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Power to the Soccer Mom: How Just One Buyer Persona Revealed This Winning...
I like to learn about marketing in unexpected places. The U.S. presidential campaigns are especially fascinating because they represent a “high consideration” decision where, like many B2B products,...
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Practitioner Perspective: The 6 Most Important (Surprising) Things I’ve...
This post is contributed by Gordana Stok, a Certified Practitioner of the Buyer Persona Institute methodology. Last year I decided to learn how to develop buyer personas so that I could become a better...
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Make Every Word Matter (and Make Sure Your Buyer Personas Tell You How)
There’s a wonderful Mark Twain quote that goes like this “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the...
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Got Buyer Personas? 44% say yes, but 85% aren’t using them effectively
This disturbing data was reported in a recent ITSMA study. The sample size was relatively small and limited to the services marketing sector, but I’m seeing indicators that this is a widespread issue....
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Go Big Or Go Home: How Buyer Personas Help A Global Marketing Effort
We frequently talk about how buyer persona insights add value to sales, messaging and content, but how does that work in a company with more than a thousand marketers around the globe? Over the last...
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Big News from Buyer Persona Institute
You might have noticed that I haven’t published updates on this blog and that my presence on social media has been scarce over the last few months. I wish I could tell you that I’d been sailing the...
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Five New Year’s Resolutions for Marketers (recommended by your buyer personas)
In case you’re looking to make your 2015 New Year’s resolutions a few days after the fact, here’s five your buyers want you to consider. I’ll find the time or budget to interview buyers and understand...
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How I chose a PR firm to launch my new book
I just made an important buying decision. Since Wiley will release my first book on March 9, I wanted to hire a PR firm to do the launch right. I started out the way most buyers do when they initiate a...
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How Radio Shack lost their buyer focus and their business
I was saddened by Radio Shack’s recent bankruptcy filing. Its convenient stores and helpful staff are easy to find in any city I’m visiting. There is even a store in the tiny community where I live....
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What’s Your Content Strategy Now? Ask your buyers!
This is the first of many upcoming blog posts from Steve Rankel, who joined our team last summer as COO. Steve is a 30-year veteran of marketing and sales, and an expert at decoding why customers buy,...
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