The impact of using celebrity endorsers
The interviewees were asked to suggest how employing celebrity endorsers in advertisements would work for the brand.
This is another way of asking the perceived effect of celebrity endorsement on the brand.
Table III summarizes the results.
The interviewees reported that using a celebrity in an advertisement would increase brand
awareness, encourage trial, attract supporters as well as fans to try the brand, and enhance
the brand’s image.
Interviewees frequently suggested that celebrity endorsers would
increase brand awareness.
For example, an interviewee said he used to pay no attention to one brand of candy, but when a local male pop singer endorsed the brand in a new commercial he started to notice it.
‘‘It is an opportunity for consumers to know a brand,’’