Peter Hubbell is back at Cannes after a 12 year hiatus.  He’s posting his “on-site insights” real time on social media.  This page is collecting his experiences in the Palais and on the Croisette that is affecting marketing in the age of aging.

After 12 years of a self-imposed time-out, Peter Hubbell is back at Cannes. Something dramatic had happened to lure him back, but it didn’t happen overnight.

Most businesses dismiss the Boomers on Social Media. Think someone in their 60s isn’t sitting on Facebook or scrolling through pins? Think Again.

Procter & Gamble Co. has launched an advertising campaign for its Always Discreet brand with help from BoomAgers for women to understand that bladder leaks are a common problem. The Cincinnati-based maker of incontinence panty liners, pads and underwear (NYSE: PG) hopes to get women to reconsider negative perceptions and overcome any hesitation to shop for […]

You don’t have to look far to understand why marketers don’t embrace generations of age like the Baby Boomers. Marketers love “new” and they’re always chasing the next new trend. Being old is anything but new, so it’s not surprising that marketers are ignoring the most valuable trend in business.

Companies and their marketers are obsessed by millennials, and though Baby Boomers represent a huge opportunity businesses are not considering the marketing value of baby boomers.

Peter Hubbell was quoted in a recent article written by Mercedes Cardona. Read the whole article on velocitize.com   Millennials are delaying having families and having homes, the sequence of consumers getting into the target funnel, explained Peter Hubbell, CEO of Boomagers, a marketing agency focused on Boomers. “They don’t even care about owning things… They buy […]

“Every day for the next 19 years, 10,000 people will reach age 65. That companies aren’t scrambling to exploit this market is not only unfortunate for their bottom line, but almost certainly treacherous, eventually, for all of us.” Click to read more at NYT.com:     Photo courtesy of The New York Times

Brands typically target their mobile and online marketing efforts at Millennials, however, by doing so, they risk overlooking Baby Boomers, who are more influential and often more affluent shoppers,” Click to read more:  

Now that marketing itself is awash in numbers, and technology is disrupting established ways of doing business, it’s time for marketers to proactively disrupt their own philosophies and practices. In so doing, it might just be time to do the unthinkable—to look to the financial-services industry for creative inspiration.