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This community service aims to improve the marketing and sales promotion capabilities of batik MSMEs, especially Omah Batik Srikandi and Edukriya in Jatisari Village, Mijen District, Semarang City. The approach includes training and mentoring by providing knowledge and skills of effective sales promotion strategies in marketing batik. Its activities intend to increase batik promotion and sales through the development of innovative sales promotion strategies, such as discounts, gifts, and others. Through this approach, it is hoped that batik MSMEs can increase sales, expand market reach, and support the preservation of batik cultural heritage in Semarang City. Increasing the competitiveness of batik MSMEs is also expected to be achieved, thus having a positive impact on the local and national economy.

With advances in information and communication technology, with the presence of the internet, the internet is often used as a means of communication, namely what we usually call social media. The business world is currently contributing to online promotions via social media, one of which is cosmetic products, namely Secondate. This research aims to determine sales promotion in a Secondary purchasing decision and determine the influence of sales promotion on purchasing decisions. The theory used in this research is marketing communication from Hermawan 2012 and Kotler & Keller's sales promotion theory which includes discounts, game contests and sweepstakes, package prices, premiums, and related promotions. The theory used in purchasing decisions from Kotler & Keller includes problem recognition, information search, alternative evaluation, purchasing decisions, and post-purchase behavior. The approach used in this research is a quantitative approach with survey methods and data collection techniques carried out using questionnaires. The population in this study was 354 and the sample used was 78 respondents using the Slovin formula.

Today's electronic transactions are facilitated by the many Marketplaces and Online Shops that sellers and buyers can visit. Various platforms implement Flash Sales at certain moments as a form of promotion. In this case, forms of Predatory Pricing are found which include Unfair Business Competition in Predatory Pricing. The following research aims to examine and explain the Flash Sale method in Online Shops and its indications of unhealthy business competition. The following research was carried out using descriptive qualitative methods using a normative juridical approach by analyzing phenomena that exist in real conditions with statutory regulations simultaneously. Based on the analysis results, it is known that not all Flash Sale Programs provide prices far below production. However, the implementation of flash sales which drastically reduce prices is a clear indication of unhealthy business competition. Considering the drop in prices posted on the Flash Sale can reach 80% of the original market price. Based on the results of analysis using the Price-Cost Test, massive discounts by E-Commerce are a form of Predatory Pricing.

The community service, especially for UMKM, in the form of creating a sales website aims to enhance the branding of Triple's Branded UMKM and assist UMKM in understanding the use and management of websites as a current promotional media. The creation of this website goes through three main stages carried out as part of this community service, including the preparation stage which involves field studies, needs analysis, and permits, then the second stage is the implementation and design of the website, and finally the evaluation stage. The community service in creating a website for UMKM has yielded results in increasing the knowledge and skills of Triple's Branded UMKM in managing and operating the website as a promotional medium by showcasing products aimed at increasing sales.

The development of the times is constantly changing, marked by the existence of various applications that have online promotion and sales features. competition in online sales is getting tighter, making online business people look for the right strategy to market their products, such as in the TikTok strategy application so that consumers are easy to make a purchasing decision, namely with its latest feature, namely live streaming, which can be seen from direct marketing and trust. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of direct marketing on purchasing decisions with trust as a moderating variable in an Islamic business perspective. This research uses quantitative methods. Data collection techniques in literature review, questionnaires and Likert scales. The population used in this study is generation z in Bandar Lampung City. Sampling in this study using purposive sampling technique. The number of samples used, determined by the formula according to Widianto, amounted to 97 respondents. The data analysis method uses Partial Last Scructural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and data processing using smartPLS software. The results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant influence between direct marketing on purchasing decisions. And trust does not moderate the relationship between direct marketing and purchasing decisions. In the perspective of Islamic business direct marketing on purchasing decisions on live streaming tiktok has implemented the principles of Islamic business ethics, including unity, balance, free will, responsibility, and benevolence so that it is something that Muslim business people need to pay attention to.

Digital marketing has had a long-term impact and made a game changer in the business world. The use of social media has been growing since 2020—the phenomenon of decreasing the number of followers harms sales. Seller is conscious about improving and maintaining their followers on social media to keep running the business well. Purpose to find out the extent of the participation of Instagram social media as a promotional medium to increase the marketing of culinary business products on @siomayjodoh's Instagram accounts. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. Data collection techniques are carried out by observation, interview, and documentation. Data triangulation methods were used to analyze in this study through data reduction, data presentation, drawing, and conclusion. The results showed the use of Instagram social media as an attractive promotional medium with various features that can be used to support the increase in culinary business products in online marketing. This research only collected data on MSME's “Siomay Jodoh" Instagram from 2022 until 2024 as data collection. MSMEs “Siomay Jodoh” is a local business in Cirebon, and there's no previous research about the MSMEs “Siomay Jodoh”.

