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Baby Boomers Aren't Old ...so don't market to them as though they are.

Even though many baby boomers are now over 50, don't makethe mistake of marketing to them the same way you would to seniors.Boomers don't think of themselves as "old" or"seniors." The moral? The same marketing approaches thatappealed to boomers when they were 30 will appeal to them whenthey're 50, 60 and 70.

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