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A 30-second Super Bowl ad helped Snickers rebound from a 3-year sales slump. (They grew market share by 17% in the first year alone.)

The tagline:

“You’re not you when you’re hungry.”

This ad is celebrated as one of the best Super Bowl ads ever.

And Snickers is still running this campaign 12 years later (as the world’s best-selling candy bar).

Keep reading to find out what makes that painkiller message so potent and persuasive. 💊

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Imagine this…

You’ve spent days tweaking your sales page.

You’ve used plug-and-play templates, dropped serious cash on multiple copywriting courses, and even fed the copy into ChatGPT, hoping *this* version would finally convert.

But when you launched again? Crickets.

It feels like a kick in the teeth because this offer was supposed to be your key to more predictable and scalable revenue—drats 😖

You know your product is good, but all it’s doing is collecting dust (and murdering your confidence).

After all... you’re supposed to be good at marketing. But you can’t even figure out your own messaging. It’s f*cking frustrating.

With a stress headache for the ages, you head over to LinkedIn to start doom-scrolling when a post catches your eye.

You see your friend recommending a new AI-fuelled messaging system:

That sparks your interest, so you click the product link and see this hero copy:

“Woah—I can actually fix my messaging in just 3.5 days?“ you think.

Feeling hopeful for the first time in weeks, you scroll the page to learn more...

What was so persuasive about this sales page copy?

In today’s special edition of Why We Buy 🧠, we’ll explore a familiar product to see how it uses buyer psychology principles to drive sales.

This week we’re diving into our very own product, PAINKILLER—the AI-fueled messaging system for time-crunched online entrepreneurs.

Let’s get into it.

🤑 A Look Inside PAINKILLER

After doing this marketing thang for 15+ years, I (Katelyn again here 👋) have seen plenty of good products struggle to get traction…

Solely because the messaging was off.

So I spent 150+ days building a complete system to help time-crunched entrepreneurs craft more potent, persuasive messaging—FAST.

How fast? in just 3.5 days.

That speed is possible thanks to the custom AI-powered bots that help you do everything from customer research and insight mining to writing copy (that doesn’t suck).

PAINKILLER is anchored in a core psychological principle: humans are hardwired to avoid pain.

That’s why the tagline is science-backed but simple:

People buy painkillers.

Because people don’t buy things because of WHO they are. They buy solutions to painful problems.

And the proof is in the results:

Our pre-sale campaign sold out in just 53 minutes, with the total launch generating over $117,000 in 5 days.

🧠 How PAINKILLER Uses Buyer Psychology

Messaging is *what* you say. Copy is *how* you say it.

If your underlying messaging strategy is flawed, writing high-converting copy feels next to impossible.

That’s why inside PAINKILLER you learn how to turn your messaging strategy into direct-response copy using my proven ‘Triple P Pitch’ framework.

You can use my Triple P Pitch framework when writing any direct-response copy—think social posts, cold emails, sales letters, etc.

(Using this framework has helped me generate $1,600,000+ from just 3 product launches in 2 years.)

Here’s how we used the Triple P Pitch on the hero section of the PAINKILLER website—and the psychology behind it:


Problem: agitate the ouchy (and expensive) problem

The best-fit buyers for PAINKILLER are typically struggling with sluggish sales due to weak messaging.

And they’ll happily pay for a solution because messaging is the lifeblood of their business.

So, for the headline, we immediately targeted the problem: the cost of weak messaging.

This tapped into what they would likely keep losing (sales and ultimately their biz)—and the regret they’d feel—if they didn’t take action.

Using the word "kill" grabs attention due to our negativity bias.

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Promise: make a potent and persuasive promise

The biggest problem our buyers have is that they’re crunched for time.

They know their crappy messaging is costing them money. But they can’t waste another 8 weeks taking some long-winded online course or group coaching program.

And while they know that doing competitor and customer research is important, they can’t spend a month doing it. (Following “best practices” isn't an option when you’re already up to your eyeballs in work.)

They need to figure out how to fix the problem, fast.

So we flipped the pain they had with other, drawn-out solutions (like 12-week copywriting courses) into a potent promise:

Do fast-as-f*ck research, build your messaging strategy, and have copy ready to test… in just 3.5 days.

This framed PAINKILLER as a must-have for online entrepreneurs who need results now—not 6 months from now.

That's why 500+ time-crunched online entrepreneurs have invested in PAINKILLER.


Proof: share strategically selected proof

Normally it would take weeks (if not months) to do the foundational work needed to craft a research-backed messaging strategy.

Ain't nobody got time for that.

So we built 8 AI-powered GPTs that empower you to do it in 3.5 days.

The bots are awesome, but we know people will still be skeptical. There are a lot of "AI experts" selling overhyped prompts or bots these days.

So we cherry-picked this review from Rachel to eliminate that top objection immediately, before the browser could even start scrolling.

And she's not alone.

PAINKILLER has a 4.98-star rating, serving as compelling proof that it delivers on its promise.

(Psst... The proof you use in your Triple P Pitch doesn't have to be a review. It could be a case study of results you got for a client, results you've gotten for yourself using your method/tool, or even industry stats that back up your promise.)

🤔 Thinking About Your Business

PAINKILLER helps you craft a complete messaging strategy (plus shiny new copy to test) in just 3.5 days. But speed doesn’t have to be your USP.

Ask yourself…

Q: Are you solving a painful enough problem (that’s also profitable)?
If your offer solves a mildly annoying problem—but not a painful one buyers really want to solve—sales will probably be slow. Buyers are motivated to act when the pain matters. That’s why nailing the right problem is essential.

Because if the problem’s not worth solving, your offer won’t feel worth buying.

Q: How can you flip your buyers’ painful problem into a compelling promise?
You don’t have to be a Negative Nancy or fear-monger to sell your offer. But you *do* have to know what painful problems your buyers are struggling with (and the ones they’ll pay to solve) so you can flip their pains into a persuasive promise.

Because a promise is only compelling when a problem is present.

Q: Is your social proof working as hard as you are?
Regardless of the type, the proof you include in your pitches should reinforce your promise and squash buyer objections.

Because the best social proof doesn’t just sound nice—it helps close the sale.

💥 The Short of It

People buy painkillers.

So if you want more buyers (and bigger paychecks), start by finding the painful problems buyers are struggling with.

Because when you solve a problem that buyers *actually* care about...

Selling gets a whole lot easier.

Try my Triple P Pitch framework for your next social post, DM, or sales page and let me know how it goes.


Until next time, happy selling!

With ❤️ from Katelyn and Jordyn

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