General Describtion of Research Object

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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

A. General Describtion of Research Object

1. History of Maicih Maicih is established since June 29, 2010 with initial capital of IDR 15,000,000 estimation USD 1621, 1 USD = Rp. 9,254 6 to buy raw materials and make fry cooker. Maicih business background began when Reza Nurhilman the owner graduated from high school in 2005. He was then jobless for the next four years while selling goods such as electronics and fertilizer. He entered college in 2009 but in the middle, his parent could not afford his college tuition fee anymore. So, for four years he got a little work, especially with Maicih. Indeed, the obtained billing classified as extraordinary, while only a year he settled. Maicih had a turnover of almost touched USD 4,000,000, with an average per week over IDR 750,000,000. The production had reached 75,000 packs per week. Silvia, Hakim and Erlangga,2012:44 Reza also told the origin of the Maicih name. When he was a kid, his mother usually brought him to the traditional market. There was an old woman dressed simply and wore ciput. Every time she shopped, she pulled out her wallet, the bonus from goldsmith, to keep the changes. His mother said the 55 wallet as maicih wallet. Some years later, he met woman who resembles Maicih figure in his memory. Middle-aged mother wearing traditional dress. Then, it turns out that she could make a crunchy spicy seasoning.Silvia, Hakim and Erlangga,2012:44 Maicih is the one of the cassava chips snacks that have distinctive spicy flavor to the customer themselves. Maichi is one of the most famous cassava chips made in Bandung West Java, Indonesia. Maicih is not fried, so that it tastes different. Maichi combined with the elements of spicy, peppery and has a variety of spicy levels. Its level of spiciness ranging from level 3, 5, and 10 for the chips.There are also another products like Jeblak, and Gurilem. For the product itself, Reza chose spicy flavor for Maicih to give addiction effect, especially for the tounge of Indonesian. Besides, he now still focuses on three variants of this and also the production and taste. Additionally, this product is very good for health, heart function, and detoxification. Because, Maicih spicy flavor of spices and chili do not use any preservatives. Silvia, Hakim and Erlangga,2012:47 In the early, Maicih products sold in stores or retail. After several months of not being distributed to the stores again but by selling exclusively by asking consumers to come to the sale of spot that he had set every day. Every day, Reza and his team provide location information for Maicih chips sales through social networking Twitter infomaicih or Facebook. They sell in the car nomadic or work with a particular cafe. Marketing system like this makes 56 Maicih chips be exclusive because it is not sold freely. Spot sales are always filled with Icihers the term for those who like Maicih chips. In addition, the chips not done in large factories, but distributed in a variety of home industries. Silvia, Hakim and Erlangga,2012:47 Maichi has products differentiation with other product. Maichi products can be differentiated i n form, feature, performance quality and style. Maichi’s image in social media has an event to create a Maichi’s jargon for the stakeholder by management. For instance “nenek” for chip marker, “cucu” for the consumer, “jendral” for the reseller, “ichier” for the fans Maichi, “republic Maichi” for the management Maichi and “tericih-icih” for the addicted fans of Maichi product. Through the family connection social media, Maichi’s management creates issue or word of mouth WOM with the level of chips spiciness. Dwi Wulandari: 2012 2. Marketing Strategies of Maicih In terms of marketing strategies, the concept of nomadic Maicih is it did not have a permanent store. The uniqueness of the typical brand owned by Maicih of course is the use of social media as a marketing medium, for example Twitter and Facebook. In addition to free, promotion on Twitter could be a gong for the sales force to make people who buy Maicih. According to Reza unnecessary campaign fatigue “with Twitter, like a snowball promotions, g row”. Silvia, Hakim and Erlangga,2012:47 57 Promotion system used is word of mouth at the early 2 month since it launched. Then, many people become aware of this brand because people speak about it everywhere. These chips will be something very unusual, by identity of the brand names, logos, and so on. Maichi creates value in the form of spicy level and then all of it packaged in a compelling story spread across offline and online media. Especially for online media, using social networks they are widespread in society, such as Twitter and Facebook. Their fans of maicih icihers also are helping maicih to spread its market by giving it hashtags maicih into twitter, and it makes maicih spreads more. Meanwhile, the communication with the buyers performed with two directions, Maichi receives advice and feedback directly from customers and be more open and to assess their products soon known. Silvia, Hakim and Erlangga,2012:48 Each month continues to increase, initial capital of IDR 15,000,000. Currently, a month has touched a turnover of Rp 4 billion, with an average per week over Rp750 million. This indicates that consumer purchase decisions are also higher. Pipiet, Anda and Febry: 2011

B. Analysis and Discussion