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Nov 29 11 tweets 4 min read
The most important skill you didn't learn in school:

Behavioral Psychology.

7 psychological hacks that are so effective customers will line up to pay you:
1/ Anchoring Bias

Users rely heavily on the first piece of information they see.

Actionable insight: Start with the highest first in your pricing.

Example: Tinder uses the highest price to influence our buying decision. Image
2/ Hick's Law

More options lead to harder decisions

Find an area where you have a lot of options and then try to reduce them.

Removing your header & footer nav in your checkout flow may lift your conversion rate by 28%.

Example: Instapage just has a primary call to action Image
3/ Nudge

Subtle hints can affect users' decisions.

Small cues or context changes can encourage users to make a certain decision without forcing them.

Actionable insight: Use harmless nudges to sell more.

Example: Amazon focuses 1/3 of the screen to push for subscriptions. Image
4/ Social proof with the recency effect

Users adapt their behaviors based on what others do.

Example: Basecamp shares how many folks signed last week. Image
5/ Positive Scarcity

People want more of those things they can have less of.

Uber Eats found the right angle: using a real limited resource (timing of deliveries), they are convincing new users to share the same restaurants as past users. Image
6/ Reduce Cognitive Load

Cognitive load is concerned with how much the brain can do at any one time.

Actional insight: Reduce friction for prospects.

Synthesis payment checkout flow had too much cognitive load. We moved to Typeform. It increased our conversion from 24% to 40%.
7/ Zeigarnik Effect

People remember incomplete tasks better than completed ones.

Duologin shows incomplete tasks to finish.

Actionable Insight: Use checklists, progress bar, and gamification to push to convert more customers. Image
That's all folks.

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