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How WhatsApp Makes Money: The INSANE Story of WhatsApp

What to study

Curiosity Gap

  • Betrayal is a strong word to hang on a friendly green app icon.
  • The picked lock hints at what the betrayal cost people.
  • You use WhatsApp every day, so the charge lands close to home and you need the story behind it.
How the packaging works
Title

The title promises the money story behind a free app, a puzzle in itself.

Thumbnail

The betrayal label and picked lock turn a logo into a crime scene.

Remix this

When you tell the story behind a product everyone uses, pick the most human word in it, like betrayal, and lead with that. Story words beat business words because viewers feel them before they think.

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The transferable lesson

Reframe a business story with one human story word.

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