United Way Experiments With Cellphone Appeals

By Candie Jones

United Way of America has a familiar pitchman asking cellphone users to support the organization's youth-fitness programs.

In a television ad that first aired during the Super Bowl, Tom Brady, the quarterback of the New England Patriots, invites viewers to send a text message to make an instant $5 donation, which will be charged to...

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