Archive for November 2012

To complete my month of posts on cause marketing (see posts on how to promote a cause marketing campaign on your website and via your social media presence) I had planned to write a post about what other businesses did this year during the big Black Friday and Cyber Monday messaging extravaganza. I am sad to…

I know you are avidly reading these and probably don’t need a reminder, but in case (like me) you are over forty and forgetful, let me remind you that two weeks ago we discussed why Cause Marketing is just a great thing to do for small business, and last week we discussed how you can…

  Frequently I find myself in a conversation with a small business person when the topic turns to cause marketing or giving back and he or she will tell me that they have some sort of institutionalized program in their business in which they donate a portion of proceeds to charity. Since I am a…

The topic for November is Cause Marketing, or associating your product or service with a cause.  From Yoplait donating money to breast cancer research with purchases of yogurt to a local restaurant giving 30% of the proceeds of an evening’s sales to a local school, you likely see examples of cause marketing every day. Discussing…