This research is intended to evaluate the marketing strategy implemented by the Mogobo Snack Tuban Micro Enterprise to increase their sales. Mogobo Snack is a micro business that produces fried meatball chips with a spicy taste as its characteristic. This research adopts qualitative methods using observation, interviews and documentation instruments. The findings from the research show that the Mogobo Snack Tuban Micro Enterprise implements a marketing strategy in the form of a marketing mix consisting of product, price, promotion and distribution elements. The strategy includes production of high-quality chips, pricing based on production costs, online and offline marketing, as well as promotion via social media and a door-to-door approach. The SWOT analysis shows several alternative strategies that Mogobo Snack can implement, such as increasing digital marketing, developing new products, collaborating with culinary influencers, and expanding into traditional markets. By implementing these strategies, Mogobo Snack can overcome the challenges of competition and changing consumer trends, thereby increasing sales volume and increasing its market share and profitability.

In the community service activities conducted in Labuhan Haji Village, research was carried out on the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) of Seaweed Pilus located in Dusun Labuaji, Labuhan Haji Village, Labuhan Haji Subdistrict, East Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara. This activity aimed to develop sales improvement strategies through sales promotion assistance, with the goal of increasing product sales in the future. The community service activity was conducted using a descriptive method, accompanied by an analysis of internal and external factors, packaging, promotion, and marketing. The production process carried out by the partner remains relatively simple, both in terms of marketing and product manufacturing. The products are packaged using plastic materials and labeled with a very basic logo. During the community service activity, we, as student members of Group 5 in Labuhan Haji Village, provided direct assistance to the business. It is hoped that the activities we carried out will bring tangible benefits to the partner in developing and advancing their business.

This research relates to predictions of laptop sales in computer shops in Central Aceh, with a focus on laptop brands Acer, Asus, HP and Lenovo. Over the last three years, sales of these laptops have reached 1,629 units, with a monthly average of between 108 and 150 units. Business owners today prefer brands with the highest percentage of sales, but this can lead to dead stock problems. Therefore, the author proposes using data mining techniques, especially the K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN) method, to make recommendations for the number of products to be purchased by business owners based on past sales data. The K-NN method requires complete, structured and continuous sales data. It is important to choose an appropriate K value, and other factors such as weather, seasons, promotions, and special events also affect laptop sales. K-NN models may need to be combined with other data to improve prediction accuracy. It is hoped that this research will provide academic benefits in expanding knowledge about the use of the K-NN method in sales prediction, as well as practical benefits for business owners in planning their sales strategies. The research conclusions highlight the importance of good data collection, choosing the right K value, and considering external factors in the laptop sales prediction process.      

This research aims to determine the influence of brand trust, word of mouth and sales promotion on purchasing decisions of Pristine mineral water in Semarang City. This research uses quantitative methods. The population of this research is the people of Semarang City who have purchased Pristine mineral water with a sample of 136 respondents. The sampling technique uses a purposive sampling method. Collection and research techniques were carried out through questionnaires and processed using SPSS 24. The results of this research show that brand trust has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions, word of mouth has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions, and sales promotion has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions.

Assistance in the use of social media for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) provides advantages and convenience in carrying out promotions to increase sales volume. The method used in community service is introduction, creation and assistance by choosing the right application is TikTok Shop. The TikTok Shop platform merges with TikTok as a TikTok platform that can share short videos without any time limits and has a wide reach and network with high traffic. The advantages of the TikTok Shop are expected to be able to help Mui Cat Shop to increase sales volume so that the expected profit is achieved.

There are still many UMKM who do not know the existence of e-commerce, and there are still many UMKM who make transactions manually. Currently the emergence of e-commerce has a very positive impact on UMKM and is very helpful in supporting effective and efficient promotion and sales activities. This research aims to find out the influence of e-commerce on the increase in sales of Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM). The object of this research is the Zona Warkop in Kebon Kosong, Central Jakarta City. The purpose of this service activity is to introduce and practice e-commerce in the implementation of sales activities, and is expected to develop its creative ideas to balance the lifestyle of the people today. The data collection techniques used include observation, interview, and documentation. The advantage of selling through e-commerce is that it is easily accessible to UMKM through their mobile phones and it is very easy to share photos and videos and provide interesting product descriptions so that consumers are interested.

