Market research: strategies and methods

Market research: strategies and methods

How do companies know what customers think and what motivates employees? The answer: With the right data. Which strategies make sense when and which methods lead to the goal when: An overview of market and target group research strategies and methods.

Personas and neuro-employer branding

Personas and neuro-employer branding

It has been scientifically proven that we often make decisions based on our feelings first, especially at work, and justify the decision rationally afterwards. Read here what this means for recruiting and what role candidate personas (should) play in this.

Persona bot: Chat with your persona

Persona bot: Chat with your persona

Video beats images, beats text, according to marketing and media. And chatting or conversing with data-based personas beats sedcard reading, according to us. Read here what it's all about.

Recruiting over 50: How to attract experienced specialists to your company

Recruiting over 50: How to attract experienced specialists to your company

The 50+ generation brings valuable experience, reliability and social skills to companies. With the right approach, the right benefits and if you pay attention to a few things in the application process, you can attract these talents in a targeted manner. Here you can find out how to do this - including practical tips from our latest survey.

Personas for startups

Personas for startups

Anyone who founds a start-up does so because they are convinced that they have a great product, a wonderful service or an ingenious solution to a problem. The only thing missing is the right customers. You can find out why buyer personas are a must-have for start-ups here.

Persona bot: Chat with your persona

Talk to your persona

The Persona Institute takes persona creation to a whole new level and presents a revolutionary feature: companies can now converse directly and in real time with their data-based buyer, B2B or candidate personas - in German and English. The integration of ChatGPT with voice input and voice output technology opens up completely new possibilities for understanding your own target groups even better and serving them more effectively.

Personas and zero-party data

Personas and zero-party data

Data protection and the seemingly endless debate about the abolition of third-party cookies are making life difficult for marketers. Zero-party data is an ideal solution to this problem. data-driven personas is the key.

Roles vs. personas

Roles vs. personas

How do roles and personas differ? Find out here - for your optimized marketing strategy. Read now!

The history of buyer personas

The history of buyer personas

Buyer personas have long since begun to conquer the marketing world. But do you know where these highly successful conquerors came from and who the first of them were? Or how old they are - although still "new territory" for many?
Time for a little persona history.

Oh, merry ... children's Christmas time

Oh, merry ... children's Christmas time

You can see just how different Christmas is for the little ones and the grown-ups when you apply a popular marketing method to different people: We make a Christmas customer journey map for Emma (7) and her mother Julia (38).

How data-driven personas perfectly complement focus groups

How data-driven personas perfectly complement focus groups

Focus groups have become an integral part of market research, product development and marketing. However, many people who do not deal with the subject on a daily basis confuse them with target groups. Find out here what focus groups are, why you need them and how data-driven personas complement them perfectly.

Strategic Content Mapping

Strategic Content Mapping

Targeting content - always finding the right channel for the right message in the right tone of voice? That's easy with enough data on the behavior of readers, viewers/listeners and customers, coupled with content mapping.

ROI from personas

ROI from personas

If you want to communicate in a targeted way, you need customer knowledge. data-driven personas delivers just that. From the ROI of personas.

Why a good brand identity is based on personas

Why a good brand identity is based on personas

Regardless of whether it's a manufacturer or a car dealership: data-driven personas is worthwhile for both. The following text shows why and how exactly the automotive industry benefits from buyer and candidate personas.

Personas and inflation

Personas and inflation

In times of high inflation, households and companies alike have to tighten their belts. What this means for working with personas.

Diversity in Personas

Diversity in Personas

How diverse can a persona be - as a prototypical representative of an entire target group? What distortions are possible when working with personas? How do we avoid them? How does the Persona Institute manage to develop personas without bias? Here are the answers.

Personas in product development

Personas in product development

A company is successful when it manages to offer products that customers really need or want. But how do you know what will really be in demand?
Agile, data-driven personas are the key to a successful product strategy.

Find out and solve pain points with personas

Find out and solve pain points with personas

data-driven personas combine the advantages of a pain point analysis with a tangible person. As a company, you can use them to create target group-specific solutions for your customers' pain points and thus increase sales, customer loyalty and long-term success.

Agile Personas

Agile Personas

Personas are a very powerful tool for getting closer to (potential) customers and getting to know them better. Crucially, they must be data-based and kept up to date. This guide reveals why and what that means.

Persona Templates

Persona Templates

Persona-Sedcard - what is behind it, what data belongs in a Persona-Sedcard and how the templates help with the presentation, we reveal in this post.

Anti-Personas

Anti-Personas

Sometimes it helps to put a face to those a company explicitly doesn't want to target. With data-based anti-personas (or buyer personas), you give a face to the target group they don't want to reach.

Persona-FAQ

Persona-FAQ

Many of our clients have questions about data-based personas. We have answered the 10 most common ones: In our Persona FAQ.

Segment target groups: Here's how

Segment target groups: Here's how

Target groups can be broken down into smaller units - by segmenting them. This article shows you which variants of segmentation exist and how to use them correctly.

Personas, segments and target groups - what is what?

Personas, segments and target groups - what is what?

Dividing large groups of recipients - your customers - into smaller groups creates target groups as well as segments and personas. The common goal: to get to know your customers better and to address them in a personalised way. But what are the differences and when do you need what? This blog post will tell you.

Generation Z (14-24 years)

Generation Z (14-24 years)

A life without the internet and social media is unimaginable for them: What makes Generation Z tick and what moves them: facts and figures that companies need to know.

Generation Y - Millenials

Generation Y - Millenials

Millenials have experienced the turn of the millennium. They are the first generation to grow up with the internet. What distinguishes this age group and how you can benefit from it: An overview.

Generation X

Generation X

The fall of the Berlin Wall, Chernobyl and the prosperity after the economic miracle have shaped the childhood and youth of Generation X. What makes them tick today: an overview.

Baby Boomers

Baby Boomers

Baby boomers are people born between the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. What companies need to know about this generation: Important facts at a glance.