What is a buyer persona?
- A semi-fictional representation of your ideal customer based on data.
- The demographic information of a particular sales prospect.
- A categorization of leads that indicates how “sales ready”? they are.
- A story that describes your sales process from the buyer’s point of view.
or
- Your customers
- A fictional representation of your ideal customer
- A summary of your last 10 customers
- People who aren’t a good fit for your business
or
- A realistic representation of your current customers based on their prior purchases and NPS scores
- A semi-fictional representation of your ideal customer based on real data and some select educated speculation
- A detailed profile of one of your existing customers with real data and quotes from them
- A fictional representation of your ideal customer based on your gut feelings and intuition about who needs your products and services