Ben Leavitt
Founder, FollowBuddy. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Ben Leavitt is the founder of FollowBuddy, an iOS app and SaaS tool that lets users track Instagram unfollowers without sharing passwords. He also runs the media consultancy Bunny Media and hosts The Ben Leavitt Show podcast.
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Everything Ben Leavitt said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Leavitt: Proper YouTube SEO guarantees top-five rankings even on new channels
“If you do SEO correctly, you will rank within the top three to five listings almost every time, even on a brand new channel.”
Leavitt: YouTube became the highest-grossing revenue source for multiple software clients
“I became multiple software companies, highest converting either affiliate or if they were a customer of mine, YouTube became their highest grossing revenue source.”
Leavitt: Disclosing Product Cons Improves Viewer Conversion Rates
“I have consistently found that if you mention a con potentially I've seen has improved conversion rate.”
Leavitt: Putting app links in first two description lines hurts YouTube CTR
“When people are searching on YouTube, they see the title of the thumbnail, but they can also see the first two sentences of the description. So a lot of people will just put their app link there. And that's a missed opportunity because anything that I have on …”
Leavitt: Unlike Google, YouTube easily permits multiple top search rankings
“The awesome thing about YouTube SEO, unlike Google, it's almost impossible for you to get multiple high ranking listings within Google, very possible on YouTube. And especially if you're doing this across multiple channels,”
Ben Leavitt: Follow Buddy operates entirely within Instagram's terms of service
“All that we're doing is telling people who unfollowed them through leveraging Instagram's export data feature. So all that you have to do is go follow the steps to get your followers and following information that is approved from Instagram. We're not breaking…”
Ben Leavitt: Follow Buddy generates $20K monthly with zero ad spend
“Follow Buddy makes 20 K per month. We have 82,000 users currently, 3128 paying users, and we've spent zero dollars on ads.”
Leavitt: Follow Buddy customer acquisition relies entirely on organic search traffic
“All of our traffic is organic and it's all search based across the different social platforms.”
Leavitt: Search-Driven Customer Acquisition Requires Almost No Creativity
“If you follow this exact approach, there's almost no creativity needed because you're just trying to go to where the people already are and just show up there when they try to solve their problem.”
Leavitt: Video inventing the Instagram 'compare lists method' hit 1M+ views
“I made a video about that and it got like one point Something million views. And that strategy that I brought to the internet has since been repeated so many times that it's referred to as the compare lists method.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Ben's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 STARTER STORYLEDGER | Founder, FollowBuddy | 1 | 11 | 100% 2/2 | full record on Starter Story → |