“Having a greater proportion of users returning to a service daily, dramatically increases Viral Cycle Time for two reasons: First, daily users… — Nir Eyal Twitter Copy Share Image
“How can a website make browsing easier? One solution popularized by digital pinboard site, Pinterest, is the infinite scroll. In the past,… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“A habit is at work when users feel a tad bored and instantly open Twitter. They feel a pang of loneliness and… — Nir Eyal Habits Copy Share Image
“So why haven’t more Google users switched to Bing? Habits keep users loyal. If a user is familiar with the Google interface,… — Nir Eyal Habits Copy Share Image
“Step 3: Modify Armed with new insights, it is time to revisit your product and identify ways to nudge new users down… — Nir Eyal Modify Copy Share Image
“In the Investment Phase, however, asking users to do a bit of work comes after users have received variable rewards, not before.… — Nir Eyal Human behavior Copy Share Image
“Adobe Photoshop is the most widely-used professional graphics editing program in the world. The software provides hundreds of advanced features for creating… — Nir Eyal Photography Copy Share Image
“those who made their own origami animals valued their creation five times higher than the second group’s valuation, and nearly as high… — Nir Eyal Origami Copy Share Image
“The invention of the telephone was also dismissed at first. Sir William Preece, the chief engineer of the British Post Office famously… — Nir Eyal Technology Copy Share Image
“Some products have a very high CLTV. For example, credit card customers tend to stay loyal for a very long time and… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Storing Value Unlike physical goods in the real world, the software that runs our technology products can adapt itself to our needs.… — Nir Eyal Investing Copy Share Image
“In 1975, researchers Worchel, Lee, and Adewole wanted to know how people would value cookies in two identical glass jars.[lxiii] One jar… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“The study demonstrated that people suffering from symptoms of depression used the Internet more. Why is that? One hypothesis is that those… — Nir Eyal Depression Copy Share Image
“in the free-to-play video game business, it is standard practice for game developers to delay asking users to pay money until they… — Nir Eyal Business Copy Share Image
“A psychological phenomenon known as the escalation of commitment has been shown to make our brains do all sorts of funny things.… — Nir Eyal Commitment Copy Share Image
“Pinterest clearly demonstrates the four stages of the Hook Model. It is a seamless flow, from the itch of the internal trigger… — Nir Eyal Starting point Copy Share Image
“Habit Testing.” It is a process inspired by the build-measure-learn methodology championed by the lean startup movement. Habit Testing offers insights and… — Nir Eyal Habit Copy Share Image
“For an example of how perception of a limited supply can increase sales, look no further than Amazon.com. My recent search for… — Nir Eyal Investing Copy Share Image
“One method is to try asking the question "why" as many times as it takes to get to an emotion. Usually this… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“- Habits are defined as behaviors done with little or no conscious thought. - The convergence of access, data, and speed is… — Nir Eyal Competitive advantage Copy Share Image
“3. Relationship Triggers One person telling others about a product or service can be a highly effective external trigger for action. Whether… — Nir Eyal Business Copy Share Image
“MyFitnessPal and although using the app was novel at first, it soon became a drag. Keeping a food diary was not part… — Nir Eyal Food Copy Share Image