08.05.2009 posted by Lisa Witter

Affluent Women Give More than Men And Expect More Online

Online Marketing, Philanthropy

Women make more of the charitable decision making at home (Source: http://bit.ly/OP2t8) and wealthy women give away nearly twice as much as of their wealth as their male counterparts (Source: http://bit.ly/hSZNL). For the non-profit sector these women are a must get.

In a new post today on Media Post’s Engage Mom blog Tiffany Jonas suggest that affluent women expect more online. According to Jonas wealth women are turned off by Web sites that are sloppy and disorganized. She suggest design with a clean “high-end” design. She sites Vera Wangs Web site as a good “art level” example.

Not all NGOs want or can afford “high art” but they can take Jonas’ advice and make beautiful, yet functional sites. Chen and I argue in the She Spot that women, in particular, are looking for Web sites that reflect real people and excude authenticity. Here are some good examples in the NGO space:

Women for Women International

American Red Cross

Innocence Project

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Vittana

Action for Children

Do you have others to add?

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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]

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