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29% -- click through rate decrease for marketing headlines with positive superlatives (email subject lines and ad hooks) (2024)

2024  · CXL

Using positive superlatives in headlines resulted in a 29% decrease in click-through rate numbers.

  • Study conducted by CXL and Neil Patel; exact date, methodology details, and sample size not specified in source article.
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marketing headlines with positive superlatives (email subject lines and ad hooks)
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https://www.b2w.tv/blog/science-behind-why-video-content-works ↗
Confidence: 55/100 Vintage: 2024 Channel: Deep Crawl
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The Science of Video Marketing & What Makes It So Effective (+ Examples)
Written by Animes Nanda Aug 2, 2024, 4:00:00 AM We often take video marketing at face value. Believing it to be the thing that solves all your B2B marketing problems. While this is true, it’s only the half truth. To use video marketing the right way requires us to dig a bit deeper. Which requires ta…
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Analysis of headline superlatives' impact on CTR, cited via CXL in this article. No sample size or study date provided.

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marketing headlines with positive superlatives (email subject lines and ad hooks): 29% click through rate decrease. Source: CXL (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/positive-superlatives-ctr-decrease
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/positive-superlatives-ctr-decrease" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>29%</strong> -- click through rate decrease for marketing headlines with positive superlatives (email subject lines and ad hooks)<br><small>Source: CXL (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/positive-superlatives-ctr-decrease" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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