Effect of celebrity endorsements on brand image.

Celebrity endorsement has been the norm for decades and one of the most coveted tools of advertising in especially recent times when brands are aware that many impressionable consumers have the buying decision influenced by who the face of the brand is. Once a celebrity endorses a brand or its products, people start associating the brand with the celebrity’s desired qualities. This propels buyers into buying things to feel like the celebrity themselves. Celebrity endorsements also have two sides to it, it has it own number of positives if done appropriately by matching the right celebrity to the right product, it can do wonders for the company, and if not it may have an adverse effect giving a bad image of the company and its brand. It is really perceived as a fool proof form of product advertising and marketing. It also helps with brand building and not just marketing of products. Once a celebrity with a loyal fan following becomes the face of the brand, the fan base starts preferring that brand over others so by association  only the brand stands to build a big consumer base for themselves. 

Choosing the celebrity to be the face of the brand or the campaign however is very tricky procedure. If done properly where the celebrity’s own life, personality or characters portrayed by them on screen matches with the product or brand they are a face of, then the marketing initiatives will definitely show amazing results however if the match is not done properly and just any celebrity is casted for the sake of acquiring star power without making sure if they actually match the energy of the brand, then there can be a disconnect between the image of the celebrity and the image of the brand which can ultimately lead people to be put off.