Persona
Category: Research
A research-based archetype representing a segment of your audience.
Personas are fictional but data-informed. Build them from qualitative interviews (5–8 per segment) plus quantitative demographic and behavioral data. A useful persona names jobs-to-be-done, buying triggers, objections, information sources, and one-sentence quotes in the person's actual voice. Avoid demographic-only personas — they don't drive decisions.
See also: icp, jtbd, segmentation