Comments on: You are 18-44 and 1/3 female… http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/ International technology news, business & culture Thu, 24 May 2012 21:10:22 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Another crowd-source initiative: rate our posts with JS-Kit http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369615 Another crowd-source initiative: rate our posts with JS-Kit Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:48:10 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369615 [...] Gloerich had a point when he posted this comment last week: Don’t write for your audience, write about stuff that you [...] [...] Gloerich had a point when he posted this comment last week: Don’t write for your audience, write about stuff that you [...]

]]> By: Scott Rafer http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369614 Scott Rafer Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:29:57 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369614 Linde, Assumptions are dangerous. Unless you are running Lookery on thenextwomen.com, how do you know what the demographics of your readership are? I bet your guesses are good, but facts are better. Scott Linde,
Assumptions are dangerous. Unless you are running Lookery on thenextwomen.com, how do you know what the demographics of your readership are? I bet your guesses are good, but facts are better.
Scott

]]> By: Linde http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369613 Linde Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:59:28 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369613 Interesting proposition, to write or not to write for an audience? On a journalistic note, I feel this is the essential difference between blogging and the mainstream more consumer-focused press. Well done bloggers for proving you can write from your passion and still be read. But moneywise, can you afford to ignore your audience? As editor of thenextwomen.com I'd take the slightly nuanced view of 'write not for the audience but with the audience in mind'. We are very aware we are writing for a primarily female audience, so the majority of pieces have to fit our mission of making women 'notable and quotable. In my experience women like stories, they connect through emotion, and they like pieces they can comment on. That is a generalisation of course, really. So how DO you write for the 18-24 category of women? if 37 % of your audience are women, sounds like you are doing a good job! Interesting proposition, to write or not to write for an audience? On a journalistic note, I feel this is the essential difference between blogging and the mainstream more consumer-focused press. Well done bloggers for proving you can write from your passion and still be read. But moneywise, can you afford to ignore your audience?

As editor of thenextwomen.com I’d take the slightly nuanced view of ‘write not for the audience but with the audience in mind’. We are very aware we are writing for a primarily female audience, so the majority of pieces have to fit our mission of making women ‘notable and quotable. In my experience women like stories, they connect through emotion, and they like pieces they can comment on. That is a generalisation of course, really.

So how DO you write for the 18-24 category of women? if 37 % of your audience are women, sounds like you are doing a good job!

]]> By: scott rafer http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369612 scott rafer Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:56:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369612 As we built the service, we thought very hard about how to be responsible netizens. We decided, even though our profile are strictly anonymous, that it's appropriate to only include information on adults (18+) in our system. As we built the service, we thought very hard about how to be responsible netizens. We decided, even though our profile are strictly anonymous, that it’s appropriate to only include information on adults (18+) in our system.

]]> By: Bob Boynton http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369611 Bob Boynton Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:29:19 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369611 Sigh! Us old guys are few and far between. Sigh! Us old guys are few and far between.

]]> By: Melle Gloerich http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369610 Melle Gloerich Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:29:31 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369610 I'm flattered that you thought I was an original in saying that :-) I’m flattered that you thought I was an original in saying that :-)

]]> By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369609 Ernst-Jan Pfauth Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:17:16 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369609 hear hear! we should translate that mantra into a cool art piece and hang it on the wall here. Because every once in a while, I tend to forget that you've just gotta do what you think is right. That was also the main message of Loren Feldman during BLOG08 hear hear! we should translate that mantra into a cool art piece and hang it on the wall here. Because every once in a while, I tend to forget that you’ve just gotta do what you think is right. That was also the main message of Loren Feldman during BLOG08

]]> By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369608 Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:54:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369608 Good point! Added a "None of the above..." option... Good point! Added a “None of the above…” option…

]]> By: PanMan http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369607 PanMan Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:52:18 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369607 I'm (unfortunately) not under 18 anymore, but if I were, I would still be reading your blog, and would not be able to select my age.. I’m (unfortunately) not under 18 anymore, but if I were, I would still be reading your blog, and would not be able to select my age..

]]> By: Melle Gloerich http://thenextweb.com/2008/10/31/you-are-18-44-and-13-female/#comment-369606 Melle Gloerich Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:12:33 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6276#comment-369606 Don't write for your audience, write about stuff that you find both interesting and are good at. Rockstars don't care about their audience, they care about their music. Don’t write for your audience, write about stuff that you find both interesting and are good at. Rockstars don’t care about their audience, they care about their music.

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