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1. Creator = Consumer2. The Active Consumer3. “Creator-GTM”3.A. Where the Viral Things Are4. The Anonymous Economy5. Pre-founder: People-focused investingContent is King -- Bill Gates, 1997
Things To Do.
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Total Content Market (TCM)/Content TAM (C-TAM)Revisiting Community InvestingRethinking Consumer LTV“Organic” = unpaid?Introducing: On-Page Collaboration, LiveWriting, anti-Press PublishVC Managers: Finding your styleWomen’s Consumer (2022)The “online” buttonTranslation
“GenZ”Personal Journal
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Women’s Consumer (2022)
Women control over $31T of global spend.
This is going to be one of my favorite topics to write about. In my career, I am 10000% dead set on staying as close to women’s consumer as possible.
You might be wondering Why does there have to be a Women’s Consumer practice, instead of just Consumer? Well, it’s because the majority of consumer investing goes to men and it’s just anecdotally not the scope that most VCs go off of.
This section is one that I haven’t even started to really tackle just because there’s SO much context to each section. But, the ones that I add to - you’ll know.
- Women’s Consumer (2022)
- Women and U.S. Spending
- Consumer Purchases by Women
- Women and Shopping
- Women & Travel
- Women & Food
- Women & Healthcare
Women and U.S. Spending
- Women make up more than half of the U.S. population, and control or influence 85% of consumer spending — Source, Forbes 2019
- The purchasing power of women in the U.S. ranges from $5 trillion to $15 trillion annually. (Source: Nielsen Consumer, 2013)
- Women control more than 60% of all personal wealth in the U.S. (Source: Federal Reserve, MassMutual Financial Group, BusinessWeek, Gallup)
- Women purchase over 50% of traditional male products, including automobiles, home improvement products, and consumer electronics. (Source: Andrea Learned, “Don’t Think Pink”)
- Approximately 40% of U.S. working women now out-earn their husbands. (Source: U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Consumer Purchases by Women
Women account for 85% of all consumer purchases:
91% New Homes
66% PCs
92% Vacations
80% Healthcare
65% New Cars
89% Bank Accounts
93% Food
93% OTC Pharmaceuticals
Women and Shopping
- 80% of women say they are the primary grocery shopper, and 71% say they do both the shopping and are the household member who primarily prepares the meals. (Source: Bureau of Labor and Statistics and Pew Research Center, 2019)
- 61% of women are more likely to include an item on their list if they’re currently using the brand, 57% if they have a coupon, or 56% if they have seen the item in a store ad or circular. (Source: Integer Group and M/A/R/C Research, 2012)
- 92% of women pass along information about deals or online recommendations to others. (Source: Mindshare/Ogilvy & Mather)
- In 61% of all consumer electronics purchases, a woman either initiated the purchase or was involved in the purchase process. (Source: Consumer Electronics Association (2012)
Women & Travel
- Women make 70% of all travel decisions. (Source: Bridget Brennan, “Why She Buys”.)
- 73% of travel agents surveyed noted that more female travelers embark on solo trips than their male counterparts. (Source: The Gutsy Traveler)
- According to 68% of travel agents, most female clients taking trips in small groups are over the age of 45. (Source: The Gutsy Traveler)
- The average adventure traveler is not a 28-year old male, but a 47-year-old female who wears a size 12 dress. (Source: Travel Industry of America)
- One in four women have participated in a “girlfriends getaway” and 39% plan to do so at least once in the next three years. (Source: AAA)
Women & Food
- Women spend more money per shopping trip – $44.43 per trip compared to $34.81 for men. (Source: Todd Hale, “In U.S. Men Are Shopping More Than Ever, While Women Are Watching More TV” Nielsen (2011).
- 60% of moms believe that organic foods are better for their health. (Source: Food and Drug Administration).
- 84%of women are the sole preparer of meals in the household, with 61% stating that they prepare meals at least five times per week. The majority of these meals are not prepackaged, as 64% said they make most meals using fresh ingredients. (Source: “Today’s Primary Shopper”, Private Label Manufacturers Association)
- Millennials are most likely to engage with retailers using social media or other digital tools. (Source: US Grocery Trends, 2016)
- Facebook, Pinterest and web searches are among the most common ways consumers digitally engage with food culture. About half of all shoppers engage with food digitally through social media – especially younger generations. (Source: US Grocery Trends, 2016)
- 59% of women feel misunderstood by food marketers. (Source: Greenfield Online for Arnold’s Women’s Insight Team)
Women & Healthcare
- Women make 90% of household healthcare decisions. (Source: Yankelovich Monitor, M2W Conference)
- Women account for 93% OTC pharmaceutical purchases. (Source: Tom Peters, in the forward to “Marketing to Women”, by Marti Barletta)
- The internet – more than the family doctor– is the primary source for healthcare information, and women more than men seek such information online. (Source: Natural Marketing Institute, 2009)
- More than three-quarters of those 65 years and older say they go online for health information (Source: Burst Media Survey, 2007)
- 9 of 10 women online seek health information via the web. The Internet – more than the family doctor – is the primary source for healthcare information, and women seek such information online more than men. (Source: National Marketing Institute)