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Free Customer Persona Survey

Capture role, firmographics, job-to-be-done, triggers, channel habits and objections — personas built from real buyers, not workshop guesses.

~8 questions
Segment-ready
Exportable
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Quick answer

Send this to real buyers to capture role, firmographics, job-to-be-done, triggers, channel habits and objections, grounding personas in actual responses instead of workshop guesses. The personas are only as reliable as your respondent mix, so bias skews the output.

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About this template

Personas drawn from whiteboards tend to describe the team, not the buyer. This survey reaches real customers, recent prospects and look-alike followers to capture role, firmographics, job-to-be-done, triggers and channel habits — the raw material for ad audiences, email segments and sales battlecards.

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Live Preview

Sample form preview (fillable once the app is published).

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Fill it in to see how responses flow.
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What's Included

Everything you need to run this survey.

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Demographic + firmographic

Role, industry, headcount, region.

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Job-to-be-done

What they hired your product to do.

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Trigger and channel

What set the search in motion, where they read.

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Objection capture

The hesitation they felt before saying yes.

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How It Works

From copy to deliverable in four steps.

1

Copy template

One-click import into your FormLM workspace — free.

2

Mix three send lists

Customers, recent prospects (won and lost) and look-alike followers.

3

Cluster responses

Group by job-to-be-done and trigger, not by title alone.

4

Ship to CAMs

Export personas into ad audience seeds, email segments and battlecards.

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Who Is This For

Pick your role — see how it fits your workflow.

1

Demand-gen marketers

Turn one flat list into 3–4 targeted segments.

2

Content leads

Match topics to the actual channels personas read.

3

Founders pre-PMF

Confirm who keeps buying before you scale spend.

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Key Features

What makes this template work as a professional deliverable.

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Sample Questions Inside

A preview of real questions.

  1. What's your role and team size? (dropdown + number)
  2. Which industry best describes your company? (single)
  3. What were you trying to accomplish when you found us? (open)
  4. What event triggered the search? (open)
  5. Where do you usually read about tools like this? (multi)
  6. What almost stopped you from buying? (open)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Why build personas from a live survey instead of a workshop?
Workshops produce what the team believes. A survey produces what buyers report — role mix, triggers, channels, objections. The delta is where positioning mistakes live.
How is this different from a market needs survey?
A needs survey maps what pain buyers want fixed. This persona survey maps who they are — title, industry, buying role and channel habits.
Who should I send this to?
Mix existing customers, recent prospects (won and lost) and look-alike followers. Three sources prevents survivorship bias.
How many responses per persona?
30–50 per segment for stable distributions. Below that, treat results as interview hypotheses.
Is it free?
Yes. One click copies the survey and branding into your FormLM workspace at no cost.

Personas from buyers, not from whiteboards

Copy, send, segment — free.