Typically, companies allocate a portion of their charitable contributions to the communities in which they are headquartered or to where they have a lot of customers. However, promotion of that local corporate philanthropy is often limited to a press release, acknowledgement at gala events, or signage at the beneficiary site (e.g., a children’s museum) seen by a relatively small audience.  Though laudable, none of that corporate social responsibility rises to the level of cause marketing, where a company does well for itself while doing good for society.  Instead, Neighborhood Cause Marketing occurs when support for local causes is done, in part, for the company to benefit from an increase in affinity between itself and a community.

Neighborhood Cause Marketing ads typically promote local patriotism or overcoming local problems, such as when a company increases demand for its children’s books as a byproduct of promoting a local literacy campaign.

Boost Mobile 'Boost Your Voice'

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Boost Mobile turned its stores into polling places to make voting more accessible in otherwise under-served (low income and minority) communities.

Duracell 'Power Those Who Protect Us'

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Duracell partnered with the National Volunteer Fire Council to associate Duracell batteries with reliability and supporting local, volunteer firefighters.

Honda 'Project Drive-In'

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Through Project Drive-In, Japanese automaker Honda associated itself with an American icon, the drive-in movie theater, a nostalgic part of America’s car culture.

Plume Labs 'Pigeon Air Patrol'

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Plume Labs launched the Pigeon Air Patrol to deliver localized air-pollution data in an engaging and newsworthy way. Tiny air pollution sensors mounted in “pigeon backpacks” monitored air quality and reported the results on Twitter in real time.

Videocon 'Traffic Gaaye'

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Videocon Smartphone created The Traffic Gaaye, an initiative to help beat traffic jams on Delhi streets. With the help of local cow owners, Videocon attached special GPS transmitter collars around the necks of hundreds of cows, turning these road blocks into traffic guides.