Tips from December 11, 2009 The Small Business tips today discuss marketing to Baby Boomers with website banner ads.
Place banner ads on sites Baby Boomers frequent most for their life stage: retirement, health care, insurance.
Baby Boomers also will click banner ads on sites that they visit for leisure or fun: real estate, travel, sweepstakes.
Creative Baby Boomer banner ads should use bold colors, not pastel. Message should be positive, not threatening.
The message on Baby Boomer banner ads work best emotion-based, not fact-based. Market to "life stage" not actual age.
Daily Overview: When creating a banner ad campaign for Baby Boomers, market to their life stage & aim to evoke positive emotion.
By Kim Fenolio · December 11 2009
small business tips, marketing, small business, banner ads
Tips from December 10, 2009 The Small Business tips today discuss marketing to Baby Boomers via exploring new options.
As previously stated, Baby Boomers value living life to the fullest. The way they do so is by exploring new options, especially if they are fortunate enough to retire. Baby Boomers like the new adventure feeling, as well as the feeling of feeling young again. Generate these emotions in your ads for Baby Boomers.
Baby Boomers have money and are looking for new options or hobbies, whether it is a vacation or picking up a sport such as golf. They are apt to try new things that will bring them gauranteed happiness.
Baby Boomers will always have a craving to learn more. Many Baby Boomers eventually head back to school to get certified in an area of expertise or just to learn more information. Focus on connecting with higher education programs in your advertising.
With money and time on their hands, Baby Boomers will...
By Cheryl Sowa · December 10 2009
small business tips, marketing, small business, retirement
Government and Economy
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Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America's first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose "hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord" to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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small business brief, small business, economy, sales
Government and Economy
Consumers Unexpectedly Trimmed Borrowing in OctoberWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumers unexpectedly cut back on their borrowing in October as the economy sunk deeper into recession. The Federal Reserve says consumer credit fell at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in October. That compares with a 3.1 percent growth rate logged in September
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By Charles M Cooper · December 05 2008
small business brief, marketing, small business, gas prices
