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Webinar - How to Create an Effective Cause Marketing Program

This free webinar will take place on September 25, 2013, at 1:30 ET. It is intended for those who wish to tie their cause marketing promotions to real-world results (eg sales, traffic, loyalty, or engagement).

Join Anne Erhard, SVP, Cause Marketing at MSLGROUP, and Sandra Hijikata, March of Dimes Chief Revenue Officer, to explore cutting edge best practices for creating successful, mutually-beneficial cause marketing programs for retailers and consumer products that drive purchases and raise funds in this FREE webinar.

You Will Receive:

Unlimited access to the recorded version of this webinar (a great option if you're not able to attend on the designated date and time) The opportunity to ask questions of the presenters (live attendees only) A download of the PowerPoint presentation that accompanies this webinar

Speaker Profiles

Anne Erhard, SVP, Cause Marketing & Corporate Social Responsibility, MSLGROUP

Anne has fifteen years experience in cause, CSR, nonprofit branding, integrated marketing communications, and public/private partnerships. The campaigns Anne has helped create have raised hundreds of millions of dollars and engaged millions of people.

At MSLGROUP, Anne leads corporate sponsorship strategy for the March of Dimes imbornto campaign and purpose-led communications for ANN INC. (parent company of Ann Taylor and LOFT). She has recently managed cause platform development for Kellogg's, cause marketing strategy for select P&G brands, and social purpose platform development for PayPal. Prior to joining MSLGROUP, Anne helped develop and execute award-winning cause efforts, including: the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women, Jockey International's Jockey Being Family, L'Oreal USA's For Women in Science, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Great Futures Start Here.

Sandra Hijikata, Chief Revenue Officer, March of Dimes Foundation

The Chief Revenue Officer is a newly created position established to lead, strategically integrate, grow and diversify all revenue streams of the Foundation. The goal is to establish and sustain double-digit revenue growth and to balance development of sustainable and repeatable best-fundraising practices with a rapid expansion of new sources of revenue through creative, innovative thinking and approaches.

Prior to joining the March of Dimes, Sandra served in numerous roles at the American Heart Association. These included: Vice President, Science Translation and Resource Development; Executive Vice President for the American Heart Association, Pacific Mountain Affiliate. In this capacity, Sandra was responsible for the implementation of the revenue generation, mission focus, and administrative support functions within this 9 state affiliate.

Click here to register.

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Event - Sustainable Brands London Conference

Sustainable Brands London Conference on November 18 and 19, 2013, at the Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, in London, UK. This event continues the sustainable brand community’s global conversation about the collective journey From Revolution to Renaissance in brand building for an abundant future.

At this event participants can explore quickly-evolving opportunities and challenges in creating, measuring and communicating brand value, customer trust and reputation; new forms of creating shared value within your supply chain; imaginative social innovation in response to economic gloom and high unemployment, brand led positive behavior change; and new bold visions of restorative, 'net positive' business models with profit, as well as environmental and social benefits baked in by design.

They will also be looking at emerging impact investing trends and strategies, and the impacts of EU legislation on tomorrow's brand marketing landscape. And to top it all off, we will gaze at the developing landscape of ROI models you can use to translate these new forms of value to your CMO, CFO, CEO and the rest of the C-Suite.

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Earth Day Marketing Mayhem ROI

Earth Day is now a marketing frenzy, but what is the return on the investment (ROI) for green marketing at this time of year? According to a recent GreenBiz article there is questionable value to environmental promotions at this time of year. Albe Zakes, the global vice president of media relations for TerraCycle, says Earth Day is not the best time for major initiatives. TerraCycle which helps companies with recycling programs, actively dissuades their customers from launching major initiatives on or around Earth Day.

"With everyone and their mother doing some kind of quasi-green messaging around Earth Day, you risk a truly environmentally responsible promotion, product or service getting lumped into consumer's green fatigue and being consider green washing," Zekes says. "Moreover, green media - and mainstream media for that matter - is inundated with so many 'green' pitches that truly noteworthy stories get overlooked. Better to wait a month or two when the masses are pitching product reviews for Mother's Day and Father's Day and your new recycling drive or solar installation will get more notice."

This view is mirrored by some of the largest PR and marketing firms in the US. Susan McPherson, senior vice president and global director of marketing for cause marketing giant Fenton, says she no longer finds Earth Day promotions of value to clients.

The increasing popularity of Earth Day as a marketing opportunity has decreased the reach and penetration of individual green messages. All the activity taking place around Earth Day has actually decreased the value of running a promotion at this time because it is hard to have your message heard above all the noise. Legitimate environmentally themed messages are also being undermined by those who are greenwashing and consumers who may be suffering from green fatigue.

Eddie Fernandez, vice president at OgilvyEarth, the sustainability arm of international PR, marketing and advertising powerhouse Ogilvy said "up until four or five years ago, Earth Day made sense as a relevant and timely opportunity to raise awareness of sustainability news and initiatives. But in the last few years it has become so overcrowded that it's harder to place media stories as reporters are being bombarded with a 'green' story from every company under the sun. Visibility around major initiatives and campaigns companies may want to announce is not getting the same [return on investment], and the allure of Earth Day has caused some companies to greenwash, further devaluing it for other companies."

When launching a green promotional message other environmentally oriented days offer far more exposure due to a much less crowded marketing space. Earth Day may not be the best time to release news or launch an eco-campaign but it may be a good time for internal communications.

Fernandez says one way to cut through the clutter of Earth Day marketing mayhem is to provide research. "Research is a hot commodity for media to weave into their Earth Day stories," he says. "If companies are conducting sustainability research with broad appeal, they could still earn great media attention."

© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Earth Day "Green" Shopping

There are a plethora of green promotions going on this Earth Day. A very wide range of products can be found with some sort of green marketing angle. A good illustration of the specials, discounts and other promotions are summarized in following two online sites:

dealnews

As explained on this site, "major retailers and beloved brands now get in on the [Earth Day] act. That's not just good news for the environment, but for all of us as consumers, too. Freebies and sales abound, and we've gathered the best of the lot here." To go to the Dealnews site click here.

RetailMeNot

The RetailMeNot site contains lots of "green deals" for Earth Day.As part of a partnership with the Carbonfund.org, when you click on RetailMeNot's eco-friendly discounts page, they will plant up to 5,000 trees to help offset their carbon footprint. To go to RetailMeNot click here.

© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Wide Range of Earth Day Promotions

Many different businesses are using Earth Day to promote their products. They run the gamut from green to greenwashing. Here are three examples of products that are using Earth Day as a marketing vehicle. As reported by the Go Green Guy Lowe’s Home Improvement is holding an Earth Day sale on LED light bulbs.

New Zealand wineries are using Earth Day to promote their sustainably grown and made eco-friendly wines. This campaign comes from Crossings, a New Zealand wine that is part of Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand,a group founded by growers from all the grape growing regions. Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand was developed to provide a 'best practice' model of environmental practices in the vineyard and winery, guarantee better quality assurance from the vineyard through to the bottle, and address consumer concerns regarding products which are made taking care to respect the environment.

In honor of Earth Day, TurfMutt.com holding a contest and giveaway called ‘Green Up Your Yard.’ People can apply by sending a picture of their efforts to make your yard landscape more green and more water-wise. Send a jpeg or gif photo to turfmutt@opei.org by April 25th, 5 pm Pacific. The lucky winner gets a TurfMutt-branded Green Pack with eco-friendly school supplies inside, which could include a lunchbag, colored pencils, notepads, a water bottle and a seeded bookmark.

TurfMutt.com also provides resources for activities, ideas and tips on how to make your yards and green spaces healthy, strong and working hard to keep our air and water cleaner and home cooler. TurfMutt also provides educational materials and the curriculum on the @School page.

