Social and community
Self-promotion rules
Self-promotion rules are community rules that limit how and how often you may post about your own product.
Many subreddits, Facebook groups, Slack groups and forums have them. Some ban links to your product. Some allow them only in one weekly thread. Moderators remove posts that break the rules and can ban your account. Hacker News has its own rules for Show HN posts.
Read the rules of each group before you post, and follow them exactly. Spend most of your time answering questions with no link at all. Mention your product only where the rules allow it and it truly answers the question. That is how you promote on Reddit without getting banned.
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- How to promote on Reddit without getting bannedPromote on Reddit without getting banned: post from one honest account with your role in the bio, copy the self-promotion rules of 5 subreddits where your buyers ask for help, answer 20 questions a day in your own words with no link, name your product only where it answers the question and say it is yours, and check every Sunday while logged out that nothing was removed.
- How to promote your business in Facebook groupsPromote your business in Facebook groups without getting declined or removed: join as yourself with your role in your intro, copy the rules of 10 groups where your buyers ask for help, answer 20 questions a day with no link and add 2 helpful posts, name your business only where it answers the question and say it is yours, and count orders, signups and calls from groups every Sunday.
- How to find online communities where your buyers talkFind online communities where your buyers talk: write down 30 phrases they use, ask your customers where they go for help, search Google, Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn, a community directory and ChatGPT for 50 places, keep the 10 where buyers ask at least 10 questions a month, answer 20 questions a day in your top 5, and count customers by place every Sunday.
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