The 15 Top Posts on Good Business of 2010

In order of popularity (ranked by page views), here are the 15 most-read pieces on Cause Capitalism from the last year. Below are some observations on the list.

1. 15 Social Venture Capital Firms That You Should Know About

2. 10 More Social Venture Capital Firms That You Told Me About

3. Will B Corp’s New Campaign Be The Death Knell For Cause-Washing?

4. The Fundamentals of Building an Employee Volunteer Program [interview with Chris Jarvis]

5. Trouble Brewing For Green Mountain Coffee?

6. Microsoft’s Organic Approach To Its $90M Employee Philanthropy Program [interview with Akhtar Badshah]

7. What Is Cause Marketing and Is It Right For You? [interview with Joe Waters]

8. 13 Benefits You Can Count on if You’re a Company with a Social Mission

9. The Woman Who Hires Do-Gooders [interview with Ellen Weinbreb]

10. The Best Kept Secret to Social Venture Funding?

11. Why Your Company Should Have a Social Mission

12. The Empty Suit: 5 Cause Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

13. 12 Ways To Convince Your Boss To Add Social Responsibility

14. Can You Crowdsource Your Sustainability?

15. This Is What Customers Want To Know About Your Cause Marketing Partnerships

Observations

  • I do a mix of expert interviews, tactical/resource articles and thought pieces, which is fairly well represented in this list. Takeaway: Interviews take a heck of a lot of time so I’m glad to see they’re valuable.
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  • This list represents three prime areas: funding, cause marketing and social mission. Takeaway: I’m pleased with the topical base, but am setting a goal to publish more on measurement and evaluation, hybrid models, consumer engagement and emerging markets.
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  • I also pulled the 15 most tweeted posts (many of which aren’t reflected here). Takeaway: My content is seen by two distinct audiences–a social media audience and an information-hungry audience. The first is inclined to tweet interesting titles or favorite bloggers casually and rapidly. The second audience is hunting for specific information on how to engage employees or establish strong nonprofit partnerships, for example. This audience of entrepreneurs and employees connects with Cause Capitalism through search, reads the content and leaves (to implement the tactics and measure their impact, fingers crossed).

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  1. Ivan Brezak Brkan January 9, 2011 at 8:10 pm #

    Nice roundup :)

  2. Olivia Khalili January 9, 2011 at 8:20 pm #

    Thanks Ivan. Some of these surprised me. It wasn’t completely the list I would have chosen as my favorites.

  3. KateLin S. November 12, 2014 at 11:50 am #

    Loving your website. Thanks for the beneficial information. Would love to interview you sometime.

  4. Olivia Khalili November 13, 2014 at 3:02 pm #

    Kate,

    I’m so glad the information is useful. Thanks for taking a moment to share your feedback. You can contact me through my site: http://causecapitalism.com/contact/