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Proprietary and Confidential Property, 2014 :: Communities For Cause, Inc. “Mobile demand generation meets TOMS Shoes” Executive Summary

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“Mobile demand generation meets TOMS Shoes”

Executive Summary

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~$1.35T in annual consumer spend looking for alignment with its charitable

philosophies**

Mobile search will overtake desktop search in 2015

– 86B searches per year -

Important Trends in Mobile CommerceRapidly expanding mobile commerce collides with increased consumer interest in “giving back”

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* M-commerce is saturating the globe”, Internet Retailer, February 20, 2014

**Retail / Arts and entertainment, GDP date BEA, 2011, and 89% of consumers

are likely to switch brands to one associated with a good cause

OPPORTUNITY: scale an efficient, mobile and online network which “directs” consumers to preferred merchants

National brands on the forefront with “give back” programs

83% of global mobile users say they will make purchase on mobile device in the next

12 months *

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What We DoOur mobile and online advertising platform exposes merchants to networks of highly-loyal communities in return for a percentage donation on each sale

And, we set causes up to be our promotion

engines

Merchants GivePercent Back

CausesPromote

Supporters Consume and Earn

Value to Merchant:

Connection to wave of mobile users

Attracting high-value, loyal customers

Zero upfront costs, pay on performance

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How Does It Work? Building a network and it’s viralThe Communities for Cause Marketplace

Rewards program for merchant

referrals

Causes sign-up

Promote to

supporters

Supportersshop and dine.

And refer additionalMerchants.

Merchants commit to donating a percentage of every sale

TargetedAdvertising Fees

Merchant “Premium” Subscription Fees

Transaction processing fee

Tech platformPromotion

engineAd network

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Where We Have BeenSuccessful build out in Orange County, CA - 2013

Orange County 2013 PILOT

# of Merchants 700+

# of Causes 200+

# of Active Users 1,600+

# of Transactions 8,000+

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Select Non-ProfitParticipants

Select Brands with Multiple Locations

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Where We Are GoingExpanding across the United States and ramping volume

2014 2015# of Merchants

15,000 55,000

# of Causes 750 3,200# of Users 62,000 173,000# of Transactions

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Cause Portal

Targeted Advertising Platform

& Data Analytics

Merchant Portal

Mobile Apps

(Android & IOS)

The TechnologyOur innovative advertising platform is comprised of four products

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Demo Time

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Find offers by category or

location

Register your purchases

“Share” with your FB & Twitter

friends

Watch your donations make a

difference!

The End User Experience

Current FeaturesMerchant offersMapping and directions3 modes to verify transactionPush notificationsSupport for online merchants

Social network hooksPromote discount featureOpt-In for 1:1 communicationsRefer a merchant & cause

In DevelopmentTargeted ads Within cause picture, video & event sharing“Product” offers

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The Technology. Merchant Dashboard.

Track Weekly Sales

Manage Special Offers &

DiscountsRun Activity

Reports

Track Weekly Transactions by week and type of

customer

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The Technology. Cause Dashboard.

Marketing Repository

(in development)

Track donations in real time

View recent transactions

Manage Merchant Referrals

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TractionUser base and transaction rates are ramping – key inflection point hit in Dec. 2013

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Merchant Case StudyMama’s on 39

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Past experience with local advertizing efforts: - No ability to track ROI with print ads - Coupons didn’t yield much lift in sales - Tried MOGL Loyalty Program but didn’t

receive value relative to monthly cost

How we work together:-Promote category and individual merchants to area causes and supporters

- Social media links-Scheduling and managing “give back” nights

CFC value: - Increase in new customers - Increase in number of return visits - 1% - 5% lift in monthly sales volume - Reduced time and $’s devoted to advertising Dec

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Mama's on 39 Monthly Sales

Total Sales Lift – $21,386.52

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Cause Case StudyValencia Elementary

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Past experience with local fundraising efforts: - Time intensive fundraising events throughout year - Spotty participation from community - Families feeling “nickeled and dimed”

How we work together:-Promote program to supporter base- Social media links for addition promotion-Scheduling and managing “give back” events

-Holiday and themed promotions

CFC value and progress:- On track to earn $300/user/year at full

rollout- $2,686 donations earned in first eight

months from 75 active users- Upward trend since beginning of

calendar year- Increasing number of

transactions/month/user- Reduced time and $’s devoted to

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Total Donations – $2,686 in first 8 months

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