Baby Boomers are over 100 million in population, those born before 1965 are the single largest consumer group in the United States. They are the wealthiest, best educated and most sophisticated group of purchasers in America. With more wealth and disposable income than any other population in America, this group is the new customer majority.
From my experience marketing to this group, I know the key to capturing and keeping the attention of this rapidly growing segment of our population. Understanding their behavior, satisfaction needs and buying motivators is a practice in Sociomarketing™. Research into this demographic using Sociomarketing Behavior Analysis Algorithms allows us to approach the most effective marketing and sales tools and techniques.
Baby Boomers are experimental, individualism, general distrust of government, free spirited, and social cause oriented. Most Baby Boomers are goal oriented and competitive, since this generation equates work and position with personal achievements they are very clever and resourceful in the office. They believe in “face time” and the value of a good days work and may fault the younger generations for working remotely.
The term viral marketing has been used and abused about a month after the term was coined. However, there are some valuable lessons learned by this mad rush everyone made to make the next viral video. If you are targeting Baby Boomers you should refer to the TED talks that went viral as well as that guy who dressed up as a colonial man that represented the tea party movement. These went viral with this population because they were informative, provocative and stirred up feelings that people felt they needed to comment on. Thats what any real viral video embodies, something people feel the need to comment on and share.
Joel Goldstein is one of the foremost business marketing consultants in the world. He is known as the Father of Sociomarketing. As an experienced entrepreneur, Joel can relate his experiences into best practices for current and future business owners. Joel Goldstein’s speaking presentations run from an hour for a keynote speech to four hours for a half-day program.