What are the best practices for promoting your product on Reddit without coming across as spammy?
Bilal Asif
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Hello my PH community,
Reddit offers a unique platform for product promotion due to its diverse communities and engaged user base. However, successfully sharing your product without appearing self-promotional calls for a strategic approach.
How can one make the 'most of it' from subreddit communities?
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Vinay Kevadiya@vinay_kevadiya
Upmetrics
Share your expertise and contribute useful content related to your product’s niche before posting about your product directly. This builds credibility and trust.
Each subreddit has its own culture and rules. Make sure you read and follow them to avoid getting flagged as spam.
Participate in discussions by commenting and answering questions in threads related to your field. This visibility can naturally lead to opportunities to mention your product when relevant.
Instead of just promoting, ask for feedback on your product. This can provide valuable insights and demonstrate that you value the community’s input.
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Participate in subreddit genuinely. Don't look at it only as promotion channel for your product - people will immediately notice.
One trick is to tell a story around your product without mentioning it directly. Just have a link in your profile. Enough people will click on your profile to check it out.
And after a week or so, you edit the post and add the link to the post.
Join discussions and help out before mentioning your product. Build trust first.
@da_vid_grunwald That is a really good tip. I believe the same. building trust alongside telling your journey creates a perfect foundation of letting the community know what you have created. :)
I think engaging with people on different discussions
Balnce your promotional content with genuine interactions and contributions to other discussions.
Telling a story is a good way to go.
1. It is best to focus on engaging authenticity by keeping up with the discussions going within the community and share valuable experiences that others can gain from.
2. Joining groups that align with your interest are one way to populate your Product on reddit.
Hope this helps ☺️👍