Celebrities have been widely used to generate sales for products. We have seen popular stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and many more being used to advertise products. The aim of an advertisement is to target a group of consumers and generate sales .In support to the latter; the celebrities are chosen carefully to reach out to the targeted group that will influence positive consumer’s behaviour towards the brand.
The Goal and language of advertising
Advertising uses many different forms such as television, radio, internet, newspapers, packaging, coupons and free sampling. In this report the focus of advertising would be on TV commercials that uses language and slogans, headlines and the use of popular celebrities. The various
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It soon became viral that helped Nike score its very first viral YouTube hits. This advertisement was used to create brand awareness and to hike the profits.
The Advantages of Celebrity endorsers in TV commercials
Celebrity endorsers are more commonly used in traditional media such as TV. And we have seen celebrities from different aspect such as, Athletes from different sporting background. Celebrities used to promote a product would be called “celebrity spokesman” as he or she is required to testify the personal experience with the product.
The content of what a celebrity says in the advertisements grabs the viewers’ attention that will create an attitude towards the brand. The attitude audiences would have towards the brand would be” if the product is good for him/her it would be good for me too”. This attitude will create a win win situation for both celebrity and brand as celebrity will attain more recognition while there is more credibility for the brand.
Being credible alone is not enough; celebrities also help brands build brand awareness. In this case the choice of celebrity would come into place such as to position the brand. Nike has used potential celebrities that have endorsed their products and have become famous in which their strategy gain trust from the audience that the brand is
This bond that is created between the viewer and a celebrity helps understand the effectiveness that endorsements have where marketers have failed. The celebrity builds character in the eyes of the public and that character carries on into the product he is endorsing, and even though a part of the persuasion has to exist in the product itself, but a celebrity uses his status and the character he has built to gain credibility and likeability among the target audience. This character the celebrity transfers to the product is known as the “meaning “(2). The transfer of the meaning to the product goes through three stages. The first stage is in finding the celebrity with the desired meaning that they want to carry to the product this requires casting from the wide world of celebrity endorsers. The second stage is choosing which celebrity embodies the meaning the marketing campaign requires for the product, this stage is subject to expense restraints and availability. After deciding on an endorser stage three is the most complicated stage as in this step the endorser has to be able to transfer that meaning into the product, they have to make this meaning “available to the consumer in a material form”(2), this stage allows the consumer to accept the meaning they are given and accept the product and you use is a tool to build their own character. These three steps not only
The literature on Akhtar et al. (2016) has highlighted celebrities have the greater effect on customer purchase intention through celebrity endorsement and sponsorship. More specifically, companies chose celebrity endorsement and celebrity sponsorship as their marketing strategy also shown an increase in sales reports on both products and services (Akhtar et al., 2016).The literature on Akhtar et al. (2016) has highlighted celebrities have the greater effect on customer purchase intention through celebrity endorsement and sponsorship. More specifically, companies chose celebrity endorsement and celebrity sponsorship as their marketing strategy also shown an increase in sales reports on both products and services (Akhtar et al., 2016).The literature
“People are more likely to pay attention to a TV commercial if one of their favorite players is talking, than they would be if the owner of the company was the star” (Miller). It is the association with the known and likeable character which may attract people to follow celebrity endorsements. It may also be the association with success which the athlete is characterizing. Whatever the case may be, Miller gives tips of what marketing companies look for before persuading a player with an endorsement:
It is known to be true that the best endorsements achieve a deriving ideas, style and taste between the product and the celebrity. Giving a brand an appearance is more than just a marketing strategy to increase sales; it is a decision that can change the outcome of the brand for the
People think “oh that product looks amazing, I want it” just because celebrities are in the advertisement, and it looks more credible. Consumers get influenced into buying products when the advertisement is amusing. Although that may be the case, it is up to the consumer to be responsible with what he/she is buying. Cover Girl’s Plumping Mascara commercial featuring Katy Perry does not get every girl persuade to buy it. Even though the commercial is great and looks like the product works really well, does not mean every person who sees the advertisement feels pressured into buying the product. Several men and women believe it is insulting to use celebrity advertisement to promote products and others think it is the buyer who has the responsibility of not getting suckered into buying everything he/she sees. Also advertisment is a way to promote products, celebrities should be allowed in
The article suggests that money and exposure are key reasons for celebrities to tie their name to a large company that may not be healthy for children, for this reason; one questions the qualities of the celebrity. For example, one can question qualities of a famous athlete that endorses Sprite because soda leads to dehydration and athletes’ focus is often staying hydrated. Next, businesses use celebrities as a marketing strategy to gain attention for the product that the company wants endorsed. This causes the business to spend more money on more influential people leading to the assumption that celebrities are endorsing products that they do not actually use on a daily basis for money. After one is able to think critically about the logistics of the celebrity endorsing the product one can find that it is most likely about being paid or reaching a new
Celebrity endorsement is possibly the most successful form of advertising. The fact that a celebrity approves of a product is often enough for people to get on board. Advertisements create a false life or image. Chiat says in his article: “Advertising--including movies, TV, and music videos--presents to us a world that is not our world but rather a collection of images and ideas created for the purpose of selling” (Chiat 212) .There is no better way to sell a false life or idea than to have a celebrity sell it for you.
