The Age Curve – Final Thoughts and a Chance to Win the Book
August 28, 2008 by Jean Murray
First, I wanted to give you a last thought about The Age Curve by Kenneth Gronbach. As I said yesterday, I don’t agree with everything he says. For example, I think he is wrong about the oil crisis. He predicts that OPEC will have to “dramatically reduce” the price of oil and keep it there for a while. I sure don’t think that will happen, but I’d be happy if it did.
Otherwise, The Age Curve is both informative and entertaining. You can use it in your business, no matter what age group you are marketing to. Gronbach says, if you want to profit from “generational demographics,” you need to determine who are your best customers, and match your marketing with the demographic peak of the markeket. Ideally, your best customers are 8-10 years younger than the peak demographic of your market, so your market will age toward your products or services, not away from them.
For example (my example here, not his): If you are selling accessories for classic cars (as we discussed last week), your demographic is baby boomer men. This group is getting larger, as the biggest group of boomers is coming over the next 10 years. Perfect timing. Think about the group you want to target, understand the demographics of that market, and plan your marketing for success.
For a chance to win a copy of this book, leave a comment to this post. Let me know if you agree with Gronbach, or you don’t, or you just want to react to anything I’ve said in this post or the ones from yesterday and the day before. Any comment is ok. You can comment as many times as you want, as long as each comment is unique. Read more about contest rules on my new THOUGHTS page. Be sure to include your email address (no one but me will see it), so I can email you to let you know you’ve won. (U.S. and Canada only.)
I will accept comments/entries until midnight, Thursday, September 4, 2008 (Central Daylight Time).
i agree with what little i’ve heard
at this point in my financial situation, I will take any lead I can get. as long as I am not intentionally screwing anyone over.
I am a CPA and I think that this book would be very beneficial for me.
I am very interested in learning more about generational demographics. I’m starting a new biz and think it will be very important to properly target my ideal market.
The little I’ve read seems to have a good basis to go forward with.
I could really use this!
want to win this
thanks for the contest
i’ve only heard of it from your post, but yes, i agree with it
i’ve been researching the book a bit, and he makes some valid points
I agree
This sounds very interesting.
LOOKS GOOD TO ME
Sounds good.
enter me please
This looks like a really interesting book and I’d love to read it.
It sounds interesting, I’d like to read it
Looks like a great resource. I keep thinking; trying to find something unique that I can market. I’ll be successful one day, soon!
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Something everyone should read- enter me please!
sounds interesting
While I don’t agree with everything that the author says, I do believe he makes a lot of very valid points. I think that generational demographics is a solid business philosophy. I would love to read this book! Thank you for the great contest.
i think i agree, mostly, with what Gronbach has to say
Gray variable analyst and guru!
I agree for the most part
I really could use this!
It sounds like it would help my business.
I am a Boomer, 90% of my clients are Boomers too..
Sounds like a reasonable concept to me!