You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer
On The Marketing Companion podcast, Tom Webster and I continue to plow new ground. For example, in this latest episode, we become the first on-demand radio show to mention The Kardashians and B2B buyer personas in the same sentence.
We discuss why Zappos employees are fleeing the holocracy, and explain how this concept began with Star Trek. Sort of.
And just when you thought it could not get any more interesting, Tom Webster defines the “rectally derived persona.”Â
It’s insane I tell you. But we also get into some pretty awesome discussions on the Verizon-AOL deal, why sender-centered content  is killing some businesses, and the critical difference between an audience and a customer.
Please, for the sake of all that is good and true in the world of marketing, click below and listen to this jam-packed 30 minutes of awesomeness.
If you wold like a comprehensive (and more positive) view of personas, check out this resource: buyer personas.
If you can’t access the podcast above, click on this link to listen to Episode 49
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Resources mentioned in this show
Mark’s article on customer personas
Interesting further reading — Zappos War on Management by Gianpiero Petriglieri