The marketing process in Islamic economics must be implemented correctly, and in accordance with sharia principles. In distributing products, it must be evenly distributed so that all people can enjoy the product. This research is about e-marketing analysis in increasing sales on shopping applications. The purpose of this research is to find out how marketing strategies increase sales on the Belanjo application. This type of research is descriptive qualitative with primary and secondary data types. The data collection technique in this research uses observation, interview and documentation techniques.The research results show the marketing mix strategy implemented by Belanjo to increase sales, including product availability, price, promotion and place. Supporting and inhibiting factors for the marketing mix strategy implemented by Belanjo in increasing sales, including supporting, conducting socialization and collaboration and increasing employee skills and knowledge. obstacles, low consumer buying interest and the marketing area for chips is still limited. Marketing mix strategies viewed from an Islamic Economics Perspective include: Always decorating charity with the intention of worship and sincerity. Transparency, and the goods are halal and not harmful. Carrying out honest distribution methods, not reducing size, standards, quality and scales fraudulently. Being responsible for the goods received. distributed fairly, and not doing things that are prohibited in Islam. Please help, tolerate and give alms. Never neglect worship because of distribution activities. Ikhtikar is prohibited because it will cause price increases. Seek reasonable profits. Widespread distribution of wealth. Social equality. 

This thesis entitled The Influence of Marketing Strategy on Increasing Oyster Mushroom Sales at Omah Mushrooms in Baru Village, Mestong District and aims to determine the effect of marketing strategy, product, price, place, promotion on increasing oyster mushroom sales in Baru village, Mestong sub-district in a quantitative descriptive manner regarding. This research is expected to provide benefits to writers, academic institutions related to increasing oyster mushroom sales, as well as being a source of information for SMEs to find out what the marketing strategy is. Based on the results of the research that has been done, data obtained from product, price, place, and promotion variables on increasing sales, The product has a significant effect on the increase in oyster mushroom sales. This is indicated by the X1 regression coefficient of 0.295. The significant value of the product variable is 0.003, which means it is less than 0.05. The value of tcount > ttable or 3.092 > 1.987, thus indicating that the product has a significant effect on oyster mushroom sales in Baru Village, then Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. Prices have a significant effect on increasing oyster mushroom sales because this is indicated by the X2 regression coefficient of 0.278. The significant value of the price variable is 0.004, which means it is less than 0.05. The value of tcount > ttable or 2.573 > 1.987 then Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. A significant place on the sale of oyster mushrooms in the Baru Village is due to the X3 regression coefficient of 0.229. The significant value of the price variable is 0.008, which means it is less than 0.05. The value of tcount > ttable or 2.697 > 1.987, thus indicating that location has a significant effect on the sale of oyster mushrooms in Baru Village, so Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. A significant promotion of the sale of oyster mushrooms in the New Village is due to the X4 regression coefficient of 0.132. The significant value of the price variable is 0.014, which means it is less than 0.05. The value of tcount > ttable or 3.327 > 1.987, thus indicating that promotion has a significant effect on oyster mushroom sales in Baru Village.

UMKM Berkah Setia in Kadirejo Village is one of the potential UMKM in the area. However, these UMKM still use conventional buying and selling systems and endtrust their product to UMKM centers and souvenir centers. Due to limited capabilities, until now this UMKM product has not been widely known because it has utilized digital technology such as the marketplace as a promotional medium and place for buying and selling. In this service acticity, there are the introduction and assistance of the adoption of E-commerce in the form of the Shopee application media for UMKM Berkah Setia herbal drink. It is hoped that knowledge can increase sales for UMKM owners. The aim of this service activity is not only to introduce the UMKM marketplace, but also to assist in the management of the marketplace so that UMKM income experiences an increase in sales activities. The methods used in this service process are discussion, tutorial, mentoring, and aseesment and evaluation methods. The result from this method show that UMKM actors gain knowledge about creating an account, the process when goods are ordered until they reach the buyer, and UMKM actors gain skills in managing their Shopee accounts

