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Promotion is seen as a one-way flow of information or persuasion made to direct a
person or organization to action to create exchanges in marketing (Swastha, 2008).
Promotional media that is often used to convey information about products is advertising
media. Advertising is one of the media used by companies, it can be classified according
to its purpose, namely to provide information, persuade and remember (Kotler, Keller,
Brady, Goodman, & Hansen, 2019). Advertising is an efficient way to communicate
products because it is able to reach many buyers who are geographically dispersed.
Creative ways to advertise using celebrity endorsers. According to (Kotler et al.,
2019) celebrity endorser is the use of sources (sources) as attractive or popular figures in
advertisements, this is one creative way to convey messages to get higher attention and
can be remembered. Using celebrity supporters must go through several considerations,
including the popularity of celebrities with a product whether the chosen celebrity can
represent the character of the product being advertised (Frans, 2005). Celebrity is as a
source of advertising or information about brands and product attributes that are fun,
convincing and attractive general public attention. Using celebrities as endorsers is indeed
easier to influence the psychological consumption of consumers. The use of celebrities in
an advertisement involves attractiveness and credibility which is unique in itself
(Sebayang & Siahaan, 2008).
Celebrity attractiveness is a dimension in celebrity endorsers, the dimensions
included in celebrity endorsers are credibility and expertise (Krisjanti, 2006) mean that
attractiveness is a number of elements contained in celebrities which include a number of
characteristics that can be seen by the audience in supporters such as physical
attractiveness, intelligence, personality traits and lifestyle. Celebrities have an attraction
in sharing ways that can attract various target audiences to make purchasing decisions,
the higher the attractiveness of the Celebrity Endorser, the higher the purchase decision to
buy or use the advertised product.
While what is meant by credibility is the skill and value of trust in convincing
others about the product being promoted. Credibility celebrities can be trusted and are
considered to have insight on certain issues, such as brand reliability, will be the most
able to convince others to take an action purchasing decision (Tasruddin, 2015). The
higher the credibility of the Celebrity Endorser, the higher the purchase decision to buy or
use the advertised product. And what is meant by expertise is the ability of the advertising
source, where in this case the celebrity as an advertisement star to make a valid statement
about the characteristics of the product being advertised. This supports the relationship
with the product or brand they represent (Krisjanti, 2006). So as to attract interest or
purchase decisions. The higher the expertise possessed by the Celebrity Endorser, the
higher the purchase decision to buy or use the advertised product. In choosing an
endorser, it is not arbitrary. There are several considerations to focus on. For example, an
endorser is thought to have a strong character, not exposed to negative issues and has a
good image in the eyes of the public. So, consumers can be confident and believe in the
products brought by the endorser. Indirectly, loyalty arises in the endorser to maintain and
promote the brand that has been built by the company. Various kinds of products are
promoted by Celebrity Endorser including food, clothing, electronics, and cosmetics. And
cosmetics are one of the products that use Celebrity Endorser a lot because cosmetics
need media/people to show the results of these cosmetics. Cosmetics are care substances
used to enhance the appearance or smell of the human body. Cosmetics are generally a
mixture of various chemical compounds, some are made from natural ingredients and can
not only be used by women but can also be used by men, cosmetic products also vary
from perfume, powder, lipstick, eyeliner etc.