Our iPad Not Mine

From early July to the beginning of August 2011, Sanoma Media conducted an iPad survey in 6 European countries in which it is active and distributes apps: the Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Belgium and Germany. Via banners in various Sanoma apps, a total of 3,673 respondents were asked about their use and experience of working with this famous tablet.

Not a personal toy
The iPad has become the primary device at home and the preferred tool to access the internet. But it's by no means a personal computer: 67% of the iPads are actively used by other persons. This is usually the partner and, in over a third of cases, the children.

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She plays, he surfs
Traditional surfing behavior still rules, even with an iPad. It is used mainly for reading the news, surfing and browsing, searching and e-mailing. A second category includes social networking/blogging, playing games, reading magazines, watching TV and videos and looking at photos. Women play more games than men. Shopping, comparing and internet banking are less frequent activities.

On the couch, in bed and at the breakfast table
The iPad is a companion for the evenings in the living room (83%) and for reading the news in the morning (70%) at the breakfast table. But it's also ideal for a last 'social media' check in bed before going to sleep (67%).

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More info and another nice infographic with socio-demographics available here . Some specific information on Belgium coming soon.

50 Tweetable Truths about Women in Belgium

It's been a while since my last blog post. September is usually a tough month with the release of the Print Audience Study (always on September 15th). But this year was particular: besides analysis on the evolution of the Print Audience Study, I have this other beautiful and interesting project at work: the project I'm every WOMAN with the announcement and launch of #Femininsight .

#Femininsight is so much more than another quantitative research. Some 3.000 Belgian women, aged between 15 and 75 years, were surveyed about their daily life and media consumption behavior (in February - May 2011). Enriched with facts and figures about beauty, fashion and food. But the cherry on the cake - in my point of view - is the specific typology that describes 6 different types of women. It's a powerful and inspirational tool for marketeers and creative people.

You could probably write a book with all the information included in this research. But I've started with a PowerPoint presentation. But one with a feminine - practical- and viral touch; summarizing more than 50 facts and figures about women's daily life in less than 140 characters.

My specific task on this project is to feed @iewoman and monitor this account. I will also regularly add new information through this blog and the corporate website of the media sales house of Sanoma Media Belgium, my employer. Enjoy and don't hesitate to spread the word :-)

50 tweetable truths about Belgian women

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Belgians Still in Love with Magazines

Personal message to marketeers and media specialists: as you may have seen in specialized shops, printed media are still alive. That's because they are still relevant to a lot of different people. Not only to the old grumpy retiree or the discount hunter in search of good deals in local free sheets.

With 9 out of 10 reading one I dare to say Belgians are still in love with magazines. Take a look at the presentation below. It contains the latest audience figures of printed media in Belgium (based on annual CIM Audience Study - release 15th September 2011). 

Belgians in Love with Magazines

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Why I'm Not Following You Back

A short blog post to explain why I'm not always following back:
1. you don't tweet or have/spread (interesting) content - it seems hard but I'm sure you can understand
2. obviously, you wanna sell me something - even if I'm a marketeer... I'm in the first place a consumer (in search of interesting content/ content curation)
3. it's always about you

I don't agree with specialists who declare that you have to follow back every person who subscribes to your tweets. Some people are on twitter to catch news about specific content, like my boyfriend for example. He never tweets.

Other people are interested in many topics but always tweet about one item that doesn't matters to you AT ALL. What will be the point to follow them back? One example: I follow some stand-up comedians and  quotes specialists. I totally understand that these people don't follow me back. In my eyes, social media helps me to stay up-to-date about specific topics I'm interested in. The fact that some specialists comment and retweet my (own) content is a major plus. But what I like the most is to help other people and sources to get attention. Even if sometimes I think: I should have written that!!! :-)

You Are What You Tweet

A personal infographic about my twitterstyle. It seems like I'm a workaholic but that's not true. I'm not obsessed, just passionated :-) Thanks to visual.ly