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Effective modern marketing organizations are marked by a strong cooperation and customer focus among the company’s departments: marketing, R&D, engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, operations, finance, accounting, and credit.
Companies must practice social responsibility through their legal, ethical, and social words and actions. Cause marketing can be a means for companies to productively link social responsibility to consumer marketing programs. Social marketing is done by a non-profit or government organization to directly address a social problem or cause.
A brilliant strategic marketing plan counts for little if it is not implemented properly. Implementing marketing plans calls for skills in recognizing and diagnosing a problem, assessing the company level where the problem exists, implementation skills, and skills in evaluating the results.
Research Assignment (6-7 pages APA)
Research and find two examples of a successful cause-marketing program currently available in their area and evaluate whether or not they believe that this cause-marketing program is (a) building the firms brand awareness; (b) enhancing brand image; (c) establishing brand credibility; (d) evoking brand feelings; (e) creating a sense of brand community; and (f) eliciting brand engagement.
You should be able to defend your opinions citing financial, market share, stock price growth, and other definitive measures.