Celebrating Spirit Day today, Facebook, Tumblr and Yahoo! as well as other tech companies are going purple to show off their protest against bullying.
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There are many ways to support a good cause with the public help. Brands help by spreading awareness about the cause, encouraging fans to donate money to some non-profit, doubling the donation by adding as much as has already been collected, or donating money for likes or comments. The last is the approach selected by Ralph Lauren for its new initiative related to the company’s Pink Pony Fund. The fashion brand will be giving $1 to the Pink Pony Fund of the Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation for every comment made on the brand’s Tumblr page.
Pearlfisher has devised and developed a strategy, name, tone of voice and iconic brand identity for Jamie Oliver’s Better Food Foundation, an initiative created for helping spread healthy eating habits across the globe. Today, a range of deceases originate from bad diets, and the Better Food Foundation is committed to contribute to establishing a world were high-quality food matters and people consume more healthy products to lead more productive and happy lives.
Hot on the heels of the recent success of the «Our Food. Your Questions» interactive platform launched by McDonald’s Canada in a bid to become even more transparent, honest and closer to consumers, the company now is amplifying the online activities on the site and Facebook app with an advertising campaign. It includes 30-second TV spot, digital takeovers, wild postings, full motion video projections and transit dominations in key markets across Canada.
There are dozens of ways to save water, ranging from using water-saving manufacturing technologies to washing jeans less frequently. AXE presents the most controversial way to reduce the water consumption—the brand is encouraging Americans to take shower together to save gallons of water. The brand launched a new campaign titled Showerpooling, calling ‘guys and gals’ across the country to take shower together for the great water conservation purpose. In 2010, AXE launched a similar initiative in Canada.