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Posts Tagged ‘Marketing to Men’

Don’t Think Blue: Gender Assumptions Work Both Ways

Because I have so often written about/presented on the ideas in my book Don’t Think Pink, I’ve found that the easiest way to illustrate the book’s key concept, transparent marketing, for (often and mainly) male audiences tends to be … Read on >

Men And Botox: Speaking of A Woman’s Influence…

If the New York Times is reporting on men and Botox, that doesn’t necessarily make it mainstream… yet. Still, I would suggest that you file it away should you ever need proof that men are:

- starting to express more interest in buying products that were previously women-specific … Read on >

Toward More Feminine Ways of Buying: Men and Grooming

That men are starting to flock to grooming blogs/sites like groominghealth.com and menessentials.com (as per a recent Iconoculture newsletter) should not come as a big surprise. If you’d paid much attention at all, you’d have noticed the subtle shift in content of the established titles (my … Read on >

Walks Like A Man. Buys Like A Woman.

Men have officially become the “next big thing” for marketers. So, should we just forget our women’s market knowledge and shift attention completely toward the male species? No. Instead, the research and experts cited in an AdWeek article by Andrew Adam Newman suggest that what … Read on >

NewsBytes: Shopping Center Woes and Personal Shoppers for Men

1) Shopping centers are clearly, and not surprisingly, feeling pains in today’s economy. Stories like this Wall Street Journal piece and this USA Today piece describe the trouble developers are facing in trying to lease space, and the lengths to which some malls are … Read on >

Timex and Conservation Alliance Campaign: Not For Men Only

Midst packing for a flight to San Francisco in a few hours, I caught the latest campaign profile from Stuart Elliott of the New York Times in my in-box.  Would that I could write a longer post, but these are my bullet pointed thoughts on the new TimexRead on >

Of Bears And Men

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To add to Yvonne DiVita’s recent postRead on >