The Jason Levin Show

Jason Levin

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Sup nerds. Join me for conversations with the coolest creatives on the internet. Best-selling authors, massive TikTokers, millionaire memelords, gigabrained founders, and brilliant venture capitalists. We talk about strategies and tactics to build digital worlds and content empires.

19/11/2024

#77: Eli Weiss — The $230B Customer Retention King

Meet my friend and the customer retention king Eli Weiss, VP of Retention Advocacy at Yotpo. (01:45) Black Friday fake “oopsie emails" (04:34) Are email marketing “best practices” just bullshit (07:07) How brands plan Black Friday campaigns (09:49) Why every human is a victim of marketing ploys (13:10) How my wife forced me to dress up for Hereticon (15:56) Idea: Bryan Johnson's Blueprint but for women (21:36) The fuck is “retention” and how I do it for Memelord Tech? (27:28) Is Trump the GOAT marketer? (32:44) Giving my future kids a $1M loan so they don’t become useless (35:55) Keeping employees around (potentially with drugs (40:57) Should you take your employees to an Ayahuasca trip (44:33) My theory: The Rizzler is a Big Candy industry plant (46:35) Best marketing I've seen: Lucy Nicotine (49:06) Prediction market: the next big thing (51:41) Injecting more Jewish culture to the e-commerce world

57 min
14/11/2024

#76: Ridd — The Million Dollar Figma Teacher

Ridd is the founder and creator of Figma Academy, where he teaches design tactics to thousands of designers (00:27) Growing an online course in 2024 (05:33) Selling to the big leagues: the enterprises (09:23) What sets the course creators apart? (10:58) Why cohort-based courses lead to fast burnout (14:04) Running his online biz with family, Godfather style (19:12) Design is the new marketing baby embrace it (20:22) Can taste be developed or is it innate? (26:08) Brand consistency and why it’s essential (27:55) “AI design tools are suck” (30:38) Why I ditched ChatGPT for six months (yes this is a flex) (32:39) Craft over AI slop (37:03) Figma AI backlash: a PR mess (41:23) Writing for the internet, not your English teacher Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Ridd on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

45 min
12/11/2024

#75: Tom Orbach – The $23B Startup Meme Strategist

Tom Orbach is a viral meme marketer and Head of Growth at $23B cybersecurity startup Wiz (00:28) How do you go viral on LinkedIn? (03:28) “Founders are basically influencers” (05:18) Tom’s viral LinkedIn song (yes, I put it on this pod) (06:54) Understanding the memes = understanding the industry (08:15) Tom’s “Meme Battle” strategy (09:17) The rise of “mini tools” (yes, it’s about my penis) (16:05) Is “screenshot marketing” the next big thing? (21:56) Why people stealing your memes is good (24:59) Tom’s secret advice for meme account outreach (25:28) Should we be bullish on event marketing? (30:34) How my dog is helping me get signups for Memelord Tech (32:26) Marketing tactics to be bullish on in 2025: mini games Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠. Follow Eric on ⁠Twitter⁠ Subscribe to Jason on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

39 min
24/10/2024

#74: Eric Bahn — Investing $46M Into Hustlers

Eric Bahn is the co-founder and General Partner of venture capital firm Hustle Fund (00:00) Why should VCs care about content? (04:28) Why Eric invested his personal money into a 14-year-old founder (09:24) Hustle Fund’s content playbook secret sauce (11:50) The internet content Rorschach test (13:16) Building a content-to-community funnel (14:58) LPs to Eric: “Why are you tweeting ridiculous stuff all the time?” (18:17) Betting on founders before they believe in themselves (24:25) Turning the word “hustle” on its head (26:22) Is AI killing VC deal flows? (32:00) The secret amazing benefit of angel investing (this one BLEW my mind) Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Eric on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

38 min
22/10/2024

#73: Kevin Xu — Making Zillions on Reddit

Meet Kevin Xu, founder of the social stock trading app AfterHour. (00:29) Are we still sleeping on Reddit? (01:27) Growing a subreddit from scratch (06:12) Reddit promotion tactics (without getting downvoted) (10:15) How meme stocks is the name of the finance game (12:39) Learning stock trading with memes (17:14) Making $8 MILLION from YOLO trades (22:37) Is Reddit currently shooting themselves in the foot? (28:15) “Wall Street Bets is dead” (29:09) Should startups kick off their own subreddit? (31:44) Being terminally online: your secret weapon (37:55) Innovating to beat traditional finance Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Kevin on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

