Cause Marketing For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Jul 13, 2011 - Business & Economics - 336 pages
Create a mutually beneficial partnership between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises

Cause marketing creates a partnership with benefits for both a nonprofit entity and a business. Written by an expert on cause marketing whose blog, SelfishGiving.com, is a key resource on the subject, this friendly guide shows both business owners and marketers for nonprofits how to build and sustain such a partnership using social media such as Facebook and Twitter. It covers new online tools, how to identify potential partners, tips on engaging your fans, and how to model a campaign on proven successes.

  • Cause marketing is not marketing a cause, but a partnership between business and nonprofit that benefits both
  • This guide offers an easy-to-understand blueprint for finding appropriate partners, planning and setting up a campaign using Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, measuring campaign success, and more
  • Explains online tools such as Quick Response Codes, services like Causon and The Point, and location marketing services including Foursquare, Whrrl, and Gowalla
  • Features case studies that illustrate successful campaign techniques

Cause Marketing For Dummies helps both businesses and nonprofits reap the benefits of effective cause marketing.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
Promoting Your Cause Marketing Plan 79
3
Getting Started with Cause Marketing 7
9
Getting Started with Cause Marketing 7
16
Launching a Successful Cause Marketing Program
25
What a Beautiful Couple You Make
51
Getting to Know What Cause Marketing Is All About 9 Chapter 2 Launching a Successful Cause Marketing Program 25 Chapter 3 What a Beautiful ...
69
Promoting Your Cause Marketing Plan
79
Working with Purchase or ActionTriggered Donation Programs
137
Taking Your Cause Marketing
151
Taking Your Cause Marketing Program Online 151 Chapter 10 The Next Frontier LocationBased Cause Marketing
187
Expanding Your Cause Marketing Plan
207
Exploring Other Cause Marketing Resources
231
The Part of Tens
251
The Part of Tens
254
Ten Common Cause Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
263

Selling Cause Marketing Programs
81
Closing the Deal
99
Implementing Your Cause Marketing
115
Implementing Your Cause
116
The Ten Commandments of Cause Marketing 253 Chapter 14 Ten Common Cause Marketing Mistakes to Avoid 263 Chapter 15 Ten LowBudget Ca...
281
Ten Ways to Nail Your Next Cause Marketing Presentation
291
Index
299
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About the author (2011)

Joe Waters is a well-respected authority on cause marketing and social media for companies and causes. He writes the web's leading cause marketing blog Selfish Giving (http://selfishgiving.com).

Joanna MacDonald leads a cause marketing team at a Boston hospital. With Joe, she is founder of the Six Figure Cause Marketing training program (http://sixfigurecausemarketing.com).

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