Gender-based marketing: infographic

Community site G+, not to be confused with Google+, has taken a look at gender difference in marketing this week - an issue that came up just this week during a session I was running on social customer service.

Though my response was that making sweeping statements about behaviour according to gender was a difficult thing to do - and isn't entirely useful - it is fair to say that in the US at least, women retain a lot of control over buying decisions.

I'd still take the stats below (based on US data) with a pinch of salt, there are nuances in demographic, platform, network - but there are some interesting findings within. Particularly the point about biological programming and the colour pink...

Vikki is head of community at TMW. You can follow her on Twitter or Google+

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  1. Avatar-blank-50x50 Rob Green

    3:14PM on 14th December 2012

    There are some great points in this infographic. Good to see some good stats that may throw away certain misconceptions people may have had. Interesting to see what types of products are most bought on line.

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