If you know me, you know I’m all about creating and using B2B buyer personas to drive content marketing strategy. I’ve created more than 400 buyer personas over the last four or five years. When built with both qualitative and quantitative data they … [Read more...]
Get Your B2B Buyer Persona Effectiveness Score
Does your buyer persona have what it takes to contribute effectively to content relevance that delivers increased marketing performance? According to the Benchmark Study on Understanding B2B Buyer Personas released by Cintell, less than 30% of B2B … [Read more...]
Give Your B2B Buyer Personas a Makeover
You’ve spent the time, effort and sweat equity to build your B2B buyer personas. But, when you look at them, you’re not quite sure how to apply them or what they're good for. Perhaps it’s time to assess your personas and give them a makeover to … [Read more...]
Building the Case for Brand Advocate Personas
I recently wrote an eBook, The Brand Advocate Persona, about how to harness the power of personas to turn customers into brand advocates. [A big thanks to Influitive and Cintell for producing it!] It occurred to me that perhaps the concept of the … [Read more...]
How Personas Keep B2B Marketers From Playing “Guess Who” with Content
Buyer personas, built well, take a concerted effort to produce. While only 44% of B2B marketers say they have buyer personas, 83% of these marketers say they are only slightly or somewhat effective at using them. What a colossal waste of time, … [Read more...]
