Bite 065 πŸͺ

Bite 065 Β· Mon 19 Oct 2026
βœ… Copywriting

Ask people to be someone, not just do something

In a 2011 study, people asked how important it was to β€œbe a voter” turned out more often than people asked how important it was β€œto vote.” A noun gives people an identity to claim, and people work to act like who they think they are. Later large replications found a smaller effect, so treat it as a cheap test: swap one verb-led CTA for an identity noun.

πŸ’‘ Why it matters

Phrasing a request as an identity to claim instead of an action to take can get more people to follow through, and testing it means changing one word.

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