Posts Tagged 'Media'

The Women of The Bachelor

Feb 22

If you’ve ever watched a season of ABC’s The Bachelor, you know you can always count on the following:

• Crying. It’s not The Bachelor without running mascara and unintelligible love-declaring sob-snorts for a man that’s dating lots of other women.
• Tons of alcohol. We have yet to see anyone eat, but these ladies are never without a triple [...]

Super Bowl Ad-stravaganza, Day 5: Significant Others and Sex Appeal

Feb 13

In last week’s Super Bowl Ad-Stravaganza Recap, Layla Revis and Nikki Copas shared thoughts on ads from Teleflora and H&M and touched upon an interesting marketing trend: Marketing to Men through Women or vice-versa. Regardless of your opinion of the ads’ content and tact, the marketing approach is worth reflection.
Marketing products FOR women does not [...]

Beauty and the (Media) Beast

Feb 14

We’ve all heard that ‘sex sells,’ but we rarely think twice about it. In fact, it’s one tired cliché we’ve actually grown up believing. Unfortunately, for marketers and consumers worldwide…
We’ve been lied to.

And while there’s no denying that Britney Spears sold records in great part due to eroticized expressions of virginity, research has [...]

Reaching Women: Can We Learn from the Kardashians?

Jan 11

From jewelry to perfume, workout videos to diet systems … the Kardashian sisters know how to reach women. Whether you love them, or just love to hate them … they’re here to stay (thank you very much E!). While many think they’re just famous for being famous, they’ve created a brand that’s raking in big [...]

The Doctor is Online

Nov 22

As I mentioned in last week’s post, women are increasingly seeking health information online, and a third of women rate their online health sources as better at taking care of their families’ health than their regular doctors.
In an article by Rita Rubin in Friday’s USA Today (http://tinyurl.com/2u8g6uy), she talks about a growing number of online [...]

Trends and Developments that Will Affect Women’s Health Communications in 2011 (Part 2)

Nov 19

The other day I talked about five of 10 trends and developments that will likely affect women’s health communications in 2011.  The insights were based on findings from a recently conducted TNS survey where we asked 512 women about a variety of health issues.  I presented these findings this week at the second annual M2W®–HC™ [...]

Looking to Reach Women about Healthcare? Don’t underestimate the Power of Blogs

Nov 16

Women remain (arguably) our most influential consumers – especially in the healthcare space. Not only do women make up a significant portion of consumers overall, they are also a driving force and key influencer behind many of the purchases men make. When it comes to healthcare, this is no exception (and if the men are [...]

Join the Conversation!

Nov 16

Welcome to Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide’s new group blog, WomenOlogy: The Anatomy of Marketing to Women!
Through WomenOlogy, we hope to foster a dialogue around how to reach the world’s most influential customer – the woman. American women are currently the decision makers for 80% of U.S. household spending, making them a powerful force to [...]