This document discusses how creating personas can help companies better understand their target audiences and improve their digital strategies. It recommends collecting data from customers through interviews, surveys, analytics and other sources to define personas. An example is provided of a company that created personas like Penny and Jane to represent different types of customers and used these to guide their website design and content. Personas should be based on real customer attributes and behaviors to provide an accurate representation of who the target audiences are. The overall message is that personas can help companies design digital experiences that cater directly to customers' real needs and wants.
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WEBSITE GOALS:
• Increase organic traffic from 1 million per annum to 3.5 million
• Drive at least 12% of visitors to convert (either by ordering a
swatch or placing an order)
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TARGET AUDIENCE FOR A USER-CENTERED
DESIGN:
• Adventurous women 25-44
• Lack of confidence
• Gap in inspiration (TV & DIY)
• Colours & colour combining is key
• Help & guidance
• Social
• 12 month decorating cycle
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PENNY
• Aged 27
• Sales assistant (cosmetics
department of a large store)
• Just bought 1st flat with her
boyfriend
• Loves to visit handbag.com
• Favourite colour is pink
• Topshop is her favourite shop
• Loves to socialise with friends
• Enjoys eating pizza
“I’ve got loads of
enthusiasm, I just
don’t know where to
start”
JANE
“I want to re-decorate, I
just don’t have the
time”
• Aged 37
• Has a husband
• Mum to two children
• Lives in Manchester
• Part time PR consultant
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ANALYTICS HELP TOO!
• Website analytics
• Speak to your sales team
• Customer feedback
• Social media analytics
• Data from contact forms
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JESSICA
• Recruitment Consultant
• 26 years old
• Single mother
• Dog lover
• Lives in London
• Recruitment consultant for a
recruitment firm (£35,000)
• Binge watches breaking bad
PAUL
• Landscape Gardner
• 58 years old
• Recently divorced
• Lives in a 2 bed flat in london
• Loves Game of Thrones
• Reads a lot
FOCUS ON TWO OR MORE
PERSONAS
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TO HELP YOU GET INSIDE THEIR HEAD,
FIND YOUR KILLER DIGITAL STRATEGY
AND ULTIMATELY MARKET TO THEM BETTER
THINK OF YOUR CUSTOMERS AS REAL PEOPLE