Factors Affecting on Beauty Blogger’s Recommendation on Consumers Purchasing Decisions

Abstract

The purposes of this research were (1) to study the usage behavior of social media for the purpose of reading or viewing beauty products based on blogger recommendations (2) to study factors of blogger recommendations of beauty products (3) to study the behavior of decision making to purchase beauty products based on blogger recommendations (4) to study personal factors and behavior of decision making to purchase beauty products based on blogger recommendations (5) to study the relation between the usage behavior of social media for the purpose of reading or viewing beauty products based on blogger recommendations and the behavior of decision making to purchase beauty products based on blogger recommendations and (5) to study the relation between factors of blogger recommendations of beauty products. 400 persons were included as a sample. The data was gathered by using questionnaires and being analyzed by methods of calculating frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis. The results of the research were as follows; Considering the usage behavior of social media for the purpose of reading or viewing beauty products based on blogger recommendations. It was found that most consumers decide to purchase beauty products because of an interesting product presentation and the facial beauty products are the most purchased products by the consumers. In an overall picture, the consumers agree with the factors of blogger recommendations of beauty products at a very good level and the factor of blogger is the most agreed factor.