It’s often said that being a Mom is the toughest job in the world. How can you be a “present” caregiver for your children—and still find the time and energy to nurture your own needs and career, so you can provide the best for them?

Research indicates that when Moms try to do both, they often get caught in the middle.  This affects how they feel about brands—and how and where those brands market to them. Mintel* recently released a study about marketing to Moms that sheds light on how they see their role. Many of the feelings Moms expressed seem contradictory on the surface, so a closer look is necessary to reveal the insights for marketers. Here’s the upshot:

When yes is no and up is down, what’s a marketer to do? Research. Analyze. Discover insights. Plan your strategy. Finely tune your targets. Execute the plan. Measure. Tweak the plan based on your results. Redeploy.

Branding and marketing are no longer “set it and forget it.” It’s a process that’s constantly evolving. Marketers that remain open-minded and agile will find the most success marketing to moms. The reward is the ability to reach this coveted audience of Moms with your message—helping make their lives a little easier, and your campaigns more effective.

*Source: Mintel, Marketing to Moms, U.S., October 2018.

The more specific you can get about your audience, the less waste and more impact your campaign will have. In this episode, we discuss how to use geotargeting to get the most from your marketing efforts.

We hear it all the time: data is yesterday’s “big thing,” today’s “big thing,” and—more than likely—tomorrow’s “big thing.” But how can a brand leverage its data in a way that is truly meaningful from a marketing perspective? The answer is personalization. Personalization is the practice of producing and delivering individualized content to people by using data collection, analysis, and automation technology. Though it has been viewed as “creepy” by some, the truth is that both brands and consumers alike are coming to embrace personalization—even the slow adopters. Why? Because it’s a very effective marketing tactic that serves consumers products or services that they were probably already thinking about purchasing anyway.

A recent article from Marketo stated that: “email personalization boosts open rates by 26%, and click-through rates by 97%”. Also, according to recent Epsilon research, “80 percent of consumers are more likely to do business with a company if it offers a personalized experience.” So how can retail brands put this into practice using their own Customer Retention Management (CRM) data? Here are three ways:

Scanner Applications: Scanner data can be used to capture consumer preferences and buying habits. Many retailers use scannable cards, which are loaded with personal consumer data, to plan for and outline marketing strategies. For instance, a retailer could use that data to offer coupons that are specific to a brand that was purchased. One can also offer a percentage or dollar amount off of future purchases based on total dollars spent by that consumer. Scanner data allows you to reach a consumer when your products or brands are still top of mind.

Recommender Engines: Using the data you have access to by just doing business can be a simple way to implement personalized marketing. Let’s say you are a sporting goods retailer, and a consumer purchased a lacrosse stick from your website. A few days later, you could then use that information to generate an email to send that consumer recommending lacrosse balls. Generating recommendations based on purchasing behavior is one of the simplest and most effective marketing tactics, as consumers likely need or want what you’re recommending based on what they’ve already purchased. Segmenting your CRM data into lists depending on purchasing behavior allows you to remind consumers of items they likely need to complement past purchases or are clearly interested in based on those past purchases.

Subscription Services: This example is slightly different than the previous ones, in that subscription services provide a much more obvious way to encourage consumer purchases based on preferences that are directly provided. A subscription service, such as Stitch Fix, for example, requires consumers to fill out a survey that details their personal fashion preferences. Doing so very clearly defines what a consumer might buy, and, in turn, allows Stitch Fix to send 5 curated items to the consumer that they know they will like based on the data. In turn, that consumer is more likely to purchase those items because the items have been selected in response to the personal preferences data that was collected.

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