Marketing to Women.
PS, they’re different.

July 19, 2011
Marketing to Women. PS, they’re different.

Ian Fleming once famously said that women “should be an illusion.” He had it about right. In the marketplace, women nearly are. More like mirages than matter. There they wait, out there, in the distance, unobtainable, and shimmering all the while.  Women are the cool, crisp pool of new prospective consumers. Oh the giddiness we feel at all the possibilities. But try as we might, neither the words we speak, the speed in which we speak them, or even a sturdy piece of Velcro, can attach them to our media message. So you restyle. You add posh elegance and...

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How NOT To Be Ignored….In the Social Media World

June 16, 2011
How NOT To Be Ignored….In the Social Media World

Imagine yourself in a crowded room. A crowded echoing room. Its packed with people, stuffed shoulder-to-shoulder, hip-to-hip, nose-to-nose, and toe-to-toe. And every single person, every last one, is talking. Even you. Can anyone hear you? Maybe the more important question is, why would they want to? Social media isn’t only a new venue of communicating, it’s a new mindset. Actually, it’s an entirely new world. It redefines how we listen, why we listen, and when we don’t. When you factor in the talking population inside the social media world, i.e. the friend requests and status updates and twitter feeds...

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The Millennials: Can You Relate?

May 12, 2011
The Millennials: Can You Relate?

Millennials grew up traveling to the moon on a keystroke. Their first cell phone wasn’t connected to a bag. Their first computer wasn’t the size of the living room. They made friends in distant countries all before leaving high school. When they smile, it looks like this: :-) They are as unique and diverse as the globe. So how can you reach them? In Thom S. Rainer and Jess W. Rainer’s book, The Millennials, they asked 1,200 Millennials (born between 1980 and 2000) across the United States, “What is really important in your life?” The greatest answer? Family. By...

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