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This research aims to analyze the role of brand image as a mediating variable in the relationship between electronic word of mouth (e-WOM) and purchase intention for iPhone smartphone products in Denpasar City. The study is grounded in Consumer Behavior Theory, which explains how external and internal factors influence purchasing decisions. The widespread use of e-WOM in the digital age is a significant external factor in shaping consumer perceptions. Conversely, brand image is a critical internal asset for a company to build customer trust and loyalty. By understanding the interaction among these three variables, this research is expected to provide strategic insights for marketers. The study’s population includes Denpasar residents who either use or intend to purchase an iPhone smartphone. The sample size is 100 individuals, selected using a purposive sampling technique based on specific criteria such as age, social media usage, and knowledge of iPhone products. Data was collected by distributing questionnaires to respondents. The data analysis methods used were descriptive and inferential analysis. Inferential analysis included the Classical Assumption Test to ensure the data met statistical requirements, Path Analysis to examine the direct and indirect relationships between variables, the Sobel Test to measure the significance of the mediation effect, and the Variance Accounted For (VAF) Test to determine the extent to which brand image mediates the relationship. The results show that brand image plays a partial mediating role in the effect of e-WOM on purchase intention. This indicates that e-WOM not only directly influences purchase intention but also indirectly through the formation of a positive brand image. This finding confirms the importance of brand image as a bridge connecting electronic word-of-mouth promotion with consumers’ purchasing decisions. The implications of this research are highly relevant for iPhone smartphone marketers.

"Bina Sejahtera Bersama" is one of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) groups located in Banjarnegara Regency, facing challenges in the promotion sector, which consequently affects the development of these MSMEs. Typically, the group's promotions are still reliant on word of mouth and placing their products in local kiosks. This journal discusses the optimization of using the Google Maps application as a promotional medium for the participants of "Bina Sejahtera Bersama" MSME group in Banjarnegara Regency. The methods employed in this community service journal are educational and community assistance methods, accompanied by tests to measure the extent of understanding among the MSME participants. This approach is implemented through direct, comprehensive, and structured information delivery to the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) participants of "Bina Sejahtera Bersama" (BSB) in Banjarnegara Regency regarding the utilization of Google Maps as a promotional medium. Based on pre-tests and post-tests results, there is a 47.5% increase in knowledge. Therefore, it can be concluded that the socialization, training, and assistance activities for using Google Maps as a promotional tool have been successful. These results illustrate the effectiveness of the planned activities, where participants have successfully improved their understanding of the application. This significant improvement indicates that the methods used in the socialization and assistance activities can have a positive impact, supporting participants in better understanding and optimizing the use of Google Maps in promoting their businesses.

Bank financial institutions in Indonesia can generally be divided into Islamic banks and conventional banks. Basically, both Islamic banks and conventional banks carry out activities to collect and distribute funds to the public, but all forms of activities carried out by Islamic banks must be in accordance with sharia principles. Competition between Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks in Indonesia is one of the things that has become the focus of attention of banking managers, especially with regard to customers, moreover, Indonesian Islamic Banks are still relatively new as a result of the unification of several Islamic Banks. This study aims to see how much influence product knowledge, promotions and word of mouth have on people's understanding of choosing Islamic banks. This research is a research with a quantitative approach and uses primary data. The population in this study is the people of Jambi City, especially those who adhere to Islam. The population in this study is the people who adhere to Islam in the city of Jambi, which is 612,162 people. The sampling technique used is probability sampling so that the number of samples used is 100 respondents. The results of the study show that together the variables of product knowledge, promotion and word of mouth influence people's understanding of choosing Islamic banks. Likewise with the individual, the results of the study show that the variables of product knowledge, promotion and word of mouth have an effect on people's understanding of choosing an Islamic bank with the significance level of each variable being the same, namely equal to 0.000 and the tcount value of each variable is 3.809 for X1, 3,617 for X2 and 5,823 for X3.

Marketing of Flobamora Collection products is currently still done manually through Toko, Facebook and word of mouth where sales only cover Kupang City, while for customer segment opportunities, Flobamora Collection products are very broad. The purpose of the activity is to provide product marketing training and use of website media to expand sales and promotion of Flobamora Collection products so that they are better known by the wider community. The method used in community service activities is to conduct training and practice in implementing online product marketing at the website-based Flobamora Collection. The results achieved in this activity are increasing partner knowledge about website-based online product marketing models and increasing partner understanding about the use of online stores as a medium to sell and promote Flobamora Collection products. Creating a website-based online store as a medium to sell and promote products online. By utilizing webiste-based online marketing media, it can enable the wider community not only in the Kupang City area but also nationally and even abroad to access information on the products offered by Flobamora Collection, thereby increasing the number of customers and sales turnover of Flobamora Collection.