Why Do Service Providers Employ Their Face-Shots in Marketing Communications?
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From billboards to newspapers, from TV to Yellow Pages, business owners of retail establishments and services frequently include their face-shots in their advertising to the public. Clearly, their face-shot takes up space which, in turn, costs money. Thus, an important question to ask is: are advertisers who include their face-shots receiving a benefit that justifies their cost? Accordingly, in this research, we develop the notion that the utilization of the service provider’s face is able to credibly signal product quality via a bonding mechanism. In particular, we examine if the signaling ability of the face-shot is higher for credence goods, services that typically exhibit higher demand for quality signals. In addition, we also investigate the ability of the face-shot to serve as a logo for the service. Analyzing a dataset containing 3299 yellow pages advertisements culled from seven city-pairs, we find support for the bonding hypothesis but not for the logo hypotheses. Implications for the design of marketing communications are also discussed
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From billboards to newspapers, from TV to Yellow Pages, business owners of retail establishments and services frequently include their face-shots in their advertising to the public. Clearly, their face-shot takes up space which, in turn, costs money. Thus, an important question to ask is: are advertisers who include their face-shots receiving a benefit that justifies their cost? Accordingly, in this research, we develop the notion that the utilization of the service provider’s face is able to credibly signal product quality via a bonding mechanism. In particular, we examine if the signaling ability of the face-shot is higher for credence goods, services that typically exhibit higher demand for quality signals. In addition, we also investigate the ability of the face-shot to serve as a logo for the service. Analyzing a dataset containing 3299 yellow pages advertisements culled from seven city-pairs, we find support for the bonding hypothesis but not for the logo hypotheses. Implications for the design of marketing communications are also discussed
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