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20 days of emotional blackmail from Duolingo

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The provided article examines the email marketing strategy of Duolingo, a popular language-learning app, by analyzing its use of emotional manipulation and persuasive messaging to entice users to continue their lessons. The article focuses on how Duolingo leverages themes of streaks, quick lessons, and the fear of letting skills deteriorate to motivate users to return to the app, and explores the effectiveness of its email cadence and simple template in maximizing user engagement. The author also shares their own experience with Duolingo's emails and their humorous yet effective nature.

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20 days of emotional blackmail from Duolingo

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