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Why more marketers should follow the Mercedes-Mesut Özil model of brand ambassadors

on Jun 4, 2016 | 0 comments

By Tony Connelly

Mercedes-Benz decision to sign Mesut Özil as a brand ambassador is in-part based on the Arsenal star’s huge global social media following which they hope to tap into. But it also represents a blueprint of how brand ambassador relationships should work.

Big news! @MesutOzil1088 joins the @MercedesBenz team. He’ll answer your questions via #askMesut & #ViveLaMannschaft pic.twitter.com/pP2I9je2nu

— MercedesBenzFußball (@mbfussball) June 2, 2016

Brand ambassadors represent a perfect opportunity for companies to leverage the popularity of chosen figures and tell a story directly to a targeted audience; however Read full story ›

Source: The Drum