PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - B. Zafer Erdogan AU - Michael J. Baker AU - Stephen Tagg TI - Selecting Celebrity Endorsers:The Practitioner's Perspective AID - 10.2501/JAR-41-3-39-48 DP - 2001 May 01 TA - Journal of Advertising Research PG - 39--48 VI - 41 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/41/3/39.short 4100 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/41/3/39.full SO - J Advert Res2001 May 01; 41 AB - Although a number of scholars have investigated effective celebrity endorser characteristics with consumer samples using experimental methods, there is only one study by Miciak and Shanklin (1994) that explored the point of view of practitioners who are responsible for the selection of celebrities. This paper investigates British advertising agency managers' consideration of important celebrity characteristics when selecting an endorser and these factors' importance according to product types. The research findings validate much of the consumer-based research in that managers consider a range of criteria when choosing celebrity endorsers and indicate that the importance of the criteria depends on the product type.