While those of us in the research community would love for everyone to have generous budgets for competitive intelligence and knowledge gathering, it’s just not realistic. For start-ups and even for small to medium-sized companies, the knowledge needs are huge and the budgets? Not so huge. Maybe, even, non-existent. I had the pleasure of guest […]

In order to put women in communities in perspective, I was honored to present some geeky stuff at BlissDom! You can see my slides here but know that I had some pithy things to say about them. Really I did! (If you don’t believe me….well, just do, okay? Have I ever lied to you before?) […]

If you’re a brand or agency engaged in the business of working with parent and mom bloggers (or influencers, brand advocates–whatever you’re calling them these days) for best results you should really think beyond the blog. What? Courting bloggers and not turning a laser focus on their blogs, their traffic, their subscribers, the other places they hang out online and the like? Those are as critical a component of success when it comes to social outreach yet in our experience these are areas often overlooked by agencies and brands when it comes to outreach campaigns.

The Digital Lives of American Moms

Let’s back up for just a minute and talk about the power of mom and parent bloggers. According to The Digital Lives of American Moms, Nielsen 2012, one in three bloggers are moms and some 27.9 million American moms visited Facebook in the month of March, 2012 (which was a whopping 72% of moms who went online from home computers in the United States). 5.4 million of them used Twitter during that same time period and some 165 million are blogging using either WordPress, Tumblr or Blogger. That’s a whole lot of purchasing power–and connecting with those influential moms is an objective for brands and agencies alike.

Trend watching fascinates me. I don’t know about you, but I could explore the Trendwatching, PSFK and Springwise sites all day long. (Don’t judge me!) Read the post at Social Media Monthly. (I love that magazine! Do you get it?)

I really appreciated Nick Petri’s recent post, When Analytics Fail discussing analytics for business decisions. Numbers are great, but there are limitations such as Self-Selection, Missing Data, and Tenuous Proxies that should be kept in mind throughout the process of analysis, recommendation, and action. The post is worth a read if you’re using numbers to […]