HubSpot Inbound Marketing Certification — All Questions

What are the three stages of the buyer's journey?

• a.Attract, engage, delight
• b.Awareness, consideration, decision✓
• c.Subscriber, lead, customer
• d.Plan, build, launch

The buyer's journey is awareness, consideration, and decision.

In the awareness stage, a buyer is:

• a.Realizing and naming a problem or symptom✓
• b.Comparing specific vendors
• c.Ready to purchase immediately
• d.Signing a contract

Awareness is when the buyer identifies a problem, before evaluating solutions.

A buyer persona is:

• a.A real named customer's private file
• b.A competitor's profile
• c.A semi-fictional representation of your ideal customer✓
• d.A pricing tier

Personas are semi-fictional, research-based representations of ideal customers.

Decision-stage content is most appropriately:

• a.A broad educational blog post
• b.Purely entertaining with no product mention
• c.Unrelated to your solution
• d.Focused on your specific solution, such as a demo or free trial✓

Decision-stage content helps the buyer choose, e.g., demos, trials, comparisons.