The YouTube Loophole Printing $1M+ for SaaS Startups Right Now

The Startup Ideas Podcast

Join me as I chat with Cody Schneider about the power of using YouTube Creators for influencer marketing. Cody explains a step-by-step playbook for acquiring customers through YouTube creator partnerships. The strategy involves reaching out to 100+ creators in your niche, offering a three-video package plus affiliate commission, identifying which creators drive the most conversions, then putting top performers on monthly retainers. This creates a scalable system where you eventually have dozens of creators regularly making content about your product, with trackable ROI through affiliate links.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:03 - Why partner with Youtube Creators

04:38 - How to find and contact YouTube creators

08:11 - Crafting the email and follow-up strategy

09:26 - Overview of the Strategy

14:42 - The value of underpriced attention

19:12 - The numbers and scaling the process

22:06 - Biggest Bottleneck

22:50 - Automating the process

24:47 - Why start now

Key Points:

• YouTube creators + affiliate marketing is an effective strategy for getting initial customers, especially for SMB products with one killer feature

• The strategy works by reaching out to creators, having them make videos about your product, and giving them affiliate commissions

• This is a marketing arbitrage opportunity because many smaller creators (10k-50k subscribers) don't know how to properly price themselves

• The goal is to identify underpriced creators, test them, then put the best performers on retainer to create monthly content

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