The two main reasons is simply time and money. Because of increase prices for our normal goods and the fact that seniors are living longer today more that ever before, seniors are out living there money more and more. Sometimes is poor planning, sometimes is higher medical cost or loss of retirement income from company cutbacks, company closings or jobs going to other countries or a combination of all.
But higher prices for ordinary goods and services have hit the senior citizen community very hard. Plus the older we get the harder it gets. The bankruptcy filings of thoes 75 and older has quadrupled over the past several years. This information is from a study by "The Consumer Bankruptcy Project" which examined a sampling of noncommerical bankruptcy filing between 1991 and 2007
Again, what do we do? Many take full time, part time jobs in retail, food service, or other service positions that pay low wages just to help make ends meet.
But more and more of us are turning to the computer and the internet looking to start our own home based business. The internet does not ask how old you are or what is your work history, your background or anything else. It does not care. You get rewarded for what you do and know and nothing more.
But because of our age and for the most part, fixed income,we don't have a lot of time and money to spend on trial and error. We need to know what we are doing the first time around.
I think most of us, when thinking of a home based b8usiness, think of multi level marketing,amway, herbelife, etc. But what they teach, going to meetings, in-home showings, etc, takes the two things we don't have to waste. Time and money.
Again, where do we go and what do we do? There is a new system in town and it called attraction marketing. When done right, it's designed so your potental clients will come to you instead of having to go after them. You become the hunted instead of the hunter. This in turn will save us all a ton of both time and money.
Do it right, and where you are to day will be only a bad dream from where you could be or at least well on your way a year or so from now.You deserve the financial safety this means to you. It is also something you can teach your children, grandchildren how to do and let them continue with your success long after we are gone. There is an old saying "you can give a man a fish and he eat for the day, teach him how to fish and he and his family eats evermore. What more could you leave behind.
Thank You
Jerry
Jobs For Senior Citizen
This is a growing market, world wide, that needs to be considered in your marketing efforts, regardless of what you may be marketing. This is true regardless if you are online or offline.
There about 20mil. seniors on line in the US alone. Add the Canadian market and you begin to see just how big this market is.
The internet habits of the over 50 generation is similar to that of the 18 to 35 age group. However they differ in that they are generally more literate and delve more deeply into the sites they surf and visit longer. Its been said they spend an average of 44-45 min. per day surfing and that means about 750,000 min. per day and that's not simply keeping in touch with friends and family.
Analysis show that baby boomers and seniors view about 178+ more pages and spend 6.3 more days per month logged on to the internet than their college age counter parts. Seniors also have more credit cards and income. They also control more than 72% of the wealth in this country and are more likely to buy.
But the problem they face is that good information that is relevant to the over 50 generation is either hard to find or outdated. Why is that?
I think this is so because most marketers out there simply don't know what their needs and wants really are. One of the requirements of successful internet marketing is to know your target market.
This is such a huge market that there are symposiums and conferences being held all over the world trying to learn and understand the needs and wants of this market and how to satisfy them.
But on a local level, who knows seniors better than other seniors. There are about 194 mil. Internet users out there at any given time with 37% of them being seniors and 50 plus generation and actively looking for some kind of business opportunity.
With seniors controlling 72% of the wealth out there, why would they be looking for a small home based business? It's because about 37% of them have failed to save for retirement and are actively looking for a home business as a way to fund their retirement
I would ask you, is this beginning to look like a huge marketing opportunity to you? If you already have a small business and are not marketing to this segment of the market I must say you are missing the boat. If your in this senior group and looking for a business, search the internet and I am sure you will find something of interest you will want to market.
Now what is my purpose in writing this article? It's simply to inform others of this huge and growing market and to show seniors and baby boomers that if they have interest in starting a home based business that there is a new process out there called Attraction Marketing. When this system is learned and put into practice they will be able to build and grow a successful internet home based business in a relatively short time, months and not years it normally takes, and without all the necessary trial and error associated with internet marketing.
Learn and use this process and I must say that for the first time you may find success with your marketing efforts. You will also be pleasantly surprised at all the time and money you will be able to save using the attraction marketing process. It will be far less than trying to do it any other way.
Gerald Lewis has sinced written about articles on various topics from Arthritis Signs, Bankruptcy Law and Internet Marketing. My name is Jerry and I am of the senior citizen generation and I am dedicated to showing others like myself who are not ready to roll up the sidewalks and are still active and still eager to learn. The Internet is a great source if your looking to start. Gerald Lewis's top article generates over 8100 views. to your Favourites.
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