May
26
Calling All Female Internet Marketers
Filed Under Social and Political, General Marketing | 53 Comments
It happened again. I received yet another link to yet another sales page with yet another lineup of all male marketers.
This wasn’t the bad part. When I said something about it on a public form (yes, I can be vocal) I received back a response (not from the website owner) that there just aren’t any female speakers on internet marketing topics.
What? Are you living under a rock? I did a quick brainstorm and came up with 26 well known women who teach marketing topics, all of whom I know personally. This list is the result of a total of three minutes of brainpower.
In no particular order:
Me- Donna Fox- Marketing to Women
Sylvie Fortin - Step-by-step online businesses
Jennie Armato - physical products
Lorrie Morgan Ferraro - copywriting
Jody Colvard - podcasting/blogging
Alexandria Brown - ezines
Christina Hills - shopping carts
Debra Thompson - events
Rosalind Gardner - affiliate marketing
Sydney Johnson- ebay
Tracy Repchuck- niche marketing
Heidi Nabert - podcasting
Stephanie Mulac - blogging
Kim Castle - branding
Stephanie Frank - business systems
Daryl Grant - turnkey business
Amanda Clarkson - ebay
Jeanette Cates - making technology accessible
Judith Sherven - soft topic copywriting
Debra Micek - online persuassion
Mari Smith - Facebook
Alice Seba - internet marketing sweetie
Rhey Perry - internet entrepreneurism
Letitia Wright - PR and media
Jen Hanby - copywriying
Liz Tomey - not sure if she speaks but she’s so cool she has to be up here!
I thought of a bunch of other women too, like the wonderful Leah Carson, Lisa Preston and Michelle MacPhearson that I wasn’t sure spoke from the stage.
And even more amazing speakers like Alexandra Watson, Dani Johnson and Cindy Cashman that won’t speak on internet topics, but have great value to add to any event.
Then there are the thousand of niche bloggers out there, the majority of which are female! There is an entire world of people who are internet marketers that are being ignored. Thankfully there are great events like BlogHer that give us an outlet.
But basically, you get the idea. We’re out there, and there’s no excuse to ignore us!
If you are a female marketing speaker, or know one, leave a comment with their name, website and specialty. That way the nextime I get a bullshit response like that, I’ll just send them here.
May
16
Yesterday, I went to my friend Alejandro Reyes’ blog at SuccessFool.com
I posted a comment to one of his articles, and I received a pleasant surprise. A few moments later there was an email in my box… thanking me for commenting.
So simple, and automated! Yet it stood out. It’s a perfect example of how easy it is to be extraordinary… you just need to do the little "extra".
More importantly for your purposes, dear reader, was that the simple act of a thank you begun the relationship building. In the big expansive space of the world wide web, my contribution was noticed, by someone who genuinely cared.
Way to go Alejandro! Keep up the excellent value you’re providing. And thanks for letting me know the plugin you’re using.
Wanna test it out? Comment to this article and see it in action.
