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The Importance Of Goal-Directed Behaviors To Buyer Personas

In nearly every walk of life, goals are a major influence on what we do, think, feel, and the actions we take on a daily basis. For example, we may decide to skip the fudge brownie desert in light of health goals we are pursuing. On a much larger scale, goals are at work influencing choices and high stake decisions such as investments in new technology or services. One of the largest influences on the conceptual development of personas has been the body of work and research on goals. More specifically, on what is referred to as goal-directed behaviors. A…

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Use Buyer Personas To Humanize Your Content Marketing

All businesses and people within businesses become enamored with, process, at some point. Process is good. Process can also be bad. Bad to the extent doing the process becomes more important than meeting the end goal. When it comes to content marketing today, it just may be too much process is actually preventing a human connection with customers and buyers. The same can be said for buyer persona development as well. Misperceptions about the intent and value of buyer personas have resulted in too much process. Most common is the force fitting of buyer personas into buying processes, sales cycles, and…

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5 Steps To Goal-Directed Content Marketing

Are the goals you think of, consciously and non-consciously, the same as they were five years ago? Ten years ago? The chances are, they have changed. For some, changes may be subtle while for others goals have changed substantially. Significant shifts in buyer behavior as a result of evolving digital technology are causing both buyers and sellers to revaluate their goals. Some goals are explicit and conscious. Others are personal in nature and live in the non-conscious. One thing we can count on is buyer goals are changing. Another thing we can count on is if information from sellers is…

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How To Boost Content Marketing Effectiveness with Buyer Persona Scenarios

(This is part two of a three part series on the use of Buyer Persona Stories™, Buyer Persona Scenarios™, and Buyer Persona Story Mapping™ to drive effective content marketing strategy.) Understanding what activities buyers perform as they attempt to solve complex problems has been a challenge in the digital age. The activities of buyers are no longer transparent and it is harder to figure out what activities directly relate to you and their purchase decision. Yet, in order to be on the same level with buyers, this is exactly what you need to know. In this three part series, we…

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Accelerate Content Marketing Effectiveness With The Power of Buyer Persona Stories

(This is part one of a three part series on the use of Buyer Persona Stories™, Buyer Persona Scenarios™, and Buyer Persona Story Mapping™ to drive effective content marketing strategy.) One good trait of a storyteller is they also know about the story of the person or people they are telling a story to. Knowing how to tell the story in a way that draws them in. Creating an experience, which can suspend time and make a person believe they are in the story. This is the goal of content marketing – to tell good stories compelling a buyer to act.…

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