What are User Personas (And why you need them)
Channel: Synchronicity Web Designs
Date: 01/06/2021

It’s Randy Smith again with Synchronicity. https://synchronicitydesigns.com

Today let’s talk about User Personas, also known as Buyer Personas. In this video, we'll cover what personas are, why they are important, and how to create them.

Let’s start with answering “What are Personas?”

A user or buyer persona is a semi-fictional representation of one segment of your audience or customer base. Most businesses have a few that they use regularly unless their customer base is extremely niche or specific. 

Many agencies and writers will use easy-to-remember nicknames like Purchasing Phil, Accountant Annie, or CEO Cheryl to help differentiate each persona.

Next, let’s talk about why they are important.

Once they have been identified, the uses are endless. You will want to use these in every aspect of your marketing from blogs and email campaigns to mission statements. 

It’s important to remember that these personas are your target audience so all the messaging you create and distribute needs to be created with these users in mind. The more relevant your messaging becomes to your target audience, the more new leads, and prospects you will see.

Finally, let’s talk about how to create them.

At Synchronicity have an internal FIVE step process that we follow that we want to share with you to help you understand how to create these so you can be more successful in your marketing efforts.

First, Do the Research.

You need to have a full understanding of your audience or customer base so it’s important to capture and collect as much data as you can. Here is where you will want to identify their goals and challenges to learn how your company can address these.

Second, Identify any Patterns

Are there similarities between your personas in terms of company industry, job level, demographics, etc.?

Third, Create the demographic data for each persona

Some key areas for demographic segmentation include:

Age
Location
Job title
Company Size
Education
Marital status
And more.

Fourth, Craft messaging based on these personas

This is an important step as different demographics will receive information differently. i.e. Millennials who are now in some decision-making roles will prefer different communication channels versus those in the baby-boomer generation.

Fifth and final, Revisit them often

This is one of the most important steps in the process. As businesses evolve, it’s important to remember that target audience(s) may change. In such cases, it’s critical that you revisit your personas to ensure your marketing efforts are reaching the right audience.

In short, this is a tried and true process you can follow to build your user personas, so make sure you take the time to create the personas first as it will only enhance your marketing efforts in the long run.

Thanks for watching. Until next time, THINK SYNC.