Advertising on Reddit communities with no-promotion guidelines?
I'm guessing some (or many) of you have had this problem. I have the exact community I want to market for on Reddit - people learning to code - with more than a million users, but their post guidelines are strict. How can I circumvent this or publish my website (https://plantocode.com/) there?
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Hi JD,
I understand your dilemma - it can be frustrating to find the perfect community for your product on Reddit, only to discover that their post guidelines are strict and don't allow for promotional content. However, there are a few ways that you might be able to circumvent this issue and still reach your target audience on Reddit.
One option is to look for opportunities to provide value to the community without directly promoting your product. For example, you could share helpful tips or resources for people learning to code, or participate in discussions and answer questions related to coding. By providing valuable content, you can build trust and credibility with the community, and may be able to eventually promote your product more directly.
Another option is to look for other communities on Reddit that are related to your target audience, but have more lenient post guidelines. For example, you could search for communities focused on entrepreneurship or startups, and see if you can share your product there. These communities may not be as large or specific as the one you originally identified, but they could still provide you with valuable exposure and help you reach your target audience.
Ultimately, the key is to be creative and resourceful, and to look for ways to provide value to the community without violating their post guidelines.
I like that, maybe even if I do not promote anything by being useful people might come to see my profile or equivalent and find what I do useful! Have you have experience/success messaging the moderators in such communities?
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Do you have experience with these? Are they effective?
It’s a givers first game.
Contribute with knowledge and help, build trust with the community.
Invite ‘popular’ posters to test out your product, if they like it they will spread it.
Do Reddit Ads targeting those communities, it has worked fairly well for us in time to time (but mostly it has sucked unfortunately)
It is not advisable to advertise on Reddit communities with no-promotion guidelines as doing so would violate the rules of the community and may result in the removal of your post or even a ban from the community. It is important to respect the guidelines of each community and only engage in promotional activities on communities that allow it.
Yes, that's exactly the problem. Most communities I think I would be useful to seem to have restrictive guidelines, so I'm limited do very small communities