All we need is faith… We have a strong belief that our mind blowing project will attract millions of users from all around the world. Promoting via Reddit could help you reach that noble goal… Like a church, Reddit touches the hearts of millions of souls (542 million monthly visitors, to be more specific…)

Reddit Promotion is a religion in its own right, and its commandments are humbly written below for your convenience. So, please follow them in order to not to burn in hell of your regrets:

1. Find Subreddits where your target audience hangs out

It’s hard to get noticed on large subreddits, so leave comments in small ones at the beginning. In the sidebar of large subreddits you can find links to smaller subreddits on the same topic.

Look regularly for posts that are similar to yours or those that are close to your subject and leave comments under them. This is a simple and obvious way to quickly increase karma and announce your product.

2. Follow the rules of each subreddit

Each subreddit has its own set of rules, and following them will ensure that you can continue to post in comment in the subreddit. Some subreddits will ban you immediately after your first infraction. Others will simply impose a “Shadow Ban” on you meaning you can spend all this time writing comments and searching for links, but no one except you will see your posts.

3. Have a good karma level for effective promotion

Do not try to promote a new account that has zero karma. Start using accounts for marketing purposes when Link Karma reaches 100, and Comment Karma reaches 1000.

Know that comment karma is more valuable than link karma — so pay close attention to comments, but also make sure that your link karma is not negative.

4. Comment on things to gain attention

Begin to comment on interesting materials. In order to quickly gain karma, comment on the entries in the section “r / askreddit” “R / askreddit” in a subreddit that is dedicated to questions and answers. This section is easy to comment on by answering user questions. If the participants find it funny or valuable, you can easily get hundreds of upvotes on just one post.

Your post can gain 1000 upvotes and be lower than a competitor’s post having collected 100 upvotes. The fact is that the received upvotes in the first hour have the greatest weight and with each subsequent hours their significance is divided by 2.

5. Organize operational technical support in your subreddit

Of course, before this, you must create a subreddit dedicated to your product (“r / MyProduct”). Participants will be able to communicate with you as a product representative, complain, and ask any questions about the topic.

Do not use the account moderator of your subreddit in order to promote a post. And do not expect people to instantly fall at your feet asking questions — they will begin to do it when your product becomes more well-known.

6. Do not “like” your own posts from different accounts

This will not work. Reddit knows all your tricks, even if you use a VPN (virtual private network that provides multiple network connections). If the X account is too similar to the account Y, both accounts can be blocked (especially if both have low karma).

The Reddit Enhancement Suite application will allow you to see how often you log into other accounts and thus keep your account active.

7. Do not leave meaningless comments.

Comments like “ok” or “I agree” are useless. Do not create comments just for the sake of quantity, this means nothing to the Reddit community.

8. Use special promoting subreddits.

Give your attention to the r / shamelessplug and r / promote subreddits — they were created expressly for this purpose.

If you need to increase site traffic, if only temporarily, ask people to rate its design on r / design_critique or r / web_design subreddits.

9. Accept the power of almighty DoFollow links

When a text note receives a certain number of votes, the link in it automatically becomes dofollow. Many subreddits require 3 upvotes (votes), some require 5 or more. One such link, in terms of effect, costs dozens and hundreds of others, since Reddit is a very trusting resource that search engines love. You can also get referrals from interested users to your site.

The number of up-lists required for a link to be indexed by search engines depends on various factors: the age of the post, the ratio of up-to-back / down-watts, etc. In my own experience, I’d say that there are usually enough 5 a-ups to create a DoFollow link.

10. Use the AMA Section

An interesting way to promote your own product is the AMA section, which is a collection of interviews of different users. Who, if not you, can better talk about your brand, show it from a positive point of view, and feed interest on your target audience? Try publishing your own interview;