6, Issue 10January 2025Pages 220-250

Volume 6, Issue 10
January 2025
Pages 220-250