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Newsletter: 3-Point Star Points Way to Better Partnerships ✨ ; Domino's Pizza ​Launches 20th Year​ Fundraiser for St. Jude 🍕; What Hippos Eat for Halloween Instead of Candy 🎃

In a recent issue of The Drum, UK Marketer Harry Lang used a ​simple 3-point star​ to define the potential benefits of cause marketing for each party: consumer, company, and cause.

According to Harry:

"It's about identifying a great fit and maintaining a shared commitment and balanced equity for both parties. The cause and the brand must share a common mission and objectives, and the audience (media and customers) must feel that the union is appropriate and not disingenuous."

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Newsletter: 3 Value Scales to Determine What Matters to Partners ⚖️ ; Court Dismisses Challenges to CVS’s Donation Checkout Program👩🏽‍⚖️ ; 2,000 Year-Old Marketing Advice That’s Still True Today 📜

This month's thought-provoking article in the Harvard Business Review is titled 3 Ways to Determine What Your Customer Really Values.

Let's change the title to 3 Ways to Determine What Your PARTNER Really Values and see what we can learn about corporate partnerships.

Consider where they sit on these three scales when approaching a prospective partner. ⚖️ The author suggests you do this in the order presented….

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