This document discusses celebrity endorsements and their impact on branding. It defines celebrities and notes they are public figures across various professions like acting, sports, music. Celebrity endorsements are more common for nationally marketed versus niche products. When a celebrity endorses a brand, their image and credibility becomes associated with the brand in consumers' minds, increasing awareness and desirability. For the endorsement to be effective, there must be a match between the celebrity's image and the brand. The document also covers risks like overshadowing the brand or conflicting images from multiple endorsements.

3. THESIS STATEMENT
Endorsement has an impact on customer’s awareness

4. Celebrities are people who
enjoy public recognition by a
large share of a certain group
of people.

5. Actors (Morgan Freeman, Jenifer
Anniston).
Sports athletes (Cristiano Ronaldo,
Roger Federer).
Models.
Music stars (Lorde, Kanye West,
Matthew Bellamy).
Fictional celebrities (Ronald
McDonald).
Politicians.

6. They appear in public when
fulfilling their profession.
They appear in public by attending
special celebrity events.
They are present in News,
Fashion magazines and tabloids.

7. Celebrity endorsements are more
typical for nationally marketed products
then for local or niche market products.

8. Celebrity endorsement has a recall of the
product.
Celebrities have credibility on expertise
that makes the product more desirable or
enhances perceptions of quality.
The celebrity endorsers image is
transferred to the product so that those
who use the product are associated with
the image.

10. The endorser has to be trustworthy enough to modify people’s attitude towards the brand.
Source attractiveness refers to the endorsers physical approach, personality, likeability, and similarity to
the receiver, thus to the perceived social values of the source.

11. Effectiveness depends on the existence of a “fit” between the celebrity
spokesperson and endorsed brand.
It says that celebrity endorsement will only effect buying behavior if the
characteristics of the product “match-up” with the image conveyed by the
celebrity.
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12. First: meanings attributed to the celebrity become associated
with the brand in the consumers.
Second: customer acquires the brands meaning.
Third: the importance of the consumer’s role in the process of
endorsing brands.

13. Some celebrities are endorsing several brands.
Or a specific brand is endorsed by different
spokesperson.

14. Celebrity overshadows the brand.
Necessary Evil.
Celebrity creditability a question mark for the competent customer.
Conflicting Image.
Multiple Endorsement.
Influence of Celebrity scandals and moral violation on brands.

15. Brand awareness and recall.
Celebrity value defines and refreshes brand image.
Increase in sales figure.
Easy to distinguish products.
Giving message to the target market.

16. S=P* D*AV--the multiplier effect
Where S is a successful brand.
P is an effective product.
D is Distinctive Identity.
AV is Added values.

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