We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World (2011)

A social media expert with global experience with many of the world’s biggest brands —including Nike, Toyota and Motorola—Simon Mainwaring offers a visionary new practice in which brands leverage social media to earn consumer goodwill, loyalty and profit, while creating a third pillar of sustainable social change through conscious contributions from customer purchases. These innovative private sector partnerships answer perhaps the most pressing issue facing business and thought leaders today: how to practice capitalism in a way that satisfies the need for both profit and a healthy, sustainable planet. Mainwaring provides case studies from companies such as P&G, Walmart, Starbucks, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Nike, Whole Foods, Patagoni... full descriptiona, and Nestlé as well as a bold plan for how corporations need to rethink their strategies. (less description)

Author:  

Categories: Business Life, Economics, Industries & Professions, Management & Leadership, Marketing & Sales, Business & Investing