Pep AI · B2C · peptide and GLP-1 tracker
Give creators lifetime access and text them almost daily instead of view bonuses
Creators do more than the contract, including TikTok Lives
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Cedric Roberge - I speedran an ai app to $100k in 70 days.
… I'm really picky and like have to like look into all these things because there's some people that do that. But yeah, I would say the biggest thing is looking for real engagement, especially comments. Are you doing like a view bonuses? There's nothing like specifically says they'll get a view bonus. But if they do perform really well, we make sure to take care of them. Having good relationships with these guys is really, really important to me.
You know, I will call them, see how they're doing, constantly text them. We text every single one of our creators almost every day. We're always talking to them, whether if it's about the app or just checking up on them, letting them know how they're doing for signups. We just try to have really, really good relationships with them because they at the end of the day, like they're the backbone to our success. That's a lot of thought and attention and care to the two creators. It sounds like you're not skipping any any of those like human elements because that's rare to see apps these days not doing view bonuses.
… motivated because they're just they feel like they have a relationship and they're part of the team and they like they're actually embedded into the culture and they like they like the app, they want the app to succeed. Then you don't need to rely as much on like the financial incentive, I guess, of like few bonuses. And like I said, I mean, we still do it if they do perform well. But yeah, you know, and we really want them to like the app.
Like we don't call them and come up with a deal. But sometimes we're like even before that, we'll be like download our app first. Let us know what email you use. We'll give you lifetime access. Like make sure you like this and it aligns well with what you do. Like we really, really try and have just have really good relationships with them. They care a lot more. Like we've had creators that like they go out of their way to respond to all of their messages when people ask them about peptides or GLPs and be like, this is all this information. We'll go on like TikTok live and promote about it. Like they'll go above and beyond because, you know, we just have these good relationships
with them. And I think it's really, really important. So we talk a lot about about the influencer program. You're saying that now you're spending a few hundred dollars a day on meta ads. And in the beginning, you just like put the most successful influencer videos onto meta and you just like boost them basically. And those were already like ROI positive. But then did you say you're also making ad creatives specifically like for like to be paid …
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- Pay new creators ~$200 for a trial month; sign the winners for 3 monthsCore of the creator program behind most revenue
- Pay creators a one-time 20% of each sale on top of their feeCreators post more than agreed and put in more effort
- Give every creator a tracked link and discount codeShows who to keep and whose rates to cut
- Make creators keep your app link in their bio for the whole deal'A ton of downloads' in two weeks with no posts
- Send creators past winning videos as ideas, then let them make anythingFounder says creators love working with them; content performs
- Post educational slideshows that end with the app as the tracking toolBeat talking-head videos, per the guest; no numbers
- Run top creator videos as Meta ads and raise the budget every week~$2.50 per download; profitable by the guest's math
- Give creators scripts copied from competitors' ads and run them as adsLost money; replaced by organic winners
- Test a cluttered AI-made image ad listing ~8 featuresBest ad at under $2 per download, beating video
- Run peptide creator videos as TikTok adsTikTok kept rejecting them as medical advice; moved to Meta
- Give under-25s a short onboarding and older users a longer oneLonger flow works well for 25+, per founder; no numbers
- Show 'try it free' slides before a paywall with $40/year and $10/month plans
- Build the most-requested features, like a dose calculator, after legal reviewCalculator 'drove a ton of traffic'
- Remove or simplify features nobody uses
- Collect feedback everywhere, including creator calls, and ship 2-3 updates a week
- Tell creators about each new feature as a reason to postCreators all want to post about new features
- DM 1,000+ creators a week with one message, then get them on a callSigns many creators every week; delegating made it scale
- Skip creators with no real comments or few niche videos to avoid bought viewsEarly signings with bought views brought zero signups
- Review each new creator's first video before it goes liveA few redos; most videos were fine
- Repost as many creator videos as possible on the brand account
- Raise a small angel check for marketing; pay developers in equityFunded the creator program from launch
- Enter a trending niche where existing apps do no marketingFounder claims the app helped start the peptide-tracker trend
Tags: creator-relationships, discretionary-bonus, free-access