The effect of social media marketing, brand awareness and brand image on customer satisfaction (case study: Aindeh Bank)

The purpose of the current research was the effect of social media marketing, brand awareness and brand image on customer satisfaction in Aydeh Bank. This research is applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of the method of doing the work. The statistical population of this research is 1350 customers of Aindeh Bank in Mazandaran province, of which 384 people were selected using Cochran's formula. PLS software was used for data analysis. Research findings show that social media marketing and brand awareness have a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction, but brand image does not have a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction. On the other hand, social media marketing has a positive and significant effect on brand awareness. But social media marketing does not have a positive and meaningful effect on the brand image. Also, social media marketing has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction with the mediating role of brand awareness. But social media marketing does not have a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction with the mediating role of brand image.