Celebrity Endorsement Essay

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Kotler (2006) defines celebrity endorsements in very simple terms; Kotler (2006) explains that celebrity endorsement is a particular strategy used by marketers to advertise a product from such a platform through which consumers can associate themselves with the brand value from the perspective of the celebrity personnel. In India a celebrity idolizes in the mind of the consumer so large that any activity can be capitalized on their huge fan followers (Erdogan, 1999). Therefore the huge and binding relationship between celebrity endorsement and consumer behavior cannot be ignored or undermined in a competing business environment like India.

Using well-known and admired people to promote products is a widespread phenomenon with a long marketing …show more content…

(Goldsmith et al, 2006) In particular, a celebrity endorser should have a high level of visibility and a rich set of potentially useful associations, judgments, and feelings. Ideally, a celebrity endorser would be seen as credible in terms of expertise, trustworthiness, and likeability or attractiveness, as well as having specific associations that carry potential product relevance. (Goldsmith et al, 2006)

Kelkar (2008) states that in the past also a number of different brands have created strong associations with celebrities that have served as sources of brand equity, and this has actually done wonders for these firms.
In India quite a few companies that market FMCG products are using popular sports persons and film stars in their advertising to endorse their products. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Katrina kaif and many others are a common sight in ads; the list goes on and on.

Companies expect to derive three types of benefits from endorsers Kelkar …show more content…

The advertiser has control over some communication elements such as source, message and media, etc. William J McGuire’s “persuasion matrix” helps advertisers to assess how the independent variables interact with the consumer’s response process. Brand managers should know how the decisions about each independent variable could influence the stages of response hierarchy. There are examples of ads that used sex appeal, humor, or celebrities as endorsers to attract the consumers’ attention. These advertisements were quite successful in attracting the audience attention, but proved ineffective in brand name or brand message recall. (McGuire,

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