Hoffman: YouTube drove 80% of LocalRank sales with 10% of X views
Rob Hoffman · Blueprint to Build a $1M SaaS From Scratch · Dec 8, 2025 · at 49:25
Rob Hoffman argues that unpolished YouTube videos have significantly higher conversion rates for SaaS sales than text posts on X.
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“YouTube has been 80 to 90% of sales, and the YouTube launch video has a 10th of the views as the ex post, but drove 80% of the sales.”
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