Unlike other age groups, Boomers consume a daily, balanced diet of media from multiple traditional and interactive sources with traditional media -- television, radio, and newspapers - providing their daily "squares."

The future of consumerism won't be built on buying more but getting more out of what we buy. We think those marketers who figure out how to deliver modest prices and modest living will enjoy mega sales.

Boomers are constantly evolving, and turning 50 is affecting them in ways never seen before because it is the demarcation of a new and uncharted life stage. A life stage you can't understand at 25 or 30 or even 40.

The rules for marketing luxury products must change, and those failing to adapt branding and advertising strategies may suffer consequences. This is the future of luxury brands: not just value but core values; not just low prices but product longevity; and not just surface bling but deep customer connection.

Photos do tell a story -- a complete story that is more quickly perceived by older customers than younger customers. This is one of the great benefits to the way our brains age: mature consumers get the gist faster.

Boomers have become smart, savvy, worldly, respected and ready for the next chapter of their lives. And they want to be marketed to in a way that understands and respects not who they were, but who they are.

Articles, news stories and features about "Boomers" may give the mistaken impression of a single collective of 76 million. But to engage Boomers today, they should be segmented like any "Adults" audience -- by income, education, values, attitude, geography, life stage, and so forth.

Marketers who fail to address these powerful motivating factors among women who look to each other for answers and referrals -- online and in the "real" world -- will fail to win business from these valuable, well-connected consumers.

Within this niche, traditional forms of marketing are difficult to effectively implement. The major restricting factor is the vast geographical area one must cover. This seriously restricts the use of outdoor, daily print, radio, broadcast and even cable television. So what's a marketer to do? Turn to the three Ws: www.