THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON DIGITAL MARKETING, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT, AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Keywords:
business performance, COVID-19, customer relationship management, digital marketingAbstract
The study aims to build a new model on the relationship between COVID-19 and digital marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and business performance. This is a conceptual study based on the results of empirical studies which investigate the COVID-19 variable on business performance mediated by digital marketing and CRM. The results of the study show that the COVID-19 pandemic has a negative impact on business performance. This incidence can be resolved if businesses can adapt by adopting digital marketing and building CRM. Hence, it is important for businesses today to adopt digital marketing and build CRM to improve business performance. In the future, it is also important to start to strategize on digitalization in all business functions, namely digital finance, digital operations, and digital human resources