3. What are buyer personas?
A buyer persona is a
semi-fictional
representation of
your ideal customer
based on market
research and real data
about your existing
customers.
6. What Buyer Personas Matter
• In-depth info about your
customers, their problems,
pains, and goals, and how
they make purchases.
• Makes your marketing and
sales more focused and
effective
• Ensures that everyone’s on
the same page
• Fuels great brand storytelling
Let’s start with a simple question: how many of you have created buyer personas? Let a comment in the chat. If you haven’t created a buyer persona, hopefully I’ll convince you today about what they matter.
Before we started, a quick poll: how many people have actually created buyer personas? I would hazard to guess that many companies don’t have buyer personas.
It begs the question: how does an organization make sure it has a crystal clear picture of its customers. Where does that information exist?
There are dozens of ways to define a buyer persona but here’s a good one from HubSpot:
In simple terms, a buyer persona is……
Why do buyer personas matter? Let’s look at four different reasons why you need buyer personas as part of the mix.
Personallly, I would start with two or three buyer personas to identify your key customers. But you can have many different types of customers and many buyer personas.
As well, buyer personas can include Influencers, Detractors, Analysts