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Noise · app that pays people to post

Say 'I make $20 a night, an extra $500 a month' instead of big earnings

'$7,000' claims got called a scam; $20 a night worked

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What they did

Claims like 'I've made $7,000' (true for some users) triggered 'this is a scam' comments, and showing bank stubs didn't help. Instead use an amount anyone can picture ($20 a night) and then the monthly total ($500), which viewers anchor to something real like a car payment.

What happened

Big-number versions drew scam accusations; the $20/$500 framing 'did serious numbers'.

In their words

Nic Weber - Meet The Guy Who Solved TikTok

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16:34

Joseph ChoiSo it seems like people are by default not that skeptical. I think people were just like, "Oh, how do you do it? Like how does this actually work?"

16:40

Nic WeberWe've tried, "I've made $7,000," and whatever. And the crazy thing is like we have users that have made $7,000 in a week on our platform. But as soon as they say that, everyone's like, "Oh no, this is a scam. I don't believe it at all." So that's where it's like we take $20 seems super achievable, right? Anyone can imagine a $20 bill in their hand, but then they're bad at math. So you say, "Oh, it's actually an extra $500 a month."

17:02

Nic WeberAnd then that 500 is where they anchor on of, "Oh, my car payment is like $498 a month. Like that would be my car payment. That would be incredible."

17:33

Nic WeberWe figured this out way in the old days when we were doing our last app. It doesn't even matter if you show people receipts. Like if I show you my bank stub of how much I've made posting on Noise, everyone's just like, "Nope, that's fake. There's no way that's real." And so for us, it was a lot of just re-centering people. And there's still a lot of skepticism, right? Because the internet's full of that.

17:53

Nic WeberBut this whole concept really did serious numbers for us. And it, you can see it kind of again here in this next one.

18:00

Joseph ChoiYeah. So you actually repeated the same concept for a client.

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Tags: tiktok, copywriting, believability, anchoring, earnings-claims