Reddit is one of my favorite places on the internet. It's like an early version of a metaverse, where people come together to create interconnected worlds, each with its own culture.
Loved this piece. However the biggest hurdle I face is actually promoting the product without getting banned or downvoted to hell. Self promo is a huge no no on most communities so I’m curious how one could thoughtfully circumvent this barrier?
Yes. This is a big issue. Many of the subreddits have explicit rules against even the slightest bit of marketing or even asking questions about a product. What to do then?
This is a probing question because Reddit does not allow self promotion, and posts with the slightest hint of it get banned. How do you go around it without posting links to landing pages/apps/websites?
Fantastic piece, thank you Greg. It's true, Reddit is a goldmine for those that are looking to start new businesses. If you focus on the audience's pain points and the things that they are currently missing from their day-to-day, you can really get a huge head start on the ideation & validation process.
I made an audience research tool for Reddit that shares a lot of the same concepts as the first half of this article. For anyone that is looking to leverage Reddit to run through this process, feel free to give it a try at https://gummysearch.com/ and let me know what you think!
Love this. On “figuring out what to build”, Reddit’s suggested “related communities” is a good way to see what products already exist in the market and can lend tangential ideas.
Eg. r/productivity, related are product communities like Notion, todoist, thingsapp, and also tangential hobbies like bujo (bullet journaling).
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Loved this piece. However the biggest hurdle I face is actually promoting the product without getting banned or downvoted to hell. Self promo is a huge no no on most communities so I’m curious how one could thoughtfully circumvent this barrier?
Where are the community building communities? Sounds to me like we need a product that enables these initial conversations.
Yes. This is a big issue. Many of the subreddits have explicit rules against even the slightest bit of marketing or even asking questions about a product. What to do then?
"Once you've created your new space, make a post about it, mention it in comments, invite people personally with private messages."
^ Any advice on how to do this in a subtle way, especially in the beginning when your new space has very few people?
Taking the FIRE example, something like this...?
"I created a Slack for us to chat more in real time with different channels for #investingtips #savingtips and more - url."
Interested in this too. I can’t imagine too many mods would take kindly to you trying to siphon away members of their community, especially.
Would also love to hear Greg's thoughts on this!
My approach would be to address the first few members that I can identify as future community leaders.
I'd offer them something of value - e.g: let's produce content together / let me help you with X...
After you have demonstrated that you can give value...
then you tell them about the new community you are starting.
If they need it, if they like it, if they trust you, they will post about it and not you.
That's a more subtle way and it takes more time. But it builds more trust and 10Xs your efforts as a single individual.
This is a probing question because Reddit does not allow self promotion, and posts with the slightest hint of it get banned. How do you go around it without posting links to landing pages/apps/websites?
Fantastic piece, thank you Greg. It's true, Reddit is a goldmine for those that are looking to start new businesses. If you focus on the audience's pain points and the things that they are currently missing from their day-to-day, you can really get a huge head start on the ideation & validation process.
I made an audience research tool for Reddit that shares a lot of the same concepts as the first half of this article. For anyone that is looking to leverage Reddit to run through this process, feel free to give it a try at https://gummysearch.com/ and let me know what you think!
Love this. On “figuring out what to build”, Reddit’s suggested “related communities” is a good way to see what products already exist in the market and can lend tangential ideas.
Eg. r/productivity, related are product communities like Notion, todoist, thingsapp, and also tangential hobbies like bujo (bullet journaling).
awesome. i wonder if there’s a similar opportunity w/ Quora that is more untapped
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A list of over 900 subreddits that have grown by more than 40% in the last 6 months, each with at least 30,000 subscribers.
A list of over 1,000 subreddits that have doubled in size over the last 12 months, also with a minimum of 30,000 subscribers.
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Good job
cool
Great piece
Really wish I use this app much
Very nice piece
Reddit is fantastic
Great piece, thanks for sharing
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