Instagram wasn’t always a runaway success. The first version of the app flopped.
However, the Instagram founders were taught a behavioural science model that transformed their work.
Today on Nudge, Bas Wouters, an expert behavioural science practitioner, explains Instagram's changes and how you can follow their model to improve your online marketing.
You’ll learn:
How a simple question can increase reviews by 400%
Why “The World’s Deepest Trash Can” decreased littering by 81%
How I increased email open rate by 4.5% (using Bas’s advice)
And how Airbnb, Beer52, and Instagram use psychology to persuade you
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Bas’s book Online Influence: https://www.onlineinfluence.com/book-online-influence/
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Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phill-agnew-22213187/
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My email a/b test results: https://ibb.co/TBjBxTNr
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Sources:
Fogg BJ (2019). Tiny habits: the small changes that change everything. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Wouters, B., & Groen, J. (2020). Online influence: Boost your results with proven behavioral science.
Zeigarnik BW (1927). Das Behalten erledigter und unerledigter Handlungen. Psychologische Forschung, 9:1-85.
