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The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/43972 The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser Fox, Howard ichelp@gibs.co.za Haefele, Edward UCTD Endorsements in advertising Quantitative research Celebrities Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The research project explored the value of the personified celebrity endorser to brand endorsement and the effect on the original brand and the personified celebrity endorser. Endorsement has proven to be an effective marketing tool to increase purchase intent and positively influence consumer attitudes towards a brand and, as a result the use of endorsers, particularly celebrities, has grown. However the use of celebrities does have its challenges as aligning the celebrities brand with ones’ own brand can be a risk. Overcoming these challenges usually results in brands using personified endorsers, characters designed to personify the brand, designed to reflect, and share features of, the brand’s personality through endorsement. These characters require large amounts of investment in time and finance, which later are often terminated after a period resulting in sunk costs and loss of the characters’ equity. This loss of equity in turn leads to these personified endorsers losing credibility in the market and subsequently losing economic value when made redundant, particularly if they have celebrity status. While many studies have been done on personified endorsers, few have focused on human personified endorsers. Thus, to understand the potential impact of the personified celebrity endorser’s credibility on consumers and other brands, a quantitative study was undertaken that looked at the source credibility of an original brand (Hansa Pilsener) and a personified celebrity endorser (The Vuyo character). The source credibility was measured across three attributes: attractiveness, trustworthiness and expertise. These attributes were measured pre and post respondents being shown fictional stories involving Vuyo endorsing other brands or products. The main finding of the research was that the personified celebrity endorser has his/her own credibility that is separate from the original brand and if the personified celebrity endorser promotes another brand or product, the original brand’s credibility remains unharmed. This suggests that the personified celebrity endorser’s value can be extended to other brands in order to gain further economic value lmgibs2015 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2015-03-13T11:01:17Z 2015-03-13T11:01:17Z 2015-03-24 2014 Mini Dissertation Haefele, E 2014, The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43972> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43972 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Endorsements in advertising Quantitative research Celebrities The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser |
| title | The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser |
| title_full | The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser |
| title_fullStr | The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser |
| title_full_unstemmed | The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser |
| title_short | The value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser |
| title_sort | value of personified celebrity endorsers to brand endorsement and their effect on the brand and the personified celebrity endorser |
| topic | UCTD Endorsements in advertising Quantitative research Celebrities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43972 |