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unlike their predecessors, today’s 50-plus consumers wield unprecedented buying power and influence. As a result, they expect the same level of attention from advertisers and marketers that they grew accustomed to in their youth.

As a consumer segment, Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) should be a marketer's dream. As the largest U.S. demographic, they own 77% of discretionary wealth, represent 25% of the consumer landscape and account for 60% of consumer spending.

less than 5% of ad dollars are actually being targeted to Boomers. That’s right — the people who control 60% of consumer spending represent only 5% of marketing investment.

51 percent of consumers want to talk about companies without being listened to, 58 percent want companies to respond to their complaints shared on social media.

32 percent of consumers of all ages and 38 percent of Millennials (18-24-year-olds) have no idea companies are listening to what they say in social media.

43 percent of consumers think listening online intrudes on privacy, even though this is "social" media. Boomers put up the biggest fight (36 percent said they don't want brands listening to what they say about brands online), while only 17 percent of Millennials said the same).

Twitter generates 8% more Arts & Entertainment sharing activity than average, with Facebook about average and Pinterest under-indexing in this category by a significant margin;

Pinterest generates a whopping 226% more Shopping content sharing activity than average, with Facebook (-17%) and Twitter (-43%) both under-indexing in this category.

43% of social sharing activity on tablets was driven by users aged 55 and older, whose sharing on tablets grew by 88% quarter-over-quarter.