Article Summary The Use of Celebrity Endorsements Can Be a Good Way

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Article Summary
The use of celebrity endorsements can be a good way to promote a brand, as long as the brand fits the celebrity. The article discusses three reasons why a company should use celebrity endorsements:
1. Celebrities have a large range of followers, giving them the ability to build brand equity which created product differentiation to consumers.
2. Companies can reach a global audience since celebrities have worldwide fan bases, and an endorsement can link the product to a celebrity's skills, making fans feel closer to and more like the celebrity.
3. Celebrity endorsements increase consumers' awareness of a product, since consumers are more likely to remember an ad linked to a celebrity.
However, not all celebrities are the right fit for all products. Endorsements can backfire if the celebrities are promoting something they would never use, giving the impression of nothing more than a sponsored advertisement.
Source: Erika Warne, "Why Brands Should Use Celebrity Endorsements," weareanthology.com, April 20, 2017.
-Refer to the Article Summary.One explanation for the increase in product sales because of celebrity endorsements is that people seem to receive ________ from goods they believe are popular.

• A)more utility
• B)diminishing utility
• C)greater network externalities
• D)increased path dependency

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