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17 Things High-Performing Companies Do to Optimize Their Buyer Personas

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If you haven’t read the Understanding B2B Buyers 2016 Benchmark Study, you may not know that companies who exceed revenue and lead goals are more effective at creating, using, and consistently maintaining personas than those who miss their targets. (Or This could mean four or more personas.

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Why Personas Fail

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When they are little more than a demographic profile. There is a sharp difference between demographic segmentation (“CIOs and companies with over 5,000 employees in the manufacturing industry”) and in-depth buyer personas that represent a comprehensive view of the characteristics, attributes, motivations, and interests of these segments.

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5 Things Your Business Must Consider About Outsourcing Customer Research

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In that article, Drucker describes how adherence to a segmentation model based on demographics blinded GM in the 1970s to strategically relevant marketplace trends in lifestyle and attitudes. Using these data to define market segments causes managers to aim innovation at phantom targets.” [1]. Customer research is a skill set.

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