Marketing communications of non-profit organizations - World Vision and Terre des Homes - a comparison (Paperback)

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 1,3, Heilbronn University (Internationale Betriebswirtschaft / Interkulturelle Studien), course: Marketing of non profit organizations, 28 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: "Twenty years ago, marketing was a dirty word for those involved in non-profit organizations NPOs]. It meant business, and nonprofits prided themselves on being free of the taint of commercialism and above such sordid considerations as the bottom line." However this view has changed drastically over the last years..., abstract: Given the explosion in the number of non profit organizations over the past years and the fact that there are no signs of a slowing of growth in this area (Sargeant, 1999a: 8) the competition is getting fierce. Due to the intangibility and immateriality of most non profit services, marketing communication plays a central role to gain differentiation and thus, competitive advantage. Communication is used to draw attention to causes, to raise funds in order distribute it to those in need or to promote activities (Kotler, 2005a: 27). To carry it to an extreme, in some cases, such as raising funds for disasters, the effectiveness of marketing communication can even decide upon life or death. In the following research the marketing communications of the non profit organizations World Vision and Terre des Hommes will be compared, whereas key differences or similarities will be highlighted. Furthermore the paper aims to evaluate their respective approaches with respect to the theoretical ideal in marketing science. In order to attain these goals, a series of steps are required in advance. First, a brief outline on the organizations will be given. This step is followed by an overview over the organizations respective target audience, communication objectives and tools, whereas key differences or similarities

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Imprint:	Grin Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	July 2013
Authors:	Jens Walther
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	32
ISBN-13:	978-3-638-94792-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Sales & marketing > General
LSN:	3-638-94792-0
Barcode:	9783638947923

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