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Moms

Well-Connected Marketing Partners

FAST FACTS

They’re online, engaged, and focused consumers who are eager to get the skinny on a product before purchasing it.

They’re Moms. And they make up a powerful, well-connected network, thanks to social media.

In fact, after becoming Moms, women increase their Mom-centric social media by 68% and their mainstream social media by 33%.1 It’s not such a surprise when you consider that these social networks are where Moms get answers to unexpected questions, share stories, and discover products.

In addition to seeking out more contacts, new Moms also adopt a new set of purchasing patterns. After becoming moms, 73% of women change how they purchase products, and 62% change what brands they purchase.2

For marketers, it’s important to understand that with all their new buying habits and new connections, Moms can be a powerful source of word-of-mouth marketing. So it’s a benefit to look at these women as potential marketing partners rather than as target consumers.3

Demographic Info

25 is the average age a U.S. woman becomes a mom for the first time4
Married women account for 59% of U.S. childbirths5
Unmarried women account for 41% of U.S. childbirths6
53% of U.S. women who give birth are white7
24% of U.S. women who give birth are Hispanic8
15% of U.S. women who give birth are black9
6% of U.S. women who give birth are Asian10
77.5% of moms with children ages 6 to 17 are in the workforce11
63.6% of moms with children under age 6 are in the workforce12


Media Habits

63% use social media regularly13
32.3 million U.S. moms are Internet users14
60% use text messaging15

Spending Habits

39% of their budget is spent on their kids16
33% is spent on their family as a whole17

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Sources: 1, 2 BabyCenter and novaQuant, “21st Centry Mom,” as seen in “How Moms and Retailers Interact Online,” an eMarketer.com webinar, March 2010.
3 “How Moms and Retailers Interact Online,” an eMarketer.com webinar, March 2010.
4 Pew Research, May 2010.
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  "Modern Mothers Older, More Diverse," marketingcharts.com, May 2010.
11, 12 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
13 BabyCenter, LLC, July 2009.
14 "U.S. Mom Internet Users, 2008 - 2010," eMarketer.com, Sept. 2010.
15 "Working Moms Turn to Technology," MediaPost.com, May 2009.
16, 17 “Insights on Moms’s Shopping Patterns,” whymomsrule.com, Sept. 2010.