Learning from female creators
By MEC Global, 2011
Since economic times grew tough, there has been talk in some media about a female recovery from the recession, the market opportunity of women, and a growth in women's income that brands could tap into. But this thinking seems out of step with the changing relationships between brands and their users. As more of us turn to the social web to express ourselves and connect with others, brands need to regard people as more than just consumers of products and services.
So for MEC's latest Sensor research, we set out to understand the behaviour and motivations of the most engaged female users of the social web, to see what lessons could be transferred to brand communication. Learning from Female Creators is the first report to be published from this research.
We talked to 130 young 'Female Creators' from around the world - 16-24 year old women who create social content online, such as blogs, Tweets, video uploads, or regular forum posts - using our online qualitative research tool, DigiFacesTM.
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