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User persona mind map template

A user persona mind map with background, goals, frustrations, behaviour and a quote, to describe a typical customer for design and marketing.

User persona mind map template preview

Who it is for

  • A product designer summarising research findings in one page.
  • A marketer deciding who an ad or message is for.
  • A founder checking they know their first customer.

How to use it

  1. Open the template and give your persona a name and a role in the central topic.
  2. Base each answer on interviews or data, and mark guesses as guesses.
  3. Share the PNG with your team and update it when new research comes in.

The outline

Every topic in the template, as it opens in the editor.

User persona

  • Profile
    • Name, age and role
    • Where they live and work
    • A typical day
  • Goals
    • What they are trying to get done
    • How they will know it worked
  • Frustrations
    • What slows them down today
    • Tools they tried and dropped
  • Behaviour
    • Apps and tools they use daily
    • Where they look for advice
    • Who signs off on a purchase
  • Motivations and fears
    • What drives them
    • What they worry about
  • In their words
    • A quote from a real interview
  • How we help
    • The feature that matters most to them
    • The message that would make them try it
    • What would make them leave

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