Introduction: Listen First, Then Speak 1
PART I The Art and Science of Buyer Personas 9
Chapter 1 Understanding Buying Decisions and the People Who Make Them 13
Chapter 2 Focus on Insights That Guide Marketing and Sales Enablement 31
Chapter 3 Decide How You Will Discover Buyer Persona Insights 43
PART II Interviewing for Buying Insights 55
Chapter 4 Setting Up Your Buyer Persona Study 57
Chapter 5 Gain Permission and Schedule Buyer Interviews 73
Chapter 6 Conduct Probing Buyer Interviews 87
PART III Creating Your Buyer Persona 109
Chapter 7 Mine Your Interviews for Buying Insights 111
Chapter 8 Communicate Buying Insights for Impact 131
Chapter 9 Conduct Survey Research to Enhance Buying Insights 147
PART IV Aligning Your Strategies to Win More Business 167
Chapter 10 Decide What to Say to Buyers 169
Chapter 11 Adjust Strategies to Deliver the Knowledge and Experience Buyers Want 185
Chapter 12 Start Small, with an Eye to the Future 201
Acknowledgments 213
About the Authors 215
Index 217