{"id":62648,"date":"2014-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockcontent.com\/blog\/marketing-trends-dennys-targets-genxers-mobile-spending-gains\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T21:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:21:13","slug":"marketing-trends-dennys-targets-genxers-mobile-spending-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingback.com\/en\/resources\/marketing-trends-dennys-targets-genxers-mobile-spending-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Trends: Denny\u2019s Targets GenXers, Mobile Spending Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In news that may come as a surprise to some, consumers other than Millennials exist. Some brands are specifically targeting 30 somethings and GenXers instead.<\/p>\n<p>Denny&#8217;s is appealing to the &#8217;80s kids who grew up playing Atari with its <a href=\"https:\/\/greatesthitsremixed.com\/?reqp=1&amp;reqr=pzS0oaElYzMjMKMio3ylrKMcpv5jLab=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cGreatest Hits Remixed\u201d campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant chain has teamed up with Atari to launch three classic Atari games (&#8220;Asteroids,&#8221; &#8220;Breakout&#8221; and &#8220;Centipede&#8221;) with a new diner twist: &#8220;Hashteroids,&#8221; &#8220;Takeout&#8221; and &#8220;Centipup.&#8221; The games are available in Google Play and the Apple App Store for download. The campaign will run for three months, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/adage.com\/article\/cmo-strategy\/denny-s-launches-remixed-atari-classics\/293950\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AdAge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This challenges a common notion that Millennials should be the focus of advertising and digital engagement. Marketers are fascinated by Millennials and Baby Boomers, Sharalyn Hartwell, executive director of research at Frank N.Magid Associates, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/10-things-generation-x-wont-tell-you-2014-06-27?pagenumber=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MarketWatch<\/a>. GenXers, on the other hand, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2014\/06\/05\/generation-x-americas-neglected-middle-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largely ignored<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><iframe title=\"Official Denny&#039;s Atari\u00ae Remix (iOS \/ Android) Launch Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uoPC1vsIL6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nOfficial Denny&#8217;s Atari\u00ae Remix (iOS \/ Android) Launch Trailer<br \/>\nby TouchGameplay via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uoPC1vsIL6Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ad that\u2019s decidedly Gen X comes on the heels of a &#8220;Scooby Doo&#8221; ad for State Farm that launched in October. State Farm partnered with Warner Brothers and the cartoon\u2019s official graphics, voices and music were used in the spot, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/adfreak\/zoinks-state-farm-saves-scooby-doo-and-gang-groovy-animated-spot-153471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AdWeek<\/a>. The video has more than 232,000 views on YouTube.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAfa0hrCc2s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAfa0hrCc2s<\/a><br \/>\nState Farm\u00ae Commercial &#8211; Scooby-Doo\u2122<br \/>\nby State Farm via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAfa0hrCc2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ad Targeting Shift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beam Suntory Inc.\u2019s Pinnacle Vodka brand is bucking the Millennial marketing trend with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/cmo\/2014\/07\/03\/pinnacle-vodka-sidesteps-millennial-fad-targets-women-in-their-30s\/?mod=WSJBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ads aimed at women in their 30s<\/a> and the company finds that the best way to reach them is on social media, according to Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>You can kind of see why these brands are dusting off the old playbook\u2014there\u2019s a treasure trove in nostalgia and, frankly, Gen X has cash to spend. In 2025, the cultural moment is less about desperately courting the youngest consumers and more about tapping into the dry wit and self-aware sensibility of people who remember rotary phones. There\u2019s a certain no-nonsense directness that comes with Gen X ad targeting. You get fewer over-engineered hashtags and more actual personality, or at least that\u2019s the vibe these campaigns seem to be going for.<\/p>\n<p>Social media ads were better for brands than other ad types such as email to meet their digital objectives, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/news\/technology\/social-and-native-ads-are-more-effective-email-study-says-158227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Millward Brown Digital\u2019s study<\/a> by MediaBrix.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep the  red, white and blue today! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IBelieve?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IBelieve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CocktailSelfie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CocktailSelfie<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ZcnTkpJgjp\">http:\/\/t.co\/ZcnTkpJgjp<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/flOLDfwgj0\">pic.twitter.com\/flOLDfwgj0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pinnacle\u00ae Vodka (@PinnacleVodka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PinnacleVodka\/status\/484013806109343744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brands also seem more willing to acknowledge that thirty- and forty-somethings aren\u2019t frozen in \u201990s amber; they\u2019re living online, posting, and sharing\u2014and yeah, probably rolling their eyes at brands chasing every fleeting TikTok dance trend. It\u2019s a different kind of engagement when you already know the cultural touchstones your core audience grew up with. Maybe it\u2019s a lower-churn, deeper loyalty game, although it does mean marketers have to work harder for a laugh or a moment of real connection. Kind of refreshing, honestly, after years of generational pigeonholing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Ad Outlook Mixed <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total advertising spending in the U.S. is set to increase 5.3 percent to $180.12 billion this year, with mobile to make up nearly 30 percent of all U.S. ad spending in 2025, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/Article\/Total-US-Ad-Spending-See-Largest-Increase-Since-2004\/1010982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eMarketer<\/a> data. The data show 2025 ad spending to grow 5 percent this year for the first time since 2004, when it grew 6.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Digital ad spending is projected to grow each year to 37.3 percent overall by 2018 with 26.4 of that total spending \u2014 or 70 percent \u2014 going to mobile.<\/p>\n<p>However, some data show digital ad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/agencyspy\/enthusiasm-for-digital-ads-is-cooling-down\/68979?red=as\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spending slowing<\/a>. This year, only 25 percent of agencies surveyed planned to increase their digital marketing budget without increasing the overall budget, which is down from 39 percent in 2013. Only 14 percent said their were both increasing the overall digital marketing budget and increasing the overall marketing spend for 2025, which is down from 16 percent in 2013, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sodaspeaks\/the-soda-report-volume-1-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Society of Digital Agencies 2014 Digital Marketing Outlook Study<\/a> of 736 respondents.<\/p>\n<p> }}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In news that may come as a surprise to some, consumers other than Millennials exist. Some brands are specifically targeting 30 somethings and GenXers instead. Denny&#8217;s is appealing to the &#8217;80s kids who grew up playing Atari with its \u201cGreatest Hits Remixed\u201d campaign. 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