Creating Your Customer Avatar

Adam Payne • 18 October 2019

How to create your Customer Avatar

Find and Reach Your Target Market, creating a customer avatar or customer persona can help you target the right people. It's critically important to understand as prospecting the right people will be the lifeblood of your business
Customer Avatar Exercise

***UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMER AVATAR***


Your customer avatar will help you fine tune your marketing efforts, helping you expose any important gaps and conflicts in the 3M’s, Market, Message, Media.


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