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How to Create Reader Profiles/Personas to Inspire and Inform Your Blogging Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:55 AM PDT One of the techniques that I’ve employed in my blogging over the last 6 months behind the scenes is to create Reader Profiles (or Personas). The technique is simply - open up a word document and begin to describe a type of reader that you’re either attempting to write for or who is already reading your blog. I’ll show you some examples of reader profiles that I have created below - but in short the task is to describe who they are, what their interests are, why they might be reading your blog and what their needs are. The idea is that you end up with a picture of who you’re writing for that you can then use to inspire and inform you in your blogging. Before I talk about the benefits of doing this and give a few thoughts on how to do one for your own blog - let me show you one that I created a while back for my photography site (click to enlarge). The profile above describes one of the types of readers that we have on DPS - people who largely use their cameras to photograph their kids. The profile describes why she reads DPS, some of her dreams, the type of photography she’s into, how else she uses the web, a little about her demographics, the level she’s at etc. Here’s another one from a different type of reader at DPS: Again - I’ve described another type of reader in a similar way to the first. In each of these cases the reader profile is based upon a reader group already within the community - however this same exercise could be done with potential readers - or the type of person you want to read your blog if you’re just starting up a blog and don’t yet have readers. Why Do I Create Reader Profiles?Hopefully you can already see some of the benefits of these kinds of reader profiles - but let me list a few of the things I’ve enjoyed about having done this exercise:
How to Create a Reader Profile?There are no real rules - you can see I’ve developed a certain style in my personas above. I added a picture to each of the type of person in the profile to further personalise it. I also tried to include information on these kinds of areas:
I’m sure that others would include other types of information - if you’ve done this type of thing before please feel free to share your suggestions and tips in comments below. Let me finish this post off with one last persona - again for DPS. Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. How to Create Reader Profiles/Personas to Inspire and Inform Your Blogging |
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