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Hooked Summary

Hooked by Nir Eyal outlines the Hook Model, a four-step process for creating habit-forming products: Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, and Investment. The book emphasizes that successful habit-building can lead to reduced marketing costs and increased customer loyalty, while also highlighting the ethical responsibility of product makers. Understanding this model is crucial for designers and marketers seeking to enhance user engagement effectively.

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Hooked Summary

Hooked by Nir Eyal outlines the Hook Model, a four-step process for creating habit-forming products: Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, and Investment. The book emphasizes that successful habit-building can lead to reduced marketing costs and increased customer loyalty, while also highlighting the ethical responsibility of product makers. Understanding this model is crucial for designers and marketers seeking to enhance user engagement effectively.

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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Summary

Hooked by Nir Eyal explains how successful companies create products that people can't resist

using. The book introduces the Hook Model: a four-step process designed to encourage user

behavior and create habits.

1. Trigger: Cues that prompt user action. Can be external (ads, notifications) or internal (feelings,

emotions).

2. Action: The behavior performed in anticipation of a reward (like opening Instagram when bored).

3. Variable Reward: Providing unpredictable rewards (new content, likes) to drive engagement.

4. Investment: Encouraging users to put something into the product (time, data, effort) to increase

their likelihood of returning.

The key insight is that products that become habits create a competitive advantage, reduce

marketing costs, and increase customer loyalty. Ethical responsibility in using habit-forming

techniques is emphasized throughout.

Key Insights

- Building habits reduces reliance on ads.

- Internal triggers (like emotions) are more powerful than external triggers.

- Variable rewards drive more engagement than predictable ones.

- Investment (time, effort) makes users less likely to leave.

- Product makers must use these techniques responsibly.

Why It Matters
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Understanding the Hook Model helps product designers, marketers, and entrepreneurs build

products that users love and return to naturally. It is especially valuable for companies aiming to

improve user engagement without heavy marketing spend.

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