{"id":36382,"date":"2011-01-18T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=36382"},"modified":"2011-01-18T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T03:46:09","slug":"research-shows-celebrities-in-ads-dont-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/research-shows-celebrities-in-ads-dont-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Shows Celebrities in Ads Don&#8217;t Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me preface this this post by stating that I am not an advocate of paying celebrities large sums to appear in ads.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not saying that it can&#8217;t be effective, but it&#8217;s very rare that a celebrity connection to a brand seems to deliver real results.\u00a0 Of course, there are exceptions (e.g., Michael Jordan and Nike), but those are exactly that &#8212; exceptions, not the rule.<\/p>\n<p>A new study by Ace Metrix reveals that celebrities in ads are not effective and are often a waste of money.\u00a0 The chart below from the Ace Metrix report, <a href=\"http:\/\/mktg.acemetrix.com\/acton\/fs\/blocks\/showLandingPage\/a\/563\/p\/p-001d\/t\/page\/fm\/0\"><em>Celebrity Endorsements: Exposing a Myth of Advertising Effectiveness<\/em><\/a>, shows that celebrity ads more often brought a negative performance lift when compared to non-celebrity ads.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"clearall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36383 lazyload\" title=\"ace-metrix-celebrity-ads-research-graph\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ace-metrix-celebrity-ads-research-graph.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"351\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ace-metrix-celebrity-ads-research-graph.png 437w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ace-metrix-celebrity-ads-research-graph-150x120.png 150w, 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not as easily influenced as they once were.\u00a0 With quick access to massive amounts of information on the Internet, they want equally quick and instantly relevant messages in ads.\u00a0 Celebrities affect them far less than relevant messages.<\/p>\n<p>I agree with the Ace Metrix conclusions, and it&#8217;s nice to see some research support what many marketers, myself included, have believed for a long time &#8212; a celebrity might help raise awareness of an <em>ad<\/em> and get people talking about that ad or celebrity, but it doesn&#8217;t guarantee positive results for the <em>brand<\/em>, <em>company<\/em>, or <em>product<\/em>.\u00a0 A celebrity can only help if the message is good, the celebrity is well-liked by the target audience, and the celebrity matches the brand, company, and product, he or she is endorsing.\u00a0 Disparity in any of those areas equates to a waste of money.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?\u00a0 Leave a comment and share your thoughts about celebrity 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