41 min
15/10/2024

#72: Paul Millerd — In Search of Good Work

Paul Millerd is back on the pod. Paul is the author of Pathless Path and recently published his new book, Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition (00:35) Confessions of a workaholic (03:34) Does work always have to suck a little? (06:00) What happens if you just don’t do stuff? (08:30) Paul’s pickup line - “I want to build a life not centered around work” (10:20) Why I fired my ghostwriting clients (13:40) How Paul convinced me to drop out of college (18:00) From “work day” to “work decade” (19:30) Is a writing schedule useful? (21:30) The puzzle of good work and finding your flow (23:35) “I abandoned a draft of about 55k words” (26:30) Why you don’t need to feel guilty about scrolling Twitter (33:50) “Oh shit, YOU'RE Meme Alerts?” (38:00) How Paul made his first internet money (41:10) Choosing the game you want to play (44:50) Publishing books on your own terms (49:30) Paul’s quarterly letter to his friends (50:30) Being a consultant for your own business (55:12) Paul analyzing my superpowers (01:01:25) Scheduling my leisure? What? (01:04:20) How the right memes can hit you deep (01:05:20) Sharing the ideas for my next book (01:08:20) Why American politics nowadays are just meme warfare (01:14:28) Why Naval Ravikant is a memelord Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Paul on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

1 h 27 min
08/10/2024

#72: Dani Grant — Developer Marketing Explained

Meet Dani Grant, co-founder and CEO of Jam. For the past couple of years, Dani and I have been teaming up to grow Jam through some unhinged marketing campaigns. (01:08) Why is marketing a dirty word for developers (03:55) Is self-promotion bad? (07:34) Calibrating Jam’s brand voice (07:59) Is building in public even worth it? (12:31) “Thousands of people signed up, and no one used it” (14:54) Seth Godin’s “Rule of 10” test (17:45) Why Jam does weekly team podcast (20:16) The unhinged “Venus flytrap” marketing campaign (22:46) Cold coutreach → Hot opportunities (27:34) Jam’s Growth experiment tracking system (31:34) Why I stopped making viral subway videos (32:29) What is Jam cooking right now? Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and Founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠. Follow Dani on ⁠Twitter⁠ Subscribe to Jason on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

36 min
03/10/2024

#71: Alex Lieberman — 20 Unhinged Startup Ideas

Meet Alex Lieberman, co-founder of Morning Brew. Alex co-founded Morning Brew and sold it for $75M to Business Insider. (00:46) Dirty Jobs LARP-ing (06:07) Outfit Mix-n-Match platform (08:11) Does Zuck have a stylist? (10:32) Post-Covid Rebrand Power Rankings (12:25) Rent-a-Stripe Dashboard (14:40) B******t MRR Detector (15:21) Handkerchief…but for your ass (16:40) Hairspray for dudes (18:31) Dude Fridges and Dude Product Lines (19:43) “Dress to Guess” (20:59) “Picturesque Piss” (21:45) Uber Confessions Podcast (25:12) Night time erection clinic (26:29) Ass freshener (27:25) VC fund for meme pates (29:00) Pavlov Jumper Cables (31:10) JD Vance Swim Shirts (31:56) Travel Itinerary Platform — actual legit idea (34:18) Agency to turn CEO into a meme template (35:48) Rent-a-family for politicians (38:09) Rap Genius but for shareholder reports (38:47) “Where’s Waldo” but with real humans (40:14) Punk’d but for VC pitches Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologiest. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Alex on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

42 min

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Jason Levin
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2022 - 2024
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The Jason Levin Show

#77: Eli Weiss — The $230B Customer Retention King

#76: Ridd — The Million Dollar Figma Teacher

#75: Tom Orbach – The $23B Startup Meme Strategist

#74: Eric Bahn — Investing $46M Into Hustlers

#73: Kevin Xu — Making Zillions on Reddit

#72: Paul Millerd — In Search of Good Work

#72: Dani Grant — Developer Marketing Explained

#71: Alex Lieberman — 20 Unhinged Startup Ideas

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#77: Eli Weiss — The $230B Customer Retention King

#76: Ridd — The Million Dollar Figma Teacher

#75: Tom Orbach – The $23B Startup Meme Strategist

#74: Eric Bahn — Investing $46M Into Hustlers

#73: Kevin Xu — Making Zillions on Reddit

#72: Paul Millerd — In Search of Good Work

#72: Dani Grant — Developer Marketing Explained

#71: Alex Lieberman — 20 Unhinged Startup Ideas

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