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Why Your Buyer Personas Are Obsolete

SBI Growth

We have seen a tremendous rise in the interest and use of buyer personas since 2002. You Developed Buyer Personas Without Buyer Research. If you developed buyer personas independent of conducting any qualitative buyer research, do not think you can count these. Do The Right Level Of Research. What are their goals?

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4 Reasons Why CMO’s Should Care About Buyer Personas Today

SBI Growth

(To learn more about how buyers are changing and how this affects demand generation, see the CMO's Guide To Stimulating Demand ). The concept of research-based buyer personas gives companies the knowledge and insight to make informed decisions. They have strayed far and wide in many circles from their original purpose.

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How I Achieved Alignment With My VP of Sales

Jeff Davis

Now that a significant amount of attention has been directed at alignment, we are starting to see more research that helps us better understand its impact on revenue. ” — Jim Dickie, Research Fellow at CSO Insights. January 2002, Himmelman Consulting, Minneapolis, MN.

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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

Compared to 2002 where growth was a dismal -31% for system vendors and -18% for service providers, these are happy days. for 2005 – this according to Forrester latest research. Third party research and tools seem to help with the skepticism, as well as vendors providing the analysis in a collaborative and cooperative fashion.