Marketers Committing Business Suicide by Ignoring 50+ Consumers, Expert Asserts

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) November 21, 2011

Boomers and their parents are over 110 million strong. With more than 2 trillion dollars in spending power, they are 47 times richer than their younger counterparts, and account for 55% of discretionary income in the United States. Yet, the vast majority of marketing dollars are spent on adults 35 and younger. In the United Kingdom, for example, a recent survey found that fully 95% of marketing dollars went to this younger age group. "That's business suicide," says Colin Milner, a leading authority on the 50+ market and CEO of the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA), a professional association that leads, connects and defines the active-aging industry.

"The 50+ consumer is virtually invisible to marketers," states Milner. "And, when marketers do focus on this group, 75% of them get a failing grade. Older consumers say that marketing targeted to them is patronizing and stereotypical. Simply put, it fails to reflect their stage of life."

What can marketers do? Milner offers five tips:

1. Take the time to fully understand this group's needs, dreams, desires, expectations and capabilities.

2. Commit to the market by ensuring your products, services, staff, philosophies and procedures are in line with what this group is seeking.

3. Be visible in the places that older adults frequent for their information--television, newspapers, Facebook, to name a few.

4. Become an advocate for older consumers. Since 95% of marketers are not focusing on this group, those who do will reap significant rewards. The Dove Real Beauty campaign is a prime example.

5. Avoid graywashing.* "Don't mislead consumers by promoting useless and expensive 'anti-aging' products or stating that a product or service is geared to 'seniors' if it really isn't," Milner says.

What will be the impact of making such changes? "A Nielsen study done a couple of years ago showed that, by ignoring Boomers, marketers could miss roughly $ 230 million in sales of consumer packaged goods alone, or around 55% of the overall sales in the United States," Milner says. "However, the opposite is also true. Those who focus on this group in a meaningful way stand to gain their fair share of the older consumer's business.

"The opportunity is unprecedented," Milner stresses. "How marketers and businesses respond may very well dictate their future." In May 2011, ICAA launched a groundbreaking initiative to help. Created to encourage more positive, realistic views of aging and shift societys perceptions of aging, ICAAs Changing the Way We Age

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