Posts Tagged 'Marketing to women'

Building Sustainable Bonds with Women

Jun 27

Ogilvy Public Relations and sister agency Ogilvyearth are about to release a new White Paper based on the findings from 10 interviews with leaders at healthcare companies and in sustainability about the relationship between healthcare and a fully integrated approach to sustainability. Our conversations reveal a world that is significantly more challenging and equally more [...]

The Worldwide “We”

May 31

I consider myself a devoted husband and father. Nightly dinners. Bedtime stories. I even watch every episode of the Real Housewives series just to spend time with my wife, Heather. Come by my desk at work and you’ll see it wallpapered with family photos.
But I have a confession to make: there [...]

Women Are Strongest Believers in the Power of Supporting Causes

May 17

A recent study conducted by Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide in partnership with the Center for Social Impact Communication at Georgetown University revealed the importance of supporting causes for women in the U.S.
8 in 10 women believe that supporting causes creates a sense of purpose and meaning in life and feel that everyone can make a [...]

Why Gen Y?: Marketing to Millenials

May 17

Time-pressed. Tech-savvy. Multi-tasker. Confident. Overextended. Ambitious. Weary of advertising. Socially-conscious. Individualistic. Creative.
These are the many layers of the Gen Y woman.
Gen Y women, sometimes referred to as Millenials or Echo Boomers, are defined as being born between the mid 1970s and the early 1990s. Gen Yers make up about 20% percent of the population – [...]

Green is the New Pink

May 03

Are women more likely to act on their environmental inclinations than men? Last week, OgilvyEarth issued a report titled Mainstream Green: Moving sustainability from niche to normal in which the authors explore some of the reasons why the so-called “green gap” persists between what consumers say and what they actually do around sustainable living. [...]

A Recap of the 2nd World Non-Profit and Social Marketing Conference

Apr 21

This post was originally shared on Ogilvy PR’s Social Marketing exCHANGE blog.
The 2nd World Non-Profit and Social Marketing Conference last week in Dublin proved to be a spectacular event, bringing together over 600 attendees from 40 countries, featuring 200 presentations and 32 exhibitors, and as of today, 95% of the delegates who completed the conference [...]

Motivation and Inspiration: What We Can Learn from Female Leaders of Today

Apr 12

Motivating…That summarizes the NY Women in Communications Matrix Awards luncheon yesterday. After a weekend where my 14-year-old cat died (as my daughter and her friend were trying to play with him), I sprained my ankle tripping over my kids shoes in the front hall (they never clean them up), I discovered my son’s missing [...]

Will You Be My GFF? Getting Young Women Excited About Their Health

Apr 07

Recently, Ogilvy PR launched a national campaign called Girlfriends for Folate (GFF), which is designed to educate women of reproductive age about the importance of folate and folic acid (synthetic folate).  Folate helps regenerate cells, and importantly, it also helps reduce the risk of neural tube defects (birth defects of the brain or spine).
While the [...]

Eat, Pray, Market: Anatomy of a Book Club

Mar 15

I can still remember my first book club experience like it was yesterday. The anticipation. The careful notes I took on character development, plot, and style. The fear I had that I might have missed some significant symbolism and would be ostracized by this serious group of readers.
So, you can imagine my surprise—and dare I [...]

Marketing to the Super-Mom

Mar 08

As a mother of two children – soon to be three – I feel immense pressure and responsibility to be a super-mom.
As a mom, I’m always striving to do the impossible. I try to cook only wholesome, healthy meals for my family to help my kids avoid childhood obesity. I try getting the [...]