Endorsement deals & influencers: cons & pros

By Gonzalo López Martí    Creative director, etc. /  LMMIAMI.COM

  • As you well know, dear reader, I’m a firm believer in the power and traction of social media influencers.
  • Back in the pre-social media age, when we used to call them celebrity endorsers, they tended to be frowned upon under the logic that they could outshine the actual hero of an ad campaign: the product.
  • It was not unusual to end up with aided and unaided recall surveys of campaigns in which the celeb was more remembered than the brand.

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