Posted on April 25th, 2011 by sheconomy

The segment of women who do not have children is growing and so too is their voice thanks to Melanie Notkin, founder and CEO of SavvyAuntie.com. Notkin has coined the name PANKs® (Professional Aunts No Kids) as well as created this online community to provide a place for aunts to share their passion and love for their nieces and nephews. Membership, in the thousands, continues to boom and some companies are listening. I asked Melanie to write a guest post providing more insight into this unrecognized and misunderstood market. Boy, did she deliver! Read on for updated stats, how Sears
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Filed under: Buying Power of Women, Connecting with Women, Examples of Bad/Good Advertising, Marketing to Single Women, Marketing to Women, Targeting Women | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by sheconomy

I was honored to be interviewed by Ashley Milne-Tyte for a story on American Public Radio’s™ Market Place® radio show. The focus was on the lack of attention and respect that advertisers show single women. Guys, simply knowing that women are your market is not enough. You must understand WHO she is to connect with her effectively. You must think in terms of lifestages, not ages. You must listen to her. Engaging the single woman is completely different than engaging moms or even married women without children. The transcript from the show is below or you are welcome to listen
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Posted on October 15th, 2009 by sheconomy

Although not mentioned in this iVillage article, which is a preview of next weeks’ coverage on NBC’s report about women’s buying power, I still remain hopeful that they plan to address one of the most overused stereotypes about women. Many male marketers assume that all women are moms. However, while all moms are women, not all women are moms. And there is no one more in tune to that than Melanie Notkin, CEO and founder of the very successful online community, Savvyauntie.com. I met my friend Melanie on Twitter nearly a year ago and since then she’s been featured in
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Filed under: Advertising during recession, Buying Power of Women, Connecting with Women, Marketing 2.0, Marketing to Single Women, Marketing to Women, Marketing to Women Myths, Marketing-to-Moms, Targeting Women, Women and the Internet | 15 Comments »