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          CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT:

          when things go wrong







                    s companies, we should   on the market is as old as time. We
                    be aware of the celeb-   all have to agree there is nothing
                    rities that we use to    that beats the splendor given to your
          Aendorse our various               product when it is endorsed by a
          products and services. This is be-  well-known celebrity who holds the
          cause this method is good in trying   hearts of many people in the palm
          to attract many people for brand   of his or her hands. There is this
          awareness and recall purposes.     fascinating aura that surrounds the       Abigirl Phiri
          However, it sure has some negative   celebrities that in the eyes of their
          aspects attached to it when done   huge fan base, such that they see no   is a Ph.D student in commerce, free-lance
          wrong. It is a fact that this market-  wrong in them. It is as if they are   writer, poet, International Ambassador of
          ing strategy to get people’s attention   enveloped in a bright halo over their   Peace, GBV activist, social entrepreneur,
                                                                                   talent manager and an international mar-

        78        |   we tell the true afrikan story                               keter. More of  her work can be found on
                                                                                     her Facebook Page: Words are forever.
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