There are a growing number of work opportunities for Baby Boomers as Corporate America is waking up to the fact that a significant percentage of the work force is getting ready to retire.  And there is a lot of talent in that retiring group.

Even so from a variety of estimates it’s clear, most Boomers are not saving enough.

Did you know? It’s estimated that:

• 4 out of 10 people over 60 will fall below the poverty line in their later years.
• And Merrill Lynch says that many people are only saving about 1/3 of what they will need after retirement.
• Only about 50% of us are saving enough to maintain a pre-retirement lifestyle when we retire.

It’s actually worse for Gen X, but they’re further down the road.

Since Boomers aren’t saving before they retire, how is working deep into retirement age going to solve the problem unless you have a lot of money stashed before you retire? These issues are compounded by the fact that we are living longer so the savings have to go a further distance. 

And we all know that no matter how much we hope it, the social security debackle is getting worse – not better.

If you want to be a wealthy boomer, the answer is making more money.

Find out why starting an online business makes more sense  ==> work at home boomers

It’s not too late for Boomers – who are technophobes or tech challenged – to get started creating something of value online.

And blogging is a really good place to begin because it has a low entry level threshold and you can start with little or no money.

My fiancee is an excellent example of what I am talking about. Prior to last August, the closest she ever got to internet marketing – personally – was spam from her old AOL account. But she took a free online course from Ed Dale and Dan Raine called the Thirty Day Challenge to learn the fundamentals of Web 2.0 and blogging and how to get listed fast in the search engines. Today when I searched on her primary keyword term for her blog, Baby Boomer Life , I found her at #3 in Google.

Pretty cool…

Blogging takes work -  mostly learning how – and consistency. But It’s fun…

She’s worked diligently on creating good content. It helps that she is a talented writer with a great deal of life experience and ability. She really writes interesting stuff because she is an interesting person. But just the same, she created the whole thing herself and has done an excellent job teaching herself about social bookmarking and creating online relationships with other bloggers. Can you tell I’m proud of her?

More about how different ways boomers can start a blog…

StomperNet’s new Web 2.0 coaching program will probably be the greatest thing since sliced internet bread. If you’ll remember, Stomper’s launch in 2006 set the internet marketing world on its ear with an amazing $18.3 Million in online sales in 24 hours…

The SMARTS (Social MARketing Traffic Strategies) preview video with Don Crowther was absolutely excellent. These guys are an amazing brain trust in the internet world and inevitably their new coaching program will have a big impact. Just a minute ago an email came from Andy Jenkins at Stomper saying that the new  program actually sold 121 orders in 4 minutes at launch yesterday – so inevitbaly the numbers will go off the charts again.

Cool, guys – nice job…

Jack Humphrey, whose blog gets 5000 unique visitors a day, has been betting on Web 2.0 for quite a while. He put out one of the finest instructional manuals for Web 2.0 about a year ago. Considering how much traffic he gets that 64 page book should be a mandatory read for anybody interested in creating a successful blog. Get a copy of the authority black book here for nothing.  Good stuff, read it.     (more)