Does the CEO Make an Ad More Credible?

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Good news, relatively speaking, for CEOs who’d like to get their faces on TV: In polling conducted among LinkedIn members for AdweekMedia, relatively few respondents said seeing the CEO in a company’s advertising makes the message less credible — though well under half said it makes the ad more credible.

The poll, conducted in late May and into June, posed the question: When a company uses the CEO in its advertising, do you find the message more credible, less credible, or does it make no difference?

Overall, “makes no difference” won a plurality, with 49 percent of the vote.

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