TY - JOUR AB - Purpose This commentary presents a theoretical model with a special emphasis on developing social marketing strategies and tactics that account for industry involvement. The overall goal is to enhance social marketing effectiveness.Design/methodology/approach A planning model is presented which helps the social marketer account for industry involvement in the social or public health problem.Findings The paper finds that conducting an analysis of the causal influences of the social or public health problem helps to inform strategy development.Originality/value The paper presents a planning mode that can be useful in identifying industry contributions to social problems and in anticipating industry opposition to social change. The model is particularly appropriate for developing social marketing programs in which industry involvement is present. VL - 7 IS - 3 SN - 2042-6763 DO - 10.1108/JSOCM-11-2016-0074 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-11-2016-0074 AU - Wymer Walter PY - 2017 Y1 - 2017/01/01 TI - Social marketing strategy and industry involvement T2 - Journal of Social Marketing PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 297 EP - 304 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -