Below is a select list of industry insight from a variety of sources (including us) with regard to boomer and senior marketing.
Buddy, Can You Spare a Job? The MetLife Study of the New Realities of the Job Market for Aging Baby Boomers
MetLife Mature Market Institute, 10/09
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Boomer Bookends: Insights Into the Oldest and Youngest Boomers
MetLife Mature Market Institute , 2/09
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Then and Now: Understanding Boomers' Evolving Perspectives
Focalyst, 10/08
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5 social media lessons to learn from Eons
Immersion Active, 4/08
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Matures 62+ On the Internet: An Overlooked Audience
Focalyst, 4/08
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Meet the Grandparents: Introducing Today's First Time and Seasoned Grandparents
Grandparents.com and Focalyst, 12/07
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It's Good to be Green: Socially Conscious Shopping Behaviors Among Boomers
Focalyst, 12/07
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Highlights of the MetLife Study of Boomers: Ready to Launch
MetLife Mature Market Institute, 11/07
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Social Media and the Healthcare Industry: Booming with the Boomers?
Immersion Active, 6/07
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Silver surfers are catching the social networking wave
Immersion Active, 4/07
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10 Internet marketing elements that 50-plus consumers love
Immersion Active, 2/07
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Marketing Wisdom for 2007: 110 Marketers & Agencies Share Real-Life Tips
MarketingSherpa, 1/07
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Challenge-response challenges 50-plus users
Immersion Active, 12/06
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Interactive Design Preferences of 50+ Adults
Immersion Active, 5/06
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eMarketing Strategies
WebAdvantage.net/Immersion Active, 5/06
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Don't Count On It: Boomer and 50+ Consumer Brand Loyalty
Focalyst, 12/05
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Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement
Harvard University and MetLife Foundation, 12/04
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Targeting Seniors: Strategies to Promote Online Marketing Relationships in Healthcare
MarketResearch.com, 4/03
Usability for Senior Citizens
Jakob Nielsen, 4/02
Books:
Dot Boom: Marketing to Baby Boomers through Meaningful Online Engagement, Immersion Active, 11/08
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White Papers:
Buddy, Can You Spare a Job? The MetLife Study of the New Realities of the Job Market for Aging Baby Boomers, MetLife Mature Market Institute, 10/09
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Newsletters:
5 social media lessons to learn from Eons, Immersion Active, 4/08
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Over half of people (globally) - says Nielsen - reckon they are overweight and most have no idea about food packaging http://t.co/osl08VUf
5:14 AM by 20plus30
And 65% of #boomers do it! - New "IT in the Toilet" study shows 3/4 of Americans use #mobile phones in the bathroom http://t.co/iPCk1iOv
5:57 PM by immersionactive
World Health Organization designates New York City one of two "elder friendly" cities in the US. See how at: http://t.co/q1tGd7b9
6:12 PM by davidweigelt
Responsive Handling, Not Just for Cars Anymore.
from Boomer Immersion
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
from Boomer Immersion
What Steve Jobs taught me about “old” people and product development
from Boomer Immersion
What Google+ Means for 50+
from Boomer Immersion
Bigger Than Me: Social Cause Marketing and Boomers
from Boomer Immersion