Is a B2B buyer persona the same as an ICP?
No. A persona describes one buyer in a situation. An ideal customer profile describes which accounts fit. Use both, and do not collapse them into one paragraph.
Build a marketing persona with goals, pains, objections, and where they pay attention.
A worked illustration, not a research finding: the buyer is a clinic practice manager. The job is to cut no-shows without adding front-desk hours. The objection is switching cost. The persona names that objection and leaves a blank where a real quote should go, instead of inventing one.
No. A persona describes one buyer in a situation. An ideal customer profile describes which accounts fit. Use both, and do not collapse them into one paragraph.
It should not. If you do not paste a real quote, the draft keeps that gap visible. Fill it from interviews or support notes.
Start with the buyer who must say yes for the deal to move. Add another only when the job to be done is actually different.