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I'm curious, does writing like this actually work?

> Let’s [emoji] increase your conversion rate by [emoji] reducing friction while ️[emoji] delighting your users.

It reads like a really bad MLM pyramid scheme pitch and/or incredibly patronising every time I see something like that.

How would you reformulate it?

I'd just remove the emojis, but I'm curious whether they actually have an impact, negative or positive on conversion.

It "reads" to me in a really bad way, but I might be overly cynical due to exposure to things like https://i.redd.it/9q7jj7uw2qp41.jpg

I see what you mean. I don’t love this style either. But here I chose the emojis as a quick & dirty alternative to something more graphical (e.g., custom icons) that would help the 3 distinct parts of the sentence stand out. I am not sure about the impact. It’s a work-in-progress MVP; didn’t think it would find its way to hn. Thanks for the feedback.

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