Sizzle AI · B2C · AI learning app
Open with a silent shocked face, demo the app, end on a goofy twist
79K likes; this ending beat the creator's other endings
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What they did
Structure of the winning study-app TikTok: (1) hook with no talking, just a shocked facial expression, copied from headlines/hooks working on other viral pages; (2) middle shows a product demo that calls out the target audience so viewers are relevant buyers; (3) a conclusion that differs from the rest of the video but keeps continuity, a pattern interrupt so people stay to the end. No call to action or heavy app naming: the paid ad adds the link, and comments ('What is the app?', 'this is like Quizlet') do the explaining. The goofy ending was the creator's own idea and beat his other endings.
What happened
79,000 likes; it did better than the creator's other versions with different endings and became the ad behind hundreds of purchases.
- Stage
- growth
In their words
The Superwall Podcast · Yev Marusenko - How I Grow Viral Apps to 1M+ Downloads (just copy me)“It's just something shocking, and it's not even like talking. Some people want to like start talking right away, but it's just more about the expression”
“So then, the middle is more like product demo showing. This is like calls out the audience.”
“Yeah, and essentially some sort of conclusion, not even a call to action. This is where the paid ads do that part where it adds the link”
“kind of just the creator thought of that himself, it's just like how to how to end it, and that just did better than other types of videos that he shot, different endings.”
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