Young woman on phone broadcasting on periscope

Periscope Up

I admit it; I’m crazy about Periscope. A relative newborn on the social media scene, Periscope is the iPhone app that lets you live stream video through Twitter from virtually anywhere in the world. An industry article earlier this month reports 10 million Periscope users with almost 2 million account holders opening the app on…

Mom watching computer

What Moms Are Watching This Summer (Other Than TV)

Video, video, video. It’s a topic I’ve posted about often, perhaps at the risk of sounding like a broken record. (Would Millennial Moms even know what that cliché refers to?) However, a recent study illustrates again the overwhelming use of video among moms of all generations, with higher numbers among Millennial Moms who love the…

Moms meeting brands

The BOGO Of Offline Events

As I watched a mom snap a picture of a BOGO cereal display in my local grocery store last week (that she most likely shared on Facebook and Instagram), it reminded me of the importance of offline social interactions with moms that become a two-for-one, or BOGO opportunity for marketers. Face-to-face gatherings, formal or informal,…

Millennial Dad

Celebrating The Involved Millennial Dad

Let’s turn the spotlight on millennial dads. We all know that millennial moms are the hot topic right now, with this youngest generation of mothers (and all millennials) set to become the largest generation of consumers this year. Moving into the top spot of influence with moms are the dudes who, like moms, view fatherhood much…

Millennial Dad

Celebrating The Involved Millennial Dad

Of the many differences between Millennial Moms and their predecessors, there is one influence that is worth noting for marketers and that is the redefined role of grandparents. The Millennial Moms’ parents as grandparents play a much bigger and more detailed role in the family, not only for the Moms but also for their children.…

The Importance Of Relationships To Millennial Moms

There is probably no other word that holds as much importance in effective marketing to mothers than the word relationship, and no other generation places more value on the word than Millennial Moms. It’s a word that I typically tie to adjectives such as relevant, timely, meaningful and transparent. As marketers, while we know relationships…

The International Business Of Marketing To Moms

The World Wide Web has created myriad opportunities for business from ecommerce to global insights within a keyboard’s distance. The business of marketing to moms has been untouched by the ability to share ideas and relationships. I’m often asked about the world of moms and marketing outside U.S. borders, especially if companies are contemplating an…

Refreshing Expectations For 2015

I’ve been in a nostalgic mood this week as my family and I celebrate the well-lived life of my father-in-law, who passed away last week at 88 years old. It certainly puts things in perspective as we approach the end of 2014 and reflect on all that has happened this year. I decided to look…

How To Capture Mom’s Holiday Dollars

It’s October, the start of the Fall season and the rapid arrival of Holiday 2014. Although if my inbox is any indication, Holiday 2014 started a few weeks ago with a steady stream of emails signaling the kickoff of what retailers hope is a busy holiday sales season. Marketers hope so, too.  We’re still three…

The 1-2-3’s of Mom Engagement

In the spirit of the back-to-school season, let’s open our math books and look at some big numbers. Moms spend an estimated $2.4 trillion on products and services every year. The global baby care market is expected to exceed $66 billion in US dollars by 2017, with close to 4 million babies born in the…