Thailand is one of the few countries in the world that provides the whole value chain of the textile industry with over 4700 local textile producers and 800000 to one million workers making this industry the second-most important employment sector. In 2016 the industry’s export revenue was valued at almost USD 7 billion contributing to over 3% of total exports. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the biggest international market for Thailand clothing export (23%) and expected to become the worlds fourth largest market by 2030. However Thai cloth entrepreneurs are facing major problems that demand attention including labour costs new design and product development and in particular online marketing. The Thai fashion and textile industries should define a clear strategic move through integrating textile with fashion with a view “toward sustainable creative industries with strong soft power”. The purpose of this study is to analyse competitiveness of Thai cloth entrepreneurs in relation to online management and integrated marketing communications (IMC) in the ASEAN market. The research instrument involves a descriptive cross-sectional mixed-method study in Thailand. For quantitative data 60 cloth entrepreneurs are invited to complete a questionnaire before and after our “online management and IMC” training programme and a qualitative in-depth interview study is conducted with 10 cloth entrepreneurs. The 2017 survey returned 100% participation with general agreement that a website and Facebook are the most important IMC tools for online marketing in the ASEAN market. Before training the participants had knowledge and skills regarding the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) online communication and social media tools in intermediate level while they had less knowledge and skills concerning social media web design and online gallery. After training the statistics show an increase in entrepreneurs’ level for all knowledge and skills. Furthermore the findings from in-depth interviews show that with regard to entrepreneurial competitiveness in relation to the ability of online management and IMC there is a requirement for further training and government support. In addition the 10 cloth entrepreneurs agree that time management and quality of product and service control are very important for online business.

This research aimed to 1) study social networking communications and wordof-mouth communications that affected consumer behavior in visiting pet cafés in Bangkok; and 2) study attitudes toward using services that affected consumer behavior in making a decision to visit pet cafés in Bangkok. The sample group in this research consisted of 400 people who visited pet cafés in Bangkok with questionnaires as the research tool to collect data. Statistics employed were frequency percentage average and standard deviation as well as multiple regression analysis and the level of statistical significance at .01. The research results found that : Most of the questionnaire responders were women accounting for 59.25 percent; between 21-30 years of age accounting for 56.50 percent; single accounting for 7 2 .5 0 percent; undergraduates accounting for 69.00 percent; earning monthly income of 10001-20000 baht accounting for 37.75 percent; and residents of detached houses accounting for 31.75 percent. When testing the hypotheses it found that social networking communications and word-of-mouth communications affected consumer behavior in visiting pet cafés in Bangkok at the statistically significant level of .01. Emotional and behavioral attitudes affected consumer behavior in visiting pet cafés in Bangkok at the statistically significant level of .01.

The research objective is to analyze usage and exposure of the social media network of Faculty of mass communication technology. A user need of the social networking censorship is based on a survey research. Samples used in the study - teachers alumni and students within the faculty total number is 306 people. Sampling was started in a fiscal year of 2014 with Stratified Random Sampling method. Statistics are used to analyze the data values in percentage average and standard deviation for One-way ANOVA and t-test (LSD). A result of this research shows that based on the findings issues can debate as follows: A usage of devices for surfing network of social media the most of smart phones account for the social media network at home of the time spent - common period turnarounds 20:01 to 00:00 hrs. A representation of a daily usage on network of social media is 4-6 hours/day. Equivalent today-per-week using of social media networks is active online every day. The smart phone is in use at all times. Meanwhile the popular social media network daily user accounts from experienced in the use of social media networks. Most of the more than four years representational use for news/information perception. The most common tool of online social media network is Facebook. Faculty’s people a use of social media networks Facebook applications take into account essentially. The exposure of the social media network can be specifically considered as: the streaming information perception of the faculty’s network of social media is moderate. Considering the news that graduation ceremony in 2013 social interaction with the media is moderate. It is considering whether to press “Like” button on Facebook user’s expression from media relating to the Faculty is the highest. The use of social media within the network is moderate.