EPISODE · Jul 31, 2023 · 25 MIN
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from Nudge · host Phill Agnew
When Whitney Wolfe launched Bumble she put up official looking signs outside lecture theatres at universities saying “NO ACCESS TO FACEBOOK, TWITTER, TINDER, & BUMBLE INSIDE”. You’d think telling people not to use your app would put potential customers off. But the opposite is true. Bumble quickly grew to become the second biggest online dating site, now worth over $3 billion. In today’s Nudge with Richard Shotton, you’ll hear why that campaign worked so well. Please feel free to ignore my newsletter: https://www.nudgepodcast.com/mailing-list Kennedy’s anti-Nixon ad: https://tinyurl.com/yckpfar5 Check out Astroten: https://www.astroten.co.uk/ Illusion of Choice: https://tinyurl.com/mrxduj97 The Choice Factory: https://www.richardshotton.com/the-choice-factory
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When Whitney Wolfe launched Bumble she put up official looking signs outside lecture theatres at universities saying “NO ACCESS TO FACEBOOK, TWITTER, TINDER, & BUMBLE INSIDE”. You’d think telling people not to use your app would put potential customers off. But the opposite is true. Bumble quickly grew to become the second biggest online dating site, now worth over $3 billion. In today’s Nudge with Richard Shotton, you’ll hear why that campaign worked so well. Please feel free to ignore my newsletter: https://www.nudgepodcast.com/mailing-list Kennedy’s anti-Nixon ad: https://tinyurl.com/yckpfar5 Check out Astroten: https://www.astroten.co.uk/ Illusion of Choice: https://tinyurl.com/mrxduj97 The Choice Factory: https://www.richardshotton.com/the-choice-factory
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