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Muhammad Eman

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The development of technology makes marketing activities more effortless, and buying interest is based on the ability of influencers to recommend a product. This study aims to determine the determinants of customer buying interest in brands recommended by influencers digitally through electronic word of mouth (eWOM). Quantitative research design with a descriptive approach The research was conducted by distributing online questionnaires to millennial and generation Z people who had made transactions online on e-commerce or social media and followed influencers of products purchased with a total sample of up to 300 people. Purposive sampling was used to collect the data, which was then statistically analyzed using AMOS. The results obtained the age dominance of respondents ranging from 18–24 years (97.7%) and female (99.3%). The results of hypothesis confirmation show the influence of digital influencers in recommending brands through electronic word of mouth (eWOM) on the interest in buying the recommended brand. All variables have a significant positive effect on the determinant of buying interest: perceived influence on brand engagement (p=0.000), perceived influence on brand value (p=0.000), brand engagement on brand value (p=0.000), perceived influence on buying interest (p=0.004), brand engagement on buying interest (p=0.000), and brand value on buying interest (p=0.020).

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Eman, M. (2022) “Determinants of Buying Interest in Recommended Brands”, Jurnal Mantik, 6(2), pp. 2084-2090. doi: 10.35335/mantik.v6i2.2648.
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