Nudge

I tested 5 marketing principles to see if they really worked

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Feb 27, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Scarcity Boosts Email Engagement

  • Adding scarcity cues to email subject lines increased open rates by 15% and sign-ups by 16% in a real test.
  • Scarcity triggers urgency, motivating people to act quickly before opportunity expires.
ANECDOTE

Endowment Effect Reengages Subscribers

  • Emails warning subscribers they would be removed doubled open rates and made them 5 times more likely to stay subscribed.
  • Framing continued subscription as owning something valuable triggers the endowment effect and loss aversion.
ANECDOTE

Vaccine Uptake From Ownership Feeling

  • Labeling a vaccine "reserved for you" increased vaccine uptake by about 4.6%.
  • Making people feel the vaccine was personally theirs leveraged the endowment effect to encourage action.
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