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Results from $30 on FB ads

After launching last week, I am now on a mission to better understand who my early users might be and design a landing page suited for them. I set up 4 ad variants with different copy to test across 3 different audiences, all using the same basic design (see attached).

VARIANTS (ordered by # of landing page views)

  1. Title - Beautiful Anonymous Writing – Try the beautiful new text editor for anonymous online writing. (16 views)
  2. Title - Write Without Worry – Join the community for anonymous online writing. (8 views)
  3. Title - Write Openly, Honestly, and Anonymously – Join the community for anonymous online writing. (4 views)
  4. Title - Write Privately Together – Join the community for anonymous online writing. (3 views)

AUDIENCES (ordered by # of landing page views across all ads)

  1. Women around the world age 25-34 interested in therapy, writing, and anonymity/Tor (19 views)
  2. Women in the U.S. age 20-34 interested in therapy and writing (6 views)
  3. Women in the U.S. 18-44 interested in writing and anonymity/Tor (6 views)

SUMMARY
The best-performing ad got 2x - 5x more views and included language around beauty, anonymity, and writing. It framed the action as "trying" something new, rather than joining a community. It generally performed as well or significantly best across all three audiences. The best-performing/most cost-effective audience was worldwide, which makes sense because the U.S. has more competition for eyeballs.

NEXT STEPS
Design a landing page with these learnings in mind. They're not conclusive by any means, but it's better than nothing and helpful in honing intuition.

on September 15, 2019
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    That's interesting Joel, it makes sense that people want to 'try before they buy'. How did users interested in TOR perform relative to just therapy and writing?

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      So I didn't try people just interested in Tor. Basically I used the Audience Insights tool to first look at people interested in therapy + writing, which was about 60/40 women (hence why all these audiences are women). I narrowed for folks who have an interest in therapy && writing && anonymity/Tor, so haven't just done it for anonymity/Tor yet but that's not a bad idea.

      For me the primary use case is around mental health/wellness; writing open-ended stuff, just dumping thoughts and getting the therapeutic benefits. Tbh there is already at least one writing app out there that really focuses on privacy/anonymity as a value prop, and I think people who are intensely looking for that would be better served by this app (I believe the website is write.as).

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    Great insights Joel, thanks for sharing!

    I've built a community-based platform for digital marketers to share case studies of the projects they create (https://clickthrough.marketing).

    I'd love to share this as a brief case study on the platform 🙌 Let me know if you'd be happy for me to cross publish this. I'd be sure to give you credit and link to your profile & product.

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      Hey Lachlan! Feel free. Cool idea - reminds me a bit of Dribbble.com but for marketing case studies.

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        Thanks, have definitely taken some inspiration from Dribbble.