Building on our new understanding of what cause marketing is (a partnership between a nonprofit and a for-profit for mutual profit) and how we can use it (point-of-sale, percentage-of-sale, licensing), cause marketing expert Joe Waters schools us in the tactics for running a successful cause marketing campaign, beginning with an important caveat: You’re not going to […]
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How Soap Hope is Giving Away All Profits for a Year and Growing 25% Monthly–With Salah Boukadoum
Even the best cause marketing campaigns and employee volunteer programs don’t give your company the social mission necessary to distinguish it in the eyes of competitors, potential employees and investors. Still, these initiatives are terrific tools that I fully encourage you to use, which is why I invite experts here to teach them. However, if […]
What is Cause Marketing and Is It Right for You?–With Joe Waters Part I
Before you can come up with ways to implement cause marketing (or even decide whether it’s right for your business) you need to get a basic understanding of what cause marketing is and what it isn’t. That’s why I invited cause marketing expert Joe Waters to Cause Capitalism and asked him to explain what cause […]
What I Learned from Building iGiveTwice.com
For less than $300 dollars and in under two weeks I launched an awareness campaign, powered through Twitter, to encourage people to choose gifts that have a social or environmental benefit. This is story of what what worked, what didn’t and why I set up virtual shop at iGiveTwice.com. Near the end of November I […]
How Doing Good and Belly Fat Ads Relate–with Faisal Sethi
Doing nothing changes everything. It’s a bit hyperbolic admits Faisal Sethi, but it gets people thinking about how they can leverage their regular actions and routines for good. Sethi is the co-founder of DoGood Headquarters, a new startup out of Ottawa. DoGood Headquarters is virtual factory of online solutions that have a social impact in […]
This Online Bake Sale Makes Cookies Even Sweeter by Donating 15% of Every Purchase
Author’s note: Baking for Good was recently featured as a gift that gives back on iGiveTwice, an awareness campaign I started to encourage people to choose gifts that have a social benefit. Ask Emily Dubner what her company, Baking for Good, is and she’ll explain how it’s an online gift giving site, online bakery and […]
Cookie Cause Marketing: Why These Two Campaigns Would be Better Together
Holiday season is starting to equal a hyper-selection of cause marketing programs meant to draw in shoppers and make their purchases count twice through portion of the price donations, matching gifts or buy-one-give-one promotions. Terrific. Done right, cause marketing campaigns are virtuous and smart business. But I wonder lately if every Joe’s personalized version dilutes […]
How Shopping Could Help to Save the Planet – With eBay’s Amy Skoczlas Cole
Fresh off her talk at the New Models of Social Responsibility summit, Amy Skoczlas Cole, director of The eBay Green Team, took some time to answer my questions about creating a replicable program, optimizing employee engagement and saving the planet through shopping. As the director of The eBay Green Team, Amy works to engage eBay’s […]
The Teapot Story: Giving Money Away Draws Customers, Boosts Sales
Nearly every day I excitedly read another report or article citing the benefits–many of them financial–of corporate social responsibility and socially driven business. I smile and compile and try to digest these percents and survey populations and geographic-specific findings. IBM and OgilvyEarth harvest invaluable information* that shapes thought and work for many of us. Putting […]
How Cause Capitalism Helps This Underdog Lead the Pack
How many Staples do you have in your neighborhood? I count three of the ubiquitous office supply stores within a 2.5-mile radius of my place. I’m about to introduce you to a man who doesn’t just provide an alternative experience to the titanic chain, but runs an incredibly successful business. But first, let’s understand how […]
I'm Olivia Khalili. I created Cause Capitalism to show you how to grow your business by incorporating a social mission. I've worked extensively with both nonprofits and for-profits. I found that when you combine the two, you grow your profits, impassion all your stakeholders and do good in the world. Read more.
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