blackbeans
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- Nov 29, 2008
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How about this approach: To avoid Reddit bans, stick with the rules, offer real value, and answer people's questions.
Simply appealing or creating new accounts and going back to your old behavior is going to simply take you back to where you started.
You're gonna end up getting banned again.
You have to remember that there's a reason why they ban people, and different subreddits have different rules.
It's their subreddit, so they set the rules.
If there's anything I've learned from marketing on Reddit, credibility marketing works the best.
What do I mean by "credibility marketing?"
I'm talking about actually adding value to the subreddit that you're in.
Because if you just think of Reddit as a place where you can dump a link and leave, you will have to get used to getting banned.
Reddit has earned a reputation for quite some time now as an anti-spam and even anti-self-promotion platform.
That reputation is not going to go away anytime soon.
So it's really important to focus on credibility marketing.
Become credible by sharing information that doesn't necessarily promote your business.
Just appear to help for the sake of helping.
And before you know it, and as you get into the groove of actually helping people, the rest takes care of itself.
When people see that you are a credible authority and you focus on narrow information verticals, you stand out from drive-by spammers.
You stand out from other marketers that are lukewarm or shallow.
You're the guy who goes the extra mile.
You're the guy who actually explains concepts and who is obvious about delivering value.
There is no competition in this context, so put in the time.
Because if you cycle through one account after another regardless of how aged the account is or how much previous karma the account has racked up but stick to your old marketing methods and mindsets, you're eventually going to go back to where you began.
Remember, online marketing is a marathon.
It's not a sprint.
There are no shortcuts.
There are no magic bullets.
It's all about value.
Simply appealing or creating new accounts and going back to your old behavior is going to simply take you back to where you started.
You're gonna end up getