Marketing to millennials

marketing to millennials

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Every decade or so, world events, technological advancements, or other factors create a generational shift in the population. General habits and behaviors can change drastically as they reflect the dominant generation’s specific tastes. As the turn of this decade approaches, today’s society is indeed shifting with Millennials, who are quickly becoming the most dominant and influential generation of today.

According to the Pew Research Center, Millennials are defined as individuals born between 1981 and 1996. They are a generation rooted in technology and are currently on track to be the most educated in U.S. history. In fact, Millennials are expected to overtake the Baby Boomers as the largest percentage of U.S. population by the end of 2019. The spending patterns, lifestyle choices, fashion trends, and even communication styles attributed to the Baby Boomer generation are, consequently, becoming increasingly dated.

With majority in size comes immense financial might. Recent estimates indicate that Millennials will have $3.39 trillion in spending power by the end of 2019. But how they spend and what they spend their money on can be considerably different from previous generations of patients. 

Many healthcare practices still rely on the same “call for an appointment in 6 weeks and wait until we can see you,” model. While that may work with the middle-aged population, it’s a model falling more and more out of step with younger consumers. Especially among dermatologists and plastic surgeons, who focus on out-of-pocket aesthetic services, understanding how to attract and satisfy this burgeoning demographic is vital to short- and long-time success.

Millennials will make up 75% of the global workforce by 20251

What does this mean for you?

Find out with our Marketing to millennials: Download “OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW” marketing playbook. 

References:
Marketing Best Practices
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2. PwC, Millennials at Work: Reshaping the Workplace (2011): p. 3. http://mediakix.com/2018/04/what-is-a-millennial-demographics-statistics/#gs. d7vssp
Marketing to Millennials
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