Ask Marc – Personas

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How do personas differ from market segments and other constructs, how to create and update them, and how to successfully embed them in organizations?

Please find the video, transcript, screenshots and more resources on this episode on https://www.smaply.com/blog/ask-marc-personas

Overview

[02:50] What are personas?

[04:40] What is the difference between service design tools and methods?

[08:30] What's the connection of personas and market segmentation?

[10:00] How do organizations use personas?

[13:45] What's the difference between personas and similar constructs?

[17:30] Who uses personas and when?

[20:40] How long do personas last?

[22:45] Empathy map versus persona?

[24:10] Personas on journey maps

[26:00] How to evangelize and share personas within a remote company?

[29:25] How can we avoid superficial personas?

[31:30] How do you design behavioral personas?

[34:50] How to incorporate personas into a design or development process?