April 25, 2018

Why Your buyer’s Information Needs are So Critical?

When you think about how to create an effective visual storytelling strategy, it’s always critical to understand your target buyer’s information needs at each stage of the buyer’s journey.

Why?

Your buyer’s needs constantly change as she moves through the stages of your buyer’s journey.

At the top of the funnel (TOFO), the Discover stage you’re dealing with complete strangers with very narrow attention span. That’s why your buyer needs you to answer her in the shortest time and space: Why should I care?

 With this in mind, based on your prior research about your buyer persona you could address basic questions addressing the core problem your product or service helps solve as an initial hook.

Once your stranger becomes a visitor and decides to check out your Website for more information, this is where you want to unpack their information needs into WHAT and HOW.

At the Consider stage, you provide information that helps your buyer deepen their understanding of a given hot topic, and opportunities to try your product/services.

At the mid-funnel (MOFO), the Purchase stage your buyer is now getting ready to close the deal she just needs you to give her more proof points, like success stories and the basic terms – to seal the deal.

Naturally, the sales cycle length depends on your audience type and price point, but the more expensive your product/service is, the more proof information your buyer would need and the longer time it would take.

Congratulations! Your buyer decided to purchase your product/service. As a new Customer, her information needs at the Adopt stage are automatically transformed into wanting to protect her investment and maximize her value.

Therefore, you need to lay out a series of core questions your new customer most likely would ask about and create a corresponding onboarding program to make them feel special and catered to.

At the bottom of the funnel (BOFO), the Advocate stage you want to create a special program for your most happy customers and turn them into advocates, so they can help spread the word on your behalf by boasting their experience working with your product/service.

Here your buyer’s information needs are all about looking for good opportunities to brag or show off their great success using your product/service.

So as you can see as your buyer moves along the stages of the buyer’s journey her information needs change and as a result, the stories and tactics will have to match each stage, the buyer persona and the platform culture you plan to engage them on.

Mapping out your buyer’s information needs is an essential factor in ensuring your buyer constantly receives relevant information to help her enjoy the overall interaction with your company – to improve her life.

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Source: Visual Storytelling