Small Biz Tip: Generation X: Marketing via Mainstream Media

Posted by Kim Fenolio on Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tips from December 16, 2009

The Small Business tips today discuss marketing to Generation X via mainstream media.


  1. Generation Xers are generally more open to new ideas, products or at least trying new things during TV pilot episodes. They are apt to seeing new things, and it will add to their sense of learning more about their world.
  2. Gen Xers multi-task: if they see or hear an advertisement on TV or radio they're likely to research immediately on computer or mobile device. List websites, and repeat the phone number and business name multiple times.
  3. Newspaper websites are better than the paper to reach Generation X. They grew up with the technology put out for the masses and adapt quickly. Press releases or stories about you will be noticed by Generation X because they cater to the individual rather than the entire group. Be newsworthy!
  4. Podcasts and blogs are a great medium to use as Generation X relies on them for information and value. You can ask to be interviewed on a podcast, written about by a blogger and/or choose to sponsor a writer or blogger.

Daily Overview: Appeal to Gen Xers interests within mass media by using the most easily and instantly consumable aspects of each area.


I post these small business tips to our employee's Twitter account each day, Monday through Friday. This is a reposting of those tips.

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Kim Fenolio

Kim Fenolio is America's Best Companies' Interface and New Media Manager. She's been in new and social media since before the terms were coined. She's an expert in the field and at teaching people how to harness its power for good. Contact Kim via your super powers or through email. Contact Kim

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