Jim Gilmartin

Jim Gilmartin has emerged as one of America’s experts on marketing and sales to baby boomer and older consumers. He has authored hundreds of articles on these rapidly growing populations for many industries.

A frequent keynote speaker, presenter and trainer at national and international conferences, Jim presents on strategies for improving marketing and sales to baby boomers and older consumers and other management, marketing and sales topics. He also provides clients keynotes, short presentations, and half and full day seminars. His topics include:

• “BrainPower – The Driver of Marketing Communications (or Sales & Customer Satisfaction)” - insight & tools to better communicate with Baby Boomer & Older Customers.

• “10 Steps to an Integrated Marketing Company - Brand Management: When Thinking Of Your Company, What Comes To Your Customer’s Mind? ” - comprehensive, practical insights into creating company/product brand value.

• “Building Customer Loyalty – Adding Value Beyond the Value of Your Products & Services” - executing customer Affinity/Loyalty Programs to increase sales & retain customers.

• “The Price of Commitment – Managing the Dangers & Opportunities of Major Change” - unique & useful tools to implement successful strategies & organization change.

• “The Temptations of Leadership – Avoiding Its Traps” - practical ways to identify the path to leadership disintegration & steps to improve leadership skills.

• “The Art of Strategic Thinking & Planning - Think Before You Plan” - what every manager must know to develop & execute business strategies.

Jim also provides clients very cost effective "Train-The-Trainer" programs to improve communications, sales and service. The programs are customized to meet client needs. For more information, visit his website.

In addition to his knowledge of how to secure and retain these markets, Jim brings to his entertaining engagements the experience of more than 20 years in business development leadership, marketing, sales and operations positions. Serving as CEO of two corporations, and as senior vice president for a Chicago-based international health care system, Jim provided leadership to position the system as a leading provider of products to baby boomer and older consumers.

Since 1991, Jim has provided leadership to Lombard, IL based Coming of Age, Incorporated. The integrated marketing firm specializes in developing and executing marketing communications, advertising and sales campaigns, implementing customer loyalty programs, and sales and service improvement training programs to help clients increase market share and profit in baby boomer and older consumer markets.

He currently conducts management educational programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago, marketing seminars for the University of Chicago and serves on the faculty of The Bank Administration Institute's Graduate School of Retail Banking. Jim earned his B.S. and Masters degree from the City University of New York.

	For a full Press Kit, interviews or photos please contact:   Jim Gilmartin   Coming of Age, Incorporated   430 West Roosevelt Road   Wheaton, IL 60197   Tel: 630-462- 7100   Fax: 630-462-8056   jimgilmartin@comingofage.com   www.comingofage.com