Showing posts with label affiliate marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label affiliate marketing. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Cause marketing as an advertising tool

Cause marketing or affiliate marketing are seen almost every time we enter a grocery store. We are inundated with pink packages and little cut-out sneakers on our weekly shopping trips.  But, what does it all really mean. In a nut shell, a company is pairing up with a charity or other not-for-profit organization to help promote the organization’s cause.

But, let’s break that down and delve a little deeper.

The good

A lot of not-for-profits, or organizations in general, do not have the means to do a mass campaign to fundraise or raise awareness. So when given the opportunity that another company is willing to spread the word and spend the money, who would say no?