Marketing
Now That You’ve Created Your Buyer Personas, Here’s How To Effectively Employ Them
Don't stop once you've put in the work to create a solid set of buyer personas; there's still more to do.
Danny Wong is an entrepreneur, marketer and writer. He is the co-founder of Blank Label, an award-winning luxury menswear company, and leads marketing for Receiptful, a platform to supercharge all customer interactions for eCommerce stores, and Tenfold, a seamless click-to-dial solution for high-performance sales teams.
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