Archive for December, 2009

The She Spot was featured earlier this week on Frogloop, Care2.com’s nonprofit marketing blog as part of two-part series on marketing causes to women.

The author, Jocelyn Harmon, Director of NonProfit Services at Care2.com, riffs on a radio spot she hears  featuring Smart Cookies, five women who got their finances in gear thanks to American Express:

“Call American Express self-serving.  Call them insincere.  But also call them smart.  By fueling a full-scale marketing campaign with women, for women, Amex is transforming a traditionally male-focused industry – financial services – into an accessible arena for women. And they’re likely to see their profits increase from connecting with one of the biggest consumer markets in the U.S. – women.”

Nonprofits need to learn to do the same, Jocelyn points out, along with some eye-opening stats and best practices from The She Spot and Marti Barletta’s 

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What’s a Shespotter? It’s someone who gets that women vote, give, volunteer, spread the word and make more buying decisions than men do, which makes them the number #1 target audience if you’re working for change. We started this blog to continue the conversation we began in our book, The She Spot: Why Women are the Market for Changing the World and How to Reach Them.... [more]

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Lisa Chen & Lisa Witter Lisa Chen and Lisa Witter are the authors of The She Spot: Why Women are the Market for Changing the World and How to Reach Them. They are also both senior strategists at Fenton Communications, the nation’s largest public interest communications firm. [Read more about them here]