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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?

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"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."

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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!

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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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awesome. i wonder if there’s a similar opportunity w/ Quora that is more untapped

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love it

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Good job

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Great piece

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Really wish I use this app much

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Very nice piece

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Great piece, thanks for sharing

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👍👍

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Reddit is home away from home.

More than just a place on the internet, but rather has a place in my heart and brain

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