Special Guest: Adele Revella, President of Buyer Persona Institute, Inc.
http://buyerpersona.com
Buyer personas are a fundamental aspect of B2B marketing. These detailed profiles of customers that the company hopes to attract help marketers make essential marketing decisions.
During this episode, guest host Jeff Ogden and Adele Revella, President of the Buyer Persona Institute and author of The Buyer Persona Manifesto, discuss:
• The dangers of using made-up or irrelevant information about your buyers
• Why you should avoid building personas about too many buyers
• How to avoid building bad buyer personas
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Upcoming episodes: During Episode 3, Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute and author of "Get Content, Get Customers" joins guest host Jeff Ogden on MadMarketingTV. Hope to see you then!
http://madmarketing.tv/2011/12/01/the-mistakes-that-threaten-your-buyer-perso...
If the buyer persona doesn't reveal something insightful and unexpected, it can't help you make competitive decisions about how to market to that type of buyer. And that's the only reason to create buyer personas.
AdeleRevella 2 months ago
"Personas give insight into things that are important to our prospects" -- I like that.
I've read too many persona sheets that are insight-free.
VelocityPartners 2 months ago
This is our second show, and this time we use a TV-like approach - full screen answers, full screen content and side by side questions. I hope you like it and tune in next Thursday where we interview the "Godfather of Content Marketing."
dmrirish 3 months ago