- Title
- An investigation into how Johnnic Communications can maximise its online presence and e-commerce potential
- Creator
- Goko, Jethro
- Subject
- Electronic commerce -- South Africa -- Technological innovations
- Subject
- Internet advertising -- South Africa
- Subject
- Internet marketing -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:8578
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/510
- Identifier
- Electronic commerce -- South Africa -- Technological innovations
- Identifier
- Internet advertising -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Internet marketing -- South Africa
- Description
- The exponential growth of the Internet and other new technologies globally continues to re-shape the South African consumer and business landscapes. Media and entertainment group Johnnic Communications Limited has invested more than R1 billion in new technologies in the past 10 years alone. However, the company still has to realise the desired returns on this investment – a situation that is forcing management to review all its online activities. This research project sought to determine what the key success factors are for the local and international online media industry, with a view to recommending potentially viable Internet strategies that could turn around operations such as Johnnic Communications’ online offerings from being nice-to-have cost centres, into exciting and key profit-generating streams. The research found that while Internet offerings cannibalise the readership of printed newspapers in South Africa, new technologies also present media houses with the opportunity to tap into new and broader markets, and hence new revenue streams. To that extent, it concluded that continuing to invest in the Internet is an imperative for Johnnic Communications, rather than an option. In addition to recommending new digital strategies, the research also concludes that developing critical mass and having a clear online strategy are crucial factors towards the company making money out of new technologies.
- Format
- xi, 89 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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