It is not uncommon to see celebrities on TV market in other products, author Sue Jozui has other opinions. Author Sue Jozui in her excerpt, explains her view that there should be rules for celebrities endorsing other products and being misleading. The author supports her opinion by first explaining about how a celebrity may advertise a coffee, or a brand of car. She continues by arguing that advertisements are misleading. The author´s purpose is to draw awareness to this issue and wanting a prompt change so that new rules can be put in place to regulate the marketing and advertising industry. The author sets an informative tone for the consumer. The argument Sue Jozui, the author is making is that she believes there should be rules on celebrity endorsements, however the consumer may disagree because they have the power to buy the product.
An example that celebrity advertisement being manipulative is that if a consumer is going to buy a chocolate bar but there is many different options. The consumer is indecisive but when he/she is looking at her options a memory will trigger and a celebrity will come into thought and then it leads the thought about brand A. That the consumer will have an increased chance of buying brand A because of the celebrity without even thinking about it. That the consumer didn’t think about the product’s quality but about the celebrity only. Even though a consumer can be manipulated this way the advertising companies don’t have to completely get rid of celebrities entirely out of advertisements. There are other ways in implementing celebrities into advertisements while revealing the product’s quality. Let’s take Snickers for example they were able to showcase a celebrity and reveal the quality of the product. That most of their advertisements follow the formula of someone being grumpy then they eat a snickers turning them into a celebrity. That the Snickers advertisement shows that if the consumer eats the Snickers they feel as good as a celebrity. Thus showcasing the celebrity without making the celebrity the face of the
The author believes that is is not right to use celebrities to advertise, and misleads consumers, however, it is the consumer’s responsibility to research a product before buying, and not just buy it for seeing one commercial for
If a consumer likes a celebrity and the celebrity is in the commercial telling them to buy a certain product the consumer is more likely buy the product. The evidence above shows that if you like the product it's more effective than seeing a stranger telling you to buy the product. Advertisers think using celebrities is a more effect method of advertising. Buyers purchasing the product are more likely to buy an item if they know the celebrity in the commercial. Consumers like things they know not things they don't do advertising with a celebrity is more effective than without.
In Celebrity Endorsement still push Product by: Dean Crutchfield is saying you don’t know what you’re going to get once it’s out there, some sells go good and some don’t, but celebrity endorsements are always worth investing in. Advertisers choose celebrities who represent the image and promise of their brand. Most people purchase a product because they know a celebrity uses the item, for example an actress expressed in a commercial that a certain lipstick made her lips fuller. A lot of sports people will buy a pair of sneakers because they think it will make them jump as high as the athlete wearing them.
Celebrity endorsements are one of the most famous methods of marketing used today. Celebrity endorsers are being used in about 25% of all the advertisements that we can see on the television. Marketers are investing large sums of money to have a contract with the celebrities as they believe that celebrities can affect the chances of success of a product. (Erica Weintraub Austina*, 2008) Kiakati
Celebrity endorsement is a billion dollar industries today (Kambitsis et al., 2002) with companies signing deals with celebrities hoping that they can help them stand out from the clutter and give them a unique and relevant position in the mind of the consumer. According to Solomon (2002), the reasons for using celebrity endorsement involves its potential to create awareness, positive feelings towards their advertising and brand. Research has shown that celebrity endorsement can have an impact on the consumer’s attention, recall, evaluations and purchase intentions (Atkin and Block, 1993), Celebrity endorsement is a widely used tactic in marketing and much research
Furthermore there are other researches as well which suggest that the approach of using a celebrity to endorse a product can not be viewed as a general practice of using any celebrity for any product endorsement. Pornpitakpan (2003), while discussing match-up hypothesis, describes the results of a study by Erdogen et al (2001) which suggests that "British advertising agency managers considered various criteria like celebrity- target audience match, celebrity-product match, overall image of the celebrity, cost of hiring the celebrity, celebrity trustworthiness, controversy risk, celebrity familiarity, celebrity prior endorsements, celebrity likeability, risk of celebrity overshadowing the brands, celebrity expertise, celebrity profession and celebrity physical attractiveness". A match between the target market and the endorser is important for effectively transmitting right message to target audience. For example, the advertisements which are produced by Pepsi, are mostly targeted for youths and so the celebrity endorsers that they use in their advertisements are young personalities. The match up hypothesis goes true for the multiple celebrity advertising as well. A good example of this is the Pulse Polio campaign taken up in India to eradicate the polio