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User Personas, Buyer Personas, and the Missing Link in B2B

Product Management University

If you’re in product marketing or product management, you’re likely familiar with the concept of user personas and buyer personas. However, user personas and buyer personas are distinctly different. Then the department heads have managers and staff reporting to them (user personas). So let’s dive in.

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Are Buyer Personas Dead?

The ROI Guy

A few articles have appeared recently touting the death of Buyer Personas, which prompted me to ask Jim Ninivaggi, Sales Enablement service lead from SiriusDecisions about whether this was really true. For example, take a typical phone / communications solution purchase. Each has different risks and potential objections.

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Want to Sell More? Start by Solving Problems

criteria for success

To better understand your buyers, start by considering their “buyer persona” A buyer persona is a way to categorize and organize your buyers. Think of a buyer persona as a representation of the person or group of people most likely to be interested in your product. Download Now.

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7 Sales Pitch Examples (+ 10 Tips for A Winning Sales Pitch)

Mindtickle

Fortunately, there are plenty of good sales pitch examples out there to light the way. This helps you know how to tailor your message depending on buyer intent, job description, pain points and more. The most basic example is: Opening statement : This is your hook, where you get the customer’s attention or pique their curiosity.

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10 Sales training ideas that increase team readiness

BrainShark

Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? Many organizations’ sales training has grown stale by relying on old-school tactics, like on-site boot camps and long-winded presentations, causing information overload for new reps.

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6 Sales Role Play Exercises to Try with Your Reps

BrainShark

6 key role play exercises to try with your sales reps Objection handling Negotiation Discovery Competition Buyer personas Getting to power #1. Example: Ask them to respond to a common buyer objection, such as, “I need more time to decide so I’ll be putting this decision on the back burner for another 6 months.”

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How to Build a Sales Training Program & Evaluate Its Impact

BrainShark

Building and maintaining an effective sales training program is a difficult and continuous process. Brainshark , a Bigtincan company, is a sales enablement solution that: Makes creating training content easy. Lets you evaluate your training program’s impact on sales KPIs. How long will your training materials be?