Working Moms are Ripe for Mobile MarketingÂ
Working Moms* are among the country’s highest spenders
on cellular phone services, spending 21% more than the average cellular user on their wireless
bills monthly. The average cellular bill for Working Moms is $94, versus $78 for all cell phone
users. Further, they avidly use their mobile phone to download content. Working Moms are
42% more likely than the average cellular user to download content to their phone. These are
just some of the findings in a complimentary report from Scarborough profiling the Working
Mother, available for download at www.scarborough.com/freestudies.php. The data analysis
examined the distinctive consumer patterns and marketing appeal of women who work fullâ€
time and have one or more children at home, and the free study includes information on their
shopping habits, media patterns, demographics and lifestyles.
“The Working Mother is the gatekeeper for purchases related to clothing, feeding and making a
home for her family. Her high spending on cellular services together with her propensity to
download content via her cell phone imply that mobile marketing could be an important
platform for reaching her with product announcements, offers and other promotions,” said
Howard Goldberg, senior vice president of agency services, Scarborough Research.
Marketers of cellular products have a particularly important consumer target in the Working
Mom. Not only is this group sizable †accounting for nine percent of the U.S. adult population
(21.6 million adults) and 11% of all cellular users – but they also are more likely to utilize certain
cellular features such as texting and downloading. Further, Working Moms are 14% more likely
than other cellular users to plan to switch wireless carriers during the next year, which suggests
that providers need to further establish brand loyalty within this group.
In terms of what contributes to their cellular usage, time spent in the car may be a factor.
Working Moms are nine percent more likely than the average adult to have driven 1,000 or
more miles during the past month.
The complimentary study from Scarborough Research, “Shopping Insights on Today’s Working
Mom,” is available for download at www.scarborough.com/freestudies.php, and it covers select
shopping, media and lifestyle information from Scarborough.
* Working Moms are women who are employed full time and have one or more children in the
household.
About Scarborough Research
Scarborough Research (www.scarborough.com, info@scarborough.com) measures the lifestyle
and shopping patterns, media behaviors and demographics of American consumers, and is
considered the authority on local market research. Scarborough’s core syndicated consumer
insight studies in 81 Topâ€Tier Markets, its Multiâ€Market Study and its national USA+ Study are
Media Rating Council (MRC) accredited. Other products and services include Scarborough Midâ€
Tier Local Market Studies, Hispanic Studies and Custom Research Solutions. Scarborough
measures 2,000 consumer categories and serves a broad client base that includes marketers,
advertising agencies, print and electronic media (broadcast and cable television, radio stations),
sports teams and leagues and outâ€ofâ€home media companies. Surveying more than 220,000
adults annually, Scarborough is a joint venture between Arbitron Inc. (www.arbitron.com) and
The Nielsen Company (www.nielsen.com).


