Baby Boomers
eShoppers Who Have Purchased Due To Facebook Ads or Comments, by Generation [CHART]
via emarketer.com A June 2012 study from Reuters and Ipsos found that only 20% of US Facebook users said they had bought products because of ads or comments they saw on Facebook. Read the rest at eMarketer.
Read MoreTV Advertising Influence Wanes With Age [CHART]
via marketingcharts.com Data from TVB’s “Media Comparisons 2012″ indicates that a plurality of respondents across all age groups believe that TV influences their purchase decisions the most. Interestingly, 18-34-year-olds are the most likely to report this (40.8%), with TV’s influence declining with age, to 36.5% of 35-64-year-olds and 32.7% of those aged 65 and older.…
Read MoreNumber Of Channels Used To Communicate With Service Providers By Generation [CHART]
via marketingcharts.com Millennials (aged 18-30) are using more channels than ever to contact financial service, telecom, travel, insurance, and healthcare providers, and they are spurring adoption of alternative channels such as SMS, smartphone applications, and social networks, finds a [download page] NICE Systems survey of US, UK and Australian consumers released in June 2012. On…
Read MoreOnline Sources For Political Information, By Generation [CHART]
via emarketer.com Overall, news websites were the most commonly tapped resource for those looking for political information online; 47.7% of likely voters used them. But news sites were especially important among those ages 55 or older, with 53% of respondents from this group relying on them. Voters ages 18 to 34, no surprise, were significantly…
Read MoreTablet Owners Who Have Made A Purchase On Their Tablet by Generation [CHART]
via emarketer.com When looking at US tablet ownership and usage by age group, Jumptap found that those ages 25 to 34 led the pack. Almost one-quarter of those in this group owned a tablet, while about one in five said they had made a purchase on one of the devices. Interestingly, those ages 18 to…
Read More53% Of Seniors Are Online [CHART]
via marketingcharts.com The proportion of American adults aged over 65 who use the internet or email has passed the 50% threshold for the first time, reaching 53% in April 2012, per survey results [pdf] released in June by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. This represents a significant uptick in growth: in August 2011…
Read More2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Search Demographics
REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEARCH VOLUME Google LISTEN To The Daily Numbers podcast [MP3] 34.9% of the monthly searches for Republican presidential candidates were for Ron Paul. Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann had the next largest slices of the search pie with 19.1% each. Mitt Romney follows with 10.5%. Newt Gingrich got 7% of…
Read MoreOnline Video Ads Work With Boomers
19.1% of Boomer women & 26.3% of Boomer men took some action after viewing online video ads such as visiting an advertiser’s website or making a purchase.
Read MoreBorders Closing
Borders plans to close its remaining 399 stores and go out of business by the end of September.
Read MorePause Ball!
Baseball Fan Demographics: 45% of Hispanics follow baseball.
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