The Marketing Phoenix Podcast
Are you a thought leader in B2B marketing, a tech startup, or a SaaS innovator looking to unlock your growth potential?
Welcome to The Marketing Phoenix Podcast! I'm Melissa "Rogo" Rogozinski, founder and CEO of RPC Strategies, and your host for dynamic conversations on B2B marketing, strategy, and growth.
Each week, we'll explore the six pillars of success: (1) Marketing Operations, (2) Thought Leadership, (3) Brand Awareness, (4) Lead Generation, (5) Demand Generation, and (6) Sales Enablement.
Sometimes I’ll fly solo, and other times I’ll welcome guests to dive deep into these topics. Together, we’ll uncover best practices for crafting winning growth strategies tailored for SaaS startups, tech founders, innovative B2B companies, and their investors. Join us as we explore pathways to success in every episode!
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The Marketing Phoenix Podcast
How Real Client Personas Drive Sales & Growth
Most businesses build Ideal Client Personas (ICPs) based on assumptions. But what if that’s the biggest mistake in your marketing strategy?
In this episode of The Marketing Phoenix Podcast, host Melissa "Rogo" Rogozinski breaks down why guesswork leads to wasted marketing efforts and missed sales opportunities and how to build personas based on real-world data and customer insight.
What you’ll learn:
- The #1 mistake businesses make when defining their ideal customer.
- A step-by-step process to develop personas based on actual customer behavior.
- How to align sales & marketing around a shared, accurate customer profile?
- Stop making assumptions. Start crafting a marketing strategy that speaks directly to your real buyers.
Episode Notes
- Ideal Client Personas (ICPs) are often built on assumptions.
- Without real customer data, businesses waste time on ineffective messaging.
- Real client personas are rooted in actual customer insights. Understanding their roles, pain points, and buying behavior leads to better engagement.
- Data-driven personas improve marketing & sales alignment.
- When marketing and sales use the same customer insights, conversion rates skyrocket.
- A structured persona-building process makes a difference.
- Melissa shares how to create three detailed personas through interviews & market research.
- Bonus Discussion: Breaking down a real-world example of how businesses lose deals by targeting the wrong audience.
Keywords
Ideal Client Personas, Real Client Personas, B2B marketing strategy, sales enablement, lead qualification, customer research, thought leadership, marketing & sales alignment, audience targeting, ICP development, brand messaging, content strategy, buyer behavior, inbound marketing, customer segmentation, growth marketing.
Episode Collateral
- How To Develop a Client Persona: https://rpcgrowthstrategies.com/blogs/post/how-to-develop-a-client-persona/
- Why Real Is Better Than Ideal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoGwCV34-yE
- Real Client Personas (Brochure): https://rpcgrowthstrategies.com/real-client-personas/
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