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Course
overview

Personas have the power to make or break not just your product marketing efforts, but that of your sales, marketing, product, engineering and customer success counterparts, too.

Throughout this course, we’ll be exploring elements of the persona process.

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
Introductions

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
Persona use cases

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
Bonus footage

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
Persona interview guide

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
Data consolidation

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
Persona Templates

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
Reviewing your personas

Modules

What to expect
Your course pack
An intro to personas
Difference between buyer and user persona
Why are personas so important
What are negative personas
Resource library
"It’s essential for product marketing to own persona development - knowing personas and their pain points drives everything from targeted messaging to tailored sales enablement and understanding the voice of the customer. This course is essential for any product marketer creating personas for the first time, as well as for those refreshing and validating existing personas as the course contains a blend of theory, practical advice and best practice tips."

Louise Dunne

Product Marketing Manager

"It’s essential for product marketing to own persona development - knowing personas and their pain points drives everything from targeted messaging to tailored sales enablement and understanding the voice of the customer. This course is essential for any product marketer creating personas for the first time, as well as for those refreshing and validating existing personas as the course contains a blend of theory, practical advice and best practice tips."

Louise Dunne

Product Marketing Manager

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the curriculum 

Here at PMA, you can learn from the collective success and experience of the world’s biggest product marketing community. Not only that, but our certifications are built with the support of PMMs from the largest orgs around such as Adobe, Google, Linkedin, Atlassian, Grammarly, and many more.

P.S. If you need help convincing your company to pay for your training, we’ve done the leg work for you.

Senior Product Marketing Manager, AWS

A tenured product marketing voice, Holly brings expertise across go-to-market strategy, messaging, positioning, and stakeholder management. While working in new application development at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Holly also delivers thought-provoking ideas for GTM strategy in workshops, lectures, and two podcasts.

Her goal is to continue to build a strong awareness of the Product Marketing function, coach others how to apply critical thinking and strategic PMM frameworks, and mentor young marketers in their career.

Holly gets a kick out of solving problems with cross-functional teams and telling good stories.

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Senior Product Marketing Manager, AWS

A tenured product marketing voice, Holly brings expertise across go-to-market strategy, messaging, positioning, and stakeholder management. While working in new application development at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Holly also delivers thought-provoking ideas for GTM strategy in workshops, lectures, and two podcasts.

Her goal is to continue to build a strong awareness of the Product Marketing function, coach others how to apply critical thinking and strategic PMM frameworks, and mentor young marketers in their career.

Holly gets a kick out of solving problems with cross-functional teams and telling good stories.

Your
leaders

What you'll
accomplish

Confident

Be more informed, confident, and impactful on every aspect of being a great product marketing leader.

Gold-Standard

Have all the knowledge, tools, and skills needed to build and scale a gold-standard product marketing team.

Equipped

Be equipped with endless leadership insights from the likes of LinkedIn, Shopify, Hotjar, Unbounce, and more.

What's
‍‍Included

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Content

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Studies

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Tasks

5 optional (but recommended!) coursework tasks to consolidate your learning. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna

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Exams

Marked exams at the end of every module. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna

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Templates

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Access

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Certificates

Official persona certifications if you pass all the exams. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna

Get access to
‍‍these resources...

With every single one of our courses and certifications, you can get your hands on templates, frameworks, and toolkits. All are designed with the cumulative knowledge of our community to help you implement your newfound knowledge the very next day.

The Business Model Canvas

User Journey Map

The Portfolio Map

User Persona Template

Value Proposition Canvas

The Portfolio Map

The Business Model Canvas

User Persona Template

User Persona Template

User Persona Template

User Persona Template

Certified PMMs
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Master PMM: Get to grips with real-life product marketing scenarios.

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FAQS

How long will it take me to complete?

Anyone with an interest in building awesome personas. If you’re brand new to the persona process, this masterclass will provide you with a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that’ll arm you with everything you need to know to go away and create impactful personas.

What happens once I’ve completed the course?

Anyone with an interest in building awesome personas. If you’re brand new to the persona process, this masterclass will provide you with a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that’ll arm you with everything you need to know to go away and create impactful personas.

Who’s this course for?

Anyone with an interest in building awesome personas. If you’re brand new to the persona process, this masterclass will provide you with a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that’ll arm you with everything you need to know to go away and create impactful personas.

Will I be able to ask questions?

Anyone with an interest in building awesome personas. If you’re brand new to the persona process, this masterclass will provide you with a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that’ll arm you with everything you need to know to go away and create impactful personas.

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