How to Be an Inspiration for Buyer Personas

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Who do you look to for inspiration online or offline? I just am so inspired and love anything Bob Moesta does. Tracy Wallace right now. She's so smart, so bright, so kind. Follow her on Twitter. Benjamin Elias is the most thoughtful marketer that I've probably ever spoken to. He's not just out here slinging jargon and being flashy.

95% of companies use buyer personas, but over 77% of those companies never look at them again. But don’t let that fool you into believing they’re useless.

Adrienne Barnes, the founder of Best Buyer Persona, is here to unpack the value of user personas in this episode rewind. She’s delving into the reasons why most companies suck at using buyer personas correctly, how to get it right, and why talking to users and stakeholders is vital to your brand’s success.

She and Daniel also discuss the value of proprietary data and why too many marketers are worried about failing to actually start trying.

0:00 Intro/Background

3:50 User Research

8:00 Challenges to Research

10:00 Is User Research Useless?

15:01 A Hill to Die On

17:00 Words of Advice

24:00 Freelancing

28:39 Who Inspires You?

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