Tag Archives: Seniors

Sex or Television. Its a tough choice.

A couple of years ago I did a study on Boomers and Seniors called “Life, Death, Sex and Shopping”,  one of the findings showed that women (unlike men) would give up sex before they’d give up chocolate.
Now, The Continuum Crew, a communications firmed focused on the 40Plus market, has released a study called Mature Consumer Purchase [...]

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Social Media gets a little grayer.

In its recent report, Boomers and Social Media, eMarketer tracks the rapid adoption of social media among Boomers.  This report provides some excellent information on the growth of Social Media among Boomers and Seniors.Â
According to Deloitte data, 2009 was the year that social media bloomed for Baby Boomers, with nearly 47% of them actively maintaining a profile on [...]

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Technology helps seniors to take their medicine.

When we think of seniors trying to maintain their independence, the issues that come first to mind are falling, cooking, bathing.  But, in fact, the ability to consistently take their medication and monitor their own health status are perhaps the biggest barriers to being able to remain independent.Â
As we age and our short term memory [...]

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Dangers in marketing to Generational Cohorts.

Many marketing gurus espouse the benefits of segmenting the market by “Generational Cohorts”.  Cohorts typically have three distinguishing factors: Age, a defining event that effected their development, and a general world view.  For Example Generation X is often defined as:

Born between 1965 - 1980.
Over-indulged by workaholic baby boomer parents
“Slackers”

There are many different ways to break out [...]

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