Analysis of digital marketing in increasing brand awareness has been carried out very often. However, there has not been much analysis that specifically carries out marketing content analysis to increase brand awareness. This research aims to conduct content marketing analysis to increase brand awareness of skincare products. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive approach. Research data comes from the results of reviews of official publications and data searches in various digital databases. The research results show that there are several main content marketing strategies carried out by brands by paying attention to several factors, namely collaborating with influencer marketing through creative marketing campaigns, providing attractive discounts and promotions on certain dates in the form of flash sales, and giveaways to get audience engagement which ultimately resulting in increased sales. This is related to design factors, current events, reading experience, time and also the tone of the content marketing strategy carried out by skintific. Apart from that, Skintific also provides platforms on various social media as a reference source of information and increases marketing sales in various marketplaces such as Shopee, TikTok and Lazada. In this research, general strategies are explained so that for further research it is recommended to be more specific, for example a strategy by utilizing influencer marketing to produce a deeper understanding and be easier to understand

This research discusses the analysis of promotional strategies using social media Tik Tok, the type of research used is a qualitative method with observational data collection techniques, and documentation is carried out to obtain data. The focus of this research is what promotional strategies should be carried out by MSME Baso Aci Ganteng through social media tick tock? The research results show that Baso Aci Ganteng wants to make TikTok a media or promotional tool to communicate products and sales activities carried out by Baso Aci Ganteng, where currently TikTok is a media that almost everyone has, from children to adults.

The term affiliate activity refers to actions taken by two parties to establish a partnership and build a mutually beneficial relationship. Marketing tactics used by business people include Influencers who function as target audiences and segments that are targeted for product promotion and branding. The aim of this research is to understand how Influencer Tasya Farasya and the Shopee Affiliate Program work and explore the legal aspects of sharia business related to collaboration between Influencers and the Shopee Affiliate Program. Researchers use descriptive qualitative methods using internet searching research, namely the process of searching for data via internet media to obtain information based on references, journals, articles. In this research, it was concluded that if an Influencer promotes a product, the Influencer will direct potential buyers to the affiliate's URL address. When the affiliate URL is opened, potential buyers will be directed to the seller's product sales website. This affiliate cooperation practice uses a samsarah contract because it is a form of intermediary between the seller and the buyer. In view of Sharia Economic Law, the practice of collaboration between Influencers and the Shopee affiliate program is permitted because it meets the requirements and is in line with the Samsarah agreement.  

In attracting consumers, every company has various strategies, one of which is to carry out Brand Activation or activities carried out by a brand to change the image or increase sales of a company. One of the beauty brands that does brand activation is YOU Beauty. Related to this, the aim of this research is to find out how much influence brand activation has on YOU Beauty products on followers of the Instagram account @youbeauty.idn, consumer loyalty on followers of the Instagram account @youbeauty.idn, the influence of YOU Beauty brand activation on consumer loyalty. The theory used by Brand Activation is Direct Marketing Activation, Social Media Activation, Promotion Activation, Marketing Event Activation, dan Sponsorship Activation, and Consumer Loyalty includes cognitive, affective, and cognative. The approach in this research is quantitative with an explanatory survey method. The data collection technique was carried out by distributing questionnaires which were given to 81 respondents to followers of the Instagram account @youbeuaty.idn. Sampling using probability sampling technique. Questionnaire collection method used is random sampling. The results of this study indicate that the effect of Brand Activation YOU Beauty as a whole responds well (agree), and the effect of Brand Activation on Consumer Loyalty as a whole responds well (agree) to all variable statements X and Y in the research questionnaire, and the magnitude of Brand influence Activation of YOU Beauty products has an adequate and moderate relationship of 0.575 to Consumer Loyalty of Instagram followers @youbeauty.idn with the percentage of brand activation influencing consumer loyality of 33.1% and while the remaining 66.9% is influenced by other factors.

The purpose of this study was to determine how the marketing strategy of Islamic pension fund products at Bank Syariah Indonesia and what obstacles are faced when marketing pension fund products to the people of Indonesia, This marketing strategy is structured based on what to do, who does it, and when to do it. The marketing strategy used by Bank Syariah Indonesia KCP Jember Gajah Mada in increasing sales of pension products is to use promotional approaches and strategies. This approach to customers can increase the long-term growth of Bank Syariah Indonesia KCP Jember Gajah Mada and maximum customer satisfaction. After conducting the approach process, the next stage is the promotion strategy. Promotion is an activity that aims to convey information about pension products to customers, so that these pension products are known and can encourage customers to use them. Promotion is also very useful for providing information about the advantages or disadvantages of these pension products. The method used in this research is a qualitative research method, namely by making observations to the research location, conducting interviews with Bank Syariah Indonesia employees and collecting data from various sources related to this research. It is hoped that from the results of this research, Bank Syariah Indonesia can market its products in accordance with the wishes of the Indonesian people who make transactions safely, comfortably and blessedly.