A persona should be a blend of viewers you have actually seen. Pull details from comments, conversations, and your analytics. If you cannot point to a real person behind a detail, leave it out.
Starting from a template gets you a character with a name and a stock photo. Starting from viewers gets you a short description you can picture while you write.
If two personas behave the same way, they are one persona wearing two names.
A persona earns its keep when it decides something. Let one persona own the beginner tutorials and another own the deep dives. When a topic comes up, you know which person it serves.
Write the persona's job next to its name. That short line turns a description into a rule you can follow at the topic stage.
Audiences change, and personas go stale. Review them twice a year and cut any that no longer match who shows up. Keeping a dead persona on the wall just adds clutter.
A living set of two or three is far more useful than a museum of eight. Fewer personas means each one stays sharp.
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