There has been a lot of talk about women and the work force this week. Maria Shriver came out with a report called “A Woman’s Nation,” co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress. This report took a look at the condition of American women today. We have spoken often about the implications of the new economic power that women wield, and one of the stats that came out of this study was that women in the US now make up 50% of the workforce.
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Almost everyone out there in the world has sent or received a postcard at some point. The traditional postcard is 100 years old. That being said, some of the best ideas come when you blend the old with the new. Technology moves so quickly that it’s hard to keep up, difficult to catch on, and by the time many businesses make a decision to hop on the digital band wagon, the idea they finally commit to is old news and something else is now the next big thing.
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In light of my action packed day I am going to  keep my portion of this post very short. I came across some very interesting stats this morning that talk about the growth of interactive advertising. I am ALWAYS in support of integration with offline, online and in-store for all of you who will come back to me to question social media’s importance. BUT I do feel that these stats indicate that no one is in a position to ignore the power of engaging their customers online. This information comes from Online Daily Media, posted by Joe Mandese and released Wednesday by WWP—the largest buyer of media in the world. I  am now reading all of my newspapers online. National Post, Globe and Mail, the NYT and Washington Post, and WSJ. Along with my twitter feeds from the likes of CNN, BBC and so many more, I can get all my news feeds quickly in real time. That, and I can control how and when I receive the information.
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There is another great article going around the twitter world. I also saw it on a couple of blogs from Marketing Profs. Jason Baer wrote the article and I will give you the link here to read it. http://twitpwr.com/aDf/ What he says is exactly what we advise our clients, both current and potential,  when they tell us they want to implement social media. “It’s fantastic that interest in social media is so high, but I’m alarmed at the number of brands and agencies that are ready to jump into social media to take “advantage” of audience concentration in Facebook, Twitter, and other fast-growth outposts. What’s lacking in most social media programs is an actual strategy. If you don’t know precisely why you’re in social media, with whom you want to engage, and how you’re going to measure success, you’re not ready to start.”
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In 2009 women still lag behind in math, science and technology. That being said, it is great to see that at the onset of a New Year another women has been named CEO for Yahoo.
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The other day, I had a discussion with Nicole (my partner in crime) regarding her “Twitter as a news source” post. As our chat wore on, we eventually made our way to a comment she made about her exec friend’s desire to get PR within the printed pages of Canada’s most reputable national paper, The Globe and Mail.
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I was reading today, as per my regular caffeine-fueled morning ritual, and I happened to come across a rather interesting article in The Globe and Mail (to which this article owes its name).
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