Posts Tagged ‘cause marketing’

Strategic philanthropy

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Interesting report out on strategic giving by sponsorship experts at IEG. The upshot: philanthropy folks are asking for marketing benefits and have no clue about the value of what they are asking. The “properties” (nonprofits who want to be sponsored) don’t know how to ask for and negotiate additional fees for these benefits. This is a great (and hidden) opportunity for cause marketing, negotiation, and even sales experts who already have relationships in the nonprofit sector.

What the corporate giving folks want most: title rights, more exposure in written material than other folks, and, of course, to conduct their own campaign of bragging rights. The help nonprofits need: negotiating those deals.

Ford Motor Company wants you

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Are you a generational expert? Do you help companies market to millenials? Check out Ford Motor Company. They are going gangbusters with the new Fiesta model set to launch in 2010. Details are sketchy, but now is the time to inquire. Any cause marketing aimed at these folks will get a better hearing. Remember, link your idea to how Ford can sell more Fiestas to this finicky group.