Some useful insight to consider if you’re targeting this audience:
- Born between 1965 and 1980, many Gen Xers are in their prime spending years, having settled into a career, home and family - typically juggling child care and a growing mortgage burden whilst also reaching the peak of their careers – so they’re very busy.
- They spent their formative years without technology, only to embrace it slowly as teenagers or in their 20s or 30s - they remember how video killed the radio star.
- This demographic group grew up independent and self-sufficient; taking care of themselves and perhaps even their siblings after school, making their own snacks, and doing their homework on their own. This fostered a generation of consumers who tend to want authenticity and clear-headed marketing without any fuzzy logic or lack of clarity. They don’t have time for it.
- Also this generation is less prone to moving in the waves of trends, and is more likely to buy a service or product that somehow benefits society or the environment.