PROTO-PERSONAS

AGILITY IN IDENTIFYING THE IDEAL CUSTOMER

Authors

  • Aline de Brittos Valdati UFSC
  • Eduardo Trauer Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Keywords:

proto-personas, ideal customer, market orientation

Abstract

This work aims to contribute to the practical understanding of proto-persona usage within the marketing context, focusing on the agile definition of the ideal customer profile in a scenario with limited data but with internal expertise about its audience. The study delves into the evolution of marketing thought up to the utilization of buyer personas and proto-personas. As a result, it presents a proto-persona example, contributing to the practical understanding of agility in identifying the ideal customer. This provides guidance for marketing strategies aimed at attracting potential customers by considering their value perceptions in the context of specialty coffee. Moreover, this methodology has the potential to be applied to various business types, serving as a guide for organizations seeking to adopt agile approaches in understanding their target audience.

Author Biography

Eduardo Trauer, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

PhD in Engineering and Knowledge Management. Addressed knowledge representation in the specialty coffee agribusiness system at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, completed a master's degree in Applied Intelligence at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in 1998. He was one of the founders of the second virtual reality laboratory in Brazil, located at UFSC. He was the coordinator of the administration courses at Estácio de Sá in Santa Catarina and coordinator and head of the Business Administration Department at ESAG/UDESC, where he is a professor of digital marketing and idea generation and business modeling at the undergraduate level.

Published

2023-11-21

How to Cite

Valdati, A. de B., & Trauer, E. (2023). PROTO-PERSONAS: AGILITY IN IDENTIFYING THE IDEAL CUSTOMER. International Congress of Knowledge and Innovation - Ciki, 1(1). Retrieved from https://proceeding.ciki.ufsc.br/index.php/ciki/article/view/1501

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