These are but three of thousands of promotional campaigns surrounding Earth Day. Products that are inconsistent with the environmental theme of Day are vulnerable to criticism. Some products being featured on Earth Day offer real benefits to people, the planet and profits, while others risk being dismissed as greenwashing.

2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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One Stop Green's Earth Day Activities

One Stop Green is an e-commerce site that promotes sustainability and green living 365 days a year. The OneStopGreen.com website offers Green Living products, applications, tools and tips. On Earth Day they are offering special promotions all throughout the site.

According to a recent Press Release, One Stop Green's Earth Day promotional efforts include encouraging public participation through social media sites like Facebook. People who sign up for their newsletter will receive a free Earthmate CFL Lightbulb and be entered in One Stop Green's Rainwater Hog Give Away. The Rainwater Hog is an efficient, and visually discreet rainwater storage system it is valued at approximately $300 value. Hourly giveaways are also planned to honor Earth Day.

All year long One Stop Green sells products like solar flashlights, home energy efficiency kits, and energy efficient lighting options like CFL and LED products.

The website offers many useful tools for consumers such as the Create and Manage your Own Green Project, an Energy Savings Calculator, and an Incentives Bank to help keep consumers informed about all the latest information regarding federal and state tax incentives for energy-efficient products, services, and technologies.

OneStopGreen.com also features an “Ask an Expert” live chat help for users who have product questions.

© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Sears' Earth Day Activities

On the eve of the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day Sears Holding Corp.’s is offering some big discounts on its green products. Sears is doing a range of different things for Earth Day from recycling old cell phones and computers to offering great deals on articles like efficient ENERGY STAR-qualified appliances.

“Sears is one of the nation’s largest broadline retailers, and with more than 2,200 Sears and Kmart store locations, we are always looking for ways to reduce our environmental footprint,” said Paul Campbell, director of environmental sustainability. “We are excited to improve on this commitment and ultimately echo our tagline, Sustainable Solutions from Our Home to Yours.”

Earth Day is an opportunity for Sears to share what it has been doing for the environment over the past year. Sears is reducing its footprint and helping its customers to do the same.

Kmart stores will give you a gift card when you trade in small electronics this Earth Day weekend and you can earn a $5 Sears award card when you bring in your old batteries to any Sears Auto Center.

Sears is also hosting contests to encourage more responsible consumer behavior. Three people will win Sears gift cards ranging in value from $50 to $400 simply for bringing reusable bags into the store.

Sears was awarded the 2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program’s highest honor – the ENERGY STAR Corporate Commitment Award. In 2011 Sears recieved an Honorable Mention for the EPA's WasteWise Very Large Business Partner of the Year Award.

© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Best Western's Earth Day Activities

Best Western International has formed a year long partnership with the Earth Day Network. Best Western is joining Bridgestone in sponsoring the massive Earth Day event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on April 22. As the centerpiece of Earth Day in the US, the National Mall event will attract Hundreds of thousands of people.

“Because of their enormous size and influence in the industry, it’s an extremely important step,” said Kathleen Rogers, president of Earth Day Network.

Best Western properties support green initiatives in several ways, from having in-room recycle bins, low-flow shower heads, recycled paper, and linen re-use programs to geothermal and solar-powered hotels that actually sell power back to the grid.

“We are excited to partner with Earth Day Network as green efforts are a big part of the future of our industry and an increasing differentiator for our hotel guests,” said David Kong, president and CEO of Best Western International. “Having nearly 4,200 hotels worldwide, we realize that even small changes made at each property can have a lasting positive impact on the environment.”

Best Western was the first mid-scale hotel brand to partner with Energy Star® program to provide hotels with the resources and tools to help them capitalize on the benefits of reduced energy consumption.

Every Best Western hotel in North America is required to have a green program in place.

© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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