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Friending Over 50
Ignite DC
Debbie Weil
02.03.2011
five
things
1.   77 million baby boomers




 Seth Godin         Guy Kawasaki




 Esther Dyson        Steve Jobs
10,000 turn 65 everyday




“A navel-gazing moment” – New York Times
2.   We are not old!




Gray is the new black
Baby boomers
Pete Cashmore, CEO Mashable
                            are still cool.
50 is the new 50	
  
	
  
3. We love social media.
Growth rate is 100% for over-65s




Photo by Soffie Hicks under Creative Commons: www.flickr.com/photos/ohhbetty/4499856127
Angry Birds
4.   What boomers are doing
Grandbabies… and our children
5.   What is the opportunity?

     Baby boomers have $2
     trillion of spending power.
Boomer Psychographic
Is social
media the
key to
immortality?




                        Image from iStockPhoto
Boomer Edition

          Instagram
          Boomer Edition

          Covers up gray hair




           Citizen Effect
           Boomer Edition

           Save the world
@babyboomer




For godsakes   puhleeze     make the

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friending
 over 50
Privacy? Healthcare? Financial security?
“I get by with a little help
     from my friends.”
      – The Beatles
best friend
38 years



email: debbie.weil@gmail.com
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twitter: @debbieweil

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