Flaws in data sampling accuracy and coverage can foil brands’ targeting efforts and ultimately their ROI, which bodes badly for advanced TV advertising. The culprits: crippling media fragmentation, and a dearth of research on missing and misidentifying consumers when using commercially available target segments for digital campaigns.
Member Only AccessThose born between 1946 and 1964 accounted for 70% of the disposable income in the United States. Boomers’ possess immense consumer power; they drive almost 50% of all retail sales whereas Millennials represent a mere 10%. Still, the AARP estimates less than 10% of marketing dollars are spent targeting them.
Boomers are, in fact, modern and tech savvy, and they’ve got more money to spend than any other demographic.
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Cheryl Russell analyzes a study by the USDA’s Economic Research Service which reveals the factors that attract former residents of rural communities back to the communities they left as young adults. Factors attracting return migration included:
-Family ties, especially parents.
-The desire to raise their children in a small town.
-High value placed on small town lifestyles.
-Outdoor recreation opportunities.
-Tighter-knit social networks.
-Less anonymous environment.
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