Pep AI · B2C · peptide and GLP-1 tracker
Make creators keep your app link in their bio for the whole deal
'A ton of downloads' in two weeks with no posts
What they did
What happened
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Cedric Roberge - I speedran an ai app to $100k in 70 days.
… that's much higher converting, you said, than the like scrappy UGC. Yeah. And another reason for that as well is, I mean, this could work for other apps, but it works specifically well for this one. People are going to click these guys links from if they see another video of theirs that doesn't have anything to do with PepAI. They still want to click the link because they want to find something that's going to teach them about peptides or GLPs.
Or if they have a link where they can go, you know, like a lot of these guys would be like, you can book a call with me or read about my whole experience while taking them. So a lot of these people will see a different video that has nothing to do with PepAI. Then they'll click their link and then they'll see the PepAI app there. And a lot of people convert from that without even seeing any video. I didn't even think about that, but that makes so much sense because if they're an influencer, they're a creator, they're making multiple videos per week. They're probably posting every day in some cases. And you're just getting all those, all that traffic because they're promoting other stuff.
… And they'll be like, if you want to learn more, you can go to link in bio. You know, TikTok can be kind of like strict about some of the stuff you talk about on there. But they'll have like their own like school communities or discord where then they can talk about it more. And that's where they're trying to get people to go to, I think. So that they can like teach them more about their journey on peptides and GLPs and stuff like that.
But because of that traffic, we get a lot to the app. And I even tested it by having one of our creators where we had him put the link in the bio. And we didn't have him post for two weeks. And we still had a ton of downloads. And he didn't even make a single post. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. So basically, they're promoting like their own paid communities because the peptide space is sort of, there's just a lot of information out there. And you don't really know who to trust. So then people are probably paying $10, $20, $50 a month to get access to like curated expert information from people that are like have experience with the peptides.
And then they're probably doing call to actions on their other videos saying, hey, go to my link in bio. And then you're getting all that residual just clicks from all the people that are following their other CTAs. That's really, that's really good. So how do you do deal structures with influencers like these? You know, it's different for everyone. A lot of times we'll start with like a trial month where we'll be like one post a week for the …
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- Sign nearly every creator in your niche before running paid ads$30K then $50K revenue in months 1-2; ~$100K in 70 days
- 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
- 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
- Give creators lifetime access and text them almost daily instead of view bonusesCreators do more than the contract, including TikTok Lives
- 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: tiktok, instagram, link-in-bio, residual-traffic