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Boomers

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A trip into the soul of the Baby Boomer Generaton by Brent Green, author of Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers

• Added on: Oct 27th, 2006
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Listed in: Marketing Culture Politics

Recent Posts

• Avatar: A Mythic Movie for Baby Boomers

  Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 20:48 in Film, media, current affairs, sociology, james cameron, avatar, environmentalism, godzilla, web tech, vietnam war, wizard of oz, sigourney weaver

  “You’re not in Kansas anymore, ladies and gentlemen.” cautions Col. Miles Quaritch, a sinewy, pugnacious antagonist in James Cameron’s instantly classic science fiction movie, Avatar. Most American Boomers recall a powerful line from the f...

• Susan Boyle, Baby Boomer Celebrities, and A New Culture of Fame

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 15:25 in music, Advertising, Microsoft, television, current affairs, american idol, sociology, simon cowell, bruce springsteen, madonna, richard gere, rolling stones

  Popular culture favors youth. Celebrity favors youth. Many of today’s icons of the Baby Boomer Generation achieved fame before turning 30, certainly by 40. And unlike older generations, where many youth icons faded away after age 50, Boomer icons ...

• Boomer Nostalgia: Icons and Images

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 09:49 in health, Marketing, youth, Advertising, natural living, history, sociology, Nostalgia, icons, boomers, artistic expression, coming-of-age

  Peanut butter sandwiches with strawberry jam. Alfalfa sprouts in salads. Patchouli stick incense. Hand-made, multi-colored candles. A silver peace symbol as a necklace. Stained glass lamps. Indian bedspreads. Faded, worn blue jeans and old cowboy b...

• In Memoriam: Dr. Gene Cohen, A Creative, Thoughtful Visionary For Boomers and All Aging Generations

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 14:50 in books, Marketing, current affairs, prostate cancer, national institute on aging, national institute of mental health, dr. gene cohen, the creative age, the mature mind

  Gene D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. has forever changed the field of geriatrics while successfully challenging misconceptions about aging as a lifestage of inevitable decline and loss. His scientifically-derived conclusions and insights about aging brains ar...

• Automotive Advertising to Boomers and Ford\'s Lincoln MKS - Burnin\' for You

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 19:16 in Advertising, media, age discrimination, david bowie, huffington post, blue oyster cult, lohas, lincoln mks, space oddity, barron's, advertising to baby boomers, burnin' for you

  We can critically analyze many ramifications of “advertising to Baby Boomers” by surveying the fields of consumer psychology, generational sociology, cultural anthropology, and age demographics. We can seek informed authorities on psychosocial...

• The National Parks, Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and Baby Boomers

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 13:55 in travel, rocky mountain national park, yosemite, ken burns, christian science monitor, the civil war, dayton duncan, the national parks, europe tourism, florentine films, wilderness preservation act

  My previous two posts reviewed the extraordinary lure of Europe to members of the Baby Boomer generation. Whereas Boomers are positively predisposed to travel to Europe, this generation is also today confronting enormous economic hurdles, making Euro...

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askcherlock

Wonderfully written pieces!

Posted: March 19th, 2009 | More Reviews From askcherlock | Report This Comment

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