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Map a customer persona
Understand who you are really talking to.
When to use this
Teams trying to replace assumptions with customer language
What to paste in
- audience
- product
The prompt
Build a practical persona for [audience] buying [product]. Include goals, frustrations, objections, current alternatives, phrases they might actually say, and the message most likely to earn attention.
Worked example
A fictional illustration, not a real client result or a promise. The sample answer may show only part of a full response; your results will vary.
See the input, sample answer, and why it works
Example input
We make a fictional clip-on reading light for adults who read paper books in bed or while travelling. It has two brightness settings, a flexible neck and a rechargeable battery; we have not yet gathered formal customer research. Early conversations with a few book-club members mentioned wanting light without disturbing someone nearby, but we do not know how common that need is. Please make a practical, tentative persona and flag what we should validate.
Sample answer
Working persona: “The considerate night reader”
Goals: Read a few pages in bed or while travelling without lighting the whole room.
Frustrations: A room light may disturb someone; a handheld torch occupies a hand.
Alternatives: Room light, phone torch, or stopping until later.
Objections: Is the clip secure? Is either setting comfortable to read by? How often will it need charging?
Possible customer language: “I just want to finish this chapter without waking anyone.”
Message to test: “A small clip-on light for your next few pages.”
Treat this as a hypothesis, not a representative customer profile. Ask readers how they currently light a book, when the problem occurs, and what they would need to see before choosing a clip-on light.
Why this works
- It uses the supplied use case and product features while labelling the persona as a hypothesis.
- Objections become useful research questions instead of assumed product benefits.
- The suggested message is specific but makes no unsupported battery or comfort claim.
How to adapt it
- Replace the bracketed placeholders with your real audience, product before you run it.
- Keep the requested structure and constraints; adjust the tone for your marketing context.
- Review the first answer against your own facts, then ask for a second pass on anything that feels vague or unsupported.
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