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Social media marketing for equity crowdfunding: Which posts trigger investment decisions?

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  • Eisenbeiss, Maik
  • Hartmann, Sven A.
  • Hornuf, Lars

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Based on 26,883 investment decisions, we examine the influence of social media marketing on crowd participation in equity crowdfunding. We distinguish between different types of informative and persuasive posts on Facebook and Twitter. Informative posts provide investors with information about the crowdfunding campaign; persuasive posts do not, but rather aim to directly influence an investor’s decision-making process. We find that both types of posts have a positive impact on the number of investments. However, persuasive posts also increase the amount of an investment if they contain a statement about the previous investment success of the campaign and signal to the crowd that they are not investing alone.

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  • Eisenbeiss, Maik & Hartmann, Sven A. & Hornuf, Lars, 2023. "Social media marketing for equity crowdfunding: Which posts trigger investment decisions?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:52:y:2023:i:c:s1544612322005475
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2022.103370
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    Keywords

    Equity crowdfunding; Entrepreneurial finance; Social media; Investor communication;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups

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