Practitioner pattern · Joseph Choi (Runs Consumer Club, the paid founder community he pitches at the end, and a live presentation he promotes mid-episode)
Run your viral organic videos as ads, and have top creators film ads
Organic margins 50-80% vs 10-30% for ads; host says reuse beats typical ad UGC
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What they did
Once organic nears its ceiling (about $1-3M/year from TikTok and Reels), reuse organic as fuel for paid in three ways: (1) run the viral organic videos directly as paid ads, since they are already proven; (2) take hooks that performed well organically and attach them to normal ad creative; (3) have the creators who performed well organically record ad UGC for paid campaigns. The host says organic creators beat 90% of traditional UGC ad talent because the algorithm trained them to hook and not look like ads.
What happened
Host claims the content converts twice (organic then paid) and removes the need for new ad creative; no specific campaign numbers.
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In their words
The Superwall Podcast · Joseph Choi - 1,000 Hours of Studying The Most Profitable Apps in 17 Minutes“You can just run the viral organic videos as paid ads. They're already proven to work, so you don't need to think about more ad creative.”
“One way to do that is you just take the hooks that performed well organically and you attach it to your normal ad creative. Another method is you just pick the creators who performed well organically and have them record”
“Organic creators are better than 90% of traditional UGC ad talent because they've been trained by the algorithm.”
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