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Confusing Customer Segmentation, Buyer Profiling, and Buyer Personas Harms Marketing

Tony Zambito

In the 15 years since originating the concept of buyer personas in 2001, there has been one issue that continues to plague fully understanding exactly where, how, and why buyer personas can be beneficial. Buying processes and buyer journeys. Confusion by Adam Gale. Buying criteria and risk factors.

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State Of Buyer Personas 2016: Strong Correlation Between Effectiveness And Goals

Tony Zambito

In 2016, we will mark the fifteenth year since buyer personas were first introduced. The journey, however, continues towards professionals and organizations gaining a true understanding of what buyer persona development entails. by Scott Lewis.

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How B2B CMOs Can Achieve Customer-Centric Marketing With Buyer Personas

Tony Zambito

In this same survey mentioned above, it was found 50% or more of marketers surveyed have not engaged in researching and creating buyer personas for their marketing efforts. One of the key premises of user personas and buyer personas, since their origins, are they can foster a common view of customers within organizations.

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7 Elements Of Customer Understanding The C-Suite Must Master

Tony Zambito

Utilizing the first critical element of research and insights for persona creation, personas can help guide the organization towards a common shared focus on helping customers to achieve their goals. Organizations should strive to develop buyer personas , user personas, and customer personas.

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43 Execs Explain How Millennials Impact B2B Buying Committees

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Millennials dislike product-centric marketing campaigns because they appear inauthentic and lazy -- of course not surprising. That is exactly why at Metadata we are always focused on the buyer persona and educational piece vs. the product. Mpowered Marketing | Chief Strategist. . . Use that. . . Maggie Fitzgerald.