Cause Marketing
How Brands Responded to the Government Shutdown
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that hundreds of thousands of federal workers went unpaid during the recent government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history, lasting from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019. It dealt a blow to the economy, and affected some of our national parks, but just like many other contentious scenarios...
Bacardi’s Festival Sponsorship Features Cocktail Education, Cause Marketing and Caribbean Vibes
Bacardi brought its “Live Passionately” mantra to the Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival for a second year with a medley of experiences that paid homage to the brand’s Caribbean heritage and underscored its ties to music. Returning to downtown Las Vegas Sept. 21-23, the brand delivered cocktail education, purpose-driven art and some good...
Cause Marketing: When Kids Were Fined for Lemonade Stands, Country Time Stirred Up a Hyper-Local Campaign
Country Time Lemonade noticed a pain point among its consumers over the summer: Kids across the country were getting busted for setting up lemonade stands. Yup, you read that right. The time-honored tradition, often one of the first ways children learn about entrepreneurship and business, actually violates local laws in some municipalities that require a...
How Events are Ushering in the Next Era of Cause Marketing
Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden once said, “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” But the truth is, the pervasiveness of social media means that in this day and age—everyone is watching.