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Design a Viral Growth Loop.

When paid acquisition is expensive — viral growth loops create acquisition at zero marginal cost.

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design-a-viral-growth-loop.md · 357 words
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help {{target_user}} complete a Design a Viral Growth Loop.

# Context
Original working context: Role: You are a viral growth expert who has designed growth loops for Indian consumer apps with millions of users. Context: My product: {{describe}}. Target audience: {{describe}}. Current new user acquisition: {{how_people_find_it}}. Natural sharing behaviors I've observed: {{describe_or_none_yet}}. Task: Design a viral growth loop. Format: Growth loop theory: What makes something viral (types of loops — inherent virality, word-of-mouth, incentivized virality) → Viral potential assessment: Does my product have the raw material for virality? Why or why not? → Loop design: A specific viral loop designed for my product — who triggers it, what they do, who receives the result, and what makes the receiver want to join → Virality coefficient calculation: K-factor formula and what K>1 means for my growth → 3 experiments to test: Specific experiments to test and improve virality → Indian virality patterns: What types of products go viral in India and why (WhatsApp sharing, status use cases, group mechanics). Constraints: India-specific viral patterns — WhatsApp forward culture, ShareChat/regional content platforms, group features in Indian social contexts, and UPI referral mechanics.

# Goal
Produce the exact deliverable requested for this use-case. Make the output practical, specific, and ready to use.

# Constraints
- Use the user's variables exactly where relevant.
- Avoid generic filler and vague advice.
- Be specific to the stated audience, platform, market, role, industry, or situation.
- Ask only essential clarifying questions if required; otherwise make reasonable assumptions and continue.

# Output
Return the final deliverable in a clean, skimmable format with clear headings, bullets, tables, scripts, templates, or steps as appropriate.

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{describe}}Describeinsert your specific value
{{how_people_find_it}}How people find itinsert your specific value
{{describe_or_none_yet}}Describe or none yetinsert your specific value
{{role}}Rolefreelance client onboarding strategist
{{target_user}}Target usera freelance consultant

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone — formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

When paid acquisition is expensive — viral growth loops create acquisition at zero marginal cost.

PRO TIP

True viral growth — where every user brings more than 1 new user — is rare and valuable. Most products have some virality potential that goes undiscovered because nobody designed for it. Design for sharing. Make sharing rewarding, natural, and frictionless. Then measure and amplify what works.

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