Award-winning real powered by humana releases new book for
members: living the boomer life for dummies®
Louisville, ky.--(business wire)--studies show nearly all boomers agree that taking care of their own health and well-being is important, yet only 34 percent of men and 25 percent of women feel they have individual control over their health options.1 to help provide boomers with more health knowledge, real powered by humana, an innovative program developed by the louisville-based health company humana inc. (nyse: hum), is releasing a new book, living the boomer life for dummies®. following the highly successful well-being for dummies® and retirement for dummies®, living the boomer life for dummies®, available this month, focuses on all aspects of healthy living for the baby boom generation. the book includes four unique chapters with fan-inspired content: self: making now the best time of your life; family: having happiness at home; work: leaving the rat race (or rejoining it); and, play: living and loving your leisure time. “the tools and resources described in this book encourage boomers to engage with the real community and thereby achieve greater personal well-being by controlling their own health,” said raja rajamannar, chief innovation and marketing officer at humana. “this is an important priority for humana as we strive to help boomers – and our health plan members of all ages --- live more active and fulfilling lives.” humana enables real to act as a web-centric, pre-customer engagement program, designed to interact and provide helpful resources to current and potential members. through the real program, boomers find a wealth of information designed to help them focus on the most important aspects of physical and mental health, work and finances, recreation, and social relationships. “because people communicate with various organizations using different media, real is committed to consistently evolving our engagement tools to connect with any boomer -- whether online through our site, realforme.com; facebook; or through one of our printed books,” said bruce feinstein, director, local marketing, at humana. “by listening and responding to our members, we are able to help boomers embrace a new and exciting chapter in their lives.” real was awarded “best web-based customer retention and loyalty campaign” at the 2011 marketing innovation awards held by merkle, the nation’s fastest growing crm agency, and the cmo council, a network of over 6,000 global executives in over 100 countries, with the assistance of marketbridge, a leading provider of technology-enabled sales and marketing solutions and its digital relationship marketing division. out of nearly 100 submissions worldwide for the first-ever marketing innovation awards, industry leaders awarded real this honor based on criteria including: marketing strategy, data, technology, digital media, and analytics. with a community of over 250,000, real offers useful living tools, both in print and online, and engages boomers by helping them improve their health, exercise mental muscles with brain games, and find relevant how-to articles and videos while increasing individual control over their own health. visit real powered by humana online.visit real powered by humana on facebook. 1 humana boomer survey, july 2010. about humana humana inc., headquartered in louisville, kentucky, is a leading consumer-focused health care company that offers a wide range of insurance products and health and wellness services that incorporate an integrated approach to lifelong well-being. by leveraging the strengths of its core businesses, humana believes it can better explore opportunities for existing and emerging adjacencies in health care that can further enhance wellness opportunities for the millions of people across the nation with whom the company has relationships. more information regarding humana is available to investors via the investor relations page of the company’s web site at www.humana.com, including copies of: annual reports to stockholders securities and exchange commission filings most recent investor conference presentations quarterly earnings news releases replays of most recent earnings release conference calls calendar of events (including upcoming earnings conference call dates and times, as well as planned interaction with research analysts and institutional investors) corporate governance information about marketbridge marketbridge (www.market-bridge.com) is a leading global provider of technology-enabled sales and marketing solutions and services for fortune 1000 and emerging growth companies. the addition of iped’s leading channel benchmarking and management education capabilities deepens an already comprehensive set of sales channel management services and solutions. the firm also offers a deep set of services in market & customer insight, marketing & demand generation, and decision support systems. over the past 10 years, we have completed over 1,000 separate engagements for 18 of the world’s top 50 brands and many emerging companies. we work closely with ceos and their senior marketing and sales leaders to solve their toughest business challenges and create scalable, sustainable competitive advantage. follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/marketbridge. about merkle merkle (www.merkleinc.com) is the nation's largest and fastest growing customer relationship marketing agency. for more than 20 years, fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. by combining a complete range of marketing, technical, analytical and creative disciplines, merkle works with clients to design, execute and evaluate integrated customer marketing tm programs. with more than 1,400 employees, the privately held corporation is headquartered near baltimore in columbia, maryland with additional offices in boston; 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