By understanding the needs of your audience, it is possible to identify and design the services and features that support customers with different goals. Personas help direct the vision and design of a web solution, marketing campaign, product feature set, or service offering.
This presentation is an introduction to personas and how to create them.
2. Who are you marketing to?
Who are you creating content for?
Is your website generating the desired traffic?
Are your leads qualified or an annoyance?
What is your conversion rate?
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3. A persona is a
composite character
sketch representing a
segment of a target
audience
Personas help you understand the
person that’s interacting with your
website, call centre, ticket office,
social media channel…
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4. –Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
“A major virtue of personas is the establishment of empathy and
understanding the individual who uses the product.”
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6. But my target audience is
everybody
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7. But I already know my
customer
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8. Demographics vs. Personas
• Male
• Born in the UK in 1948
• Successful
• Multiple marriages
• Multi-millionaire
• Multiple children
• Loves dogs
• Holidays in the Alps
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9. Google, Facebook,
Twitter, oh my!
Whether you want to go down
this path or not
1.9 billion users per month
1.4 billion active users
2.3 billion users per month
1 billion users per month
320 million users per month
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10. Affinity Segments
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11. This is How Google Sees Me
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13. Build Personas
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14. Layering Data
Source A Source B
Data that makes up the persona
Qualitative & Quantitative Sources
Affinity Mapping
User interviews
Open-ended surveys
Focus groups
Content analysis
Text mining
Ethnography
Social listening
Surveys
Segmentation tools
Analytics
User profiles
Internal data
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15. Pulling It All Together
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State Your
Business Goal
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Frame with
Demographics
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Gather User
Needs
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Add Colour with
Psychographics
“This goal of this persona is to
identify a segment of the
audience that shares or links
to content but hasn’t
purchased a membership.”
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16. Universe User Persona by Arthur Chayka via Dribbble Gearbox Experiential | gearboxexp.com | @gearboxexp
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Semi-fictional character
Day in their life
Demographic info
Persona’s goals
Pain points
Information search process
Type of experience desired
Common objections
Story format
Alliterative name [adjective][name]
Memorable image
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18. Now What?
Circulate and
evangelize.
Tell their story.
Include them in your
meetings and
decisions.
Dynamic Targeting
User Journey Mapping
Content Marketing
Drive Design Decisions
Lead Scoring
Qualify Users
Justify Business Cases
Improve Keyword Search
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22. Segment. Measure. Create.
Regardless of channel, customer personas let you build a closer
connection with your customer and become a more effective marketer.
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