Top five reasons to hire a mascot:

1. Mascots Add Personality

Creating a brand personality goes far beyond getting the right message out to your target audience. It's a difficult task to achieve for most businesses and even schools and sports teams. Creating your own mascot gives your brand a face, a character and a personality.

It makes it easier for you to create a physical and emotional connection with your audience. Without a face to your brand, you're simply another brand logo amongst thousands of other logos. A mascot is a powerful marketing tool that personifies your brand.

2. Mascots Really Stand Out

You are at a crowded event. There are people everywhere and you're simply trying to walk through the masses. All of a sudden you see a giant, smiling brown bear mascot ... and it makes you smile. You might even have a positive and friendly interaction with the mascot, such as a hug, you might take a selfie with the bear, or you might just give it a high five.

This actually happens often - because mascots stand out. Maybe you want to stop and get a picture, or perhaps you just walk on by. No matter the interaction, it's hard to miss a giant animal, creature or logo at an event.

3. Mascots Can Give You a Competitive Edge on Social Media

Let's talk about Flo - the mascot and spokesperson for “Progressive”. She has over 4 million fans on Facebook alone. Not to mention an incredibly high level of engagement per post. Flo adds personality to her brand that would be otherwise difficult to achieve. She's perky and makes insurance fun.

Mascots are powerful social media tools that allow you to easily entertain your audience, build a personality, and engage your followers in a way that's more difficult through a "corporate" social media site. Your audience will be more likely to engage with your mascot than the paid marketing person on the other side of the computer.

4. Mascots Entertain and Engage

Not only do mascots engage audiences through social media, they have a unique ability to entertain and engage in real life. Sure, you can dress up your own street team and send them out at an event, but will they be able to engage the crowd as well as a mascot can?
Mascots are unique - they have personality and they draw attention wherever they go. They become a spectacle that people look forward to seeing.

5. Mascots Are Fun!

Whether there's a kid or an adult in your audience, everyone has fun with mascot characters. Simply put – They Are Fun! They can make you laugh, they work hard to entertain you, and they are a step outside basic marketing tactics. They give you hugs or they intimidate the opposing team. Whatever personality you choose, your mascot character will be full of life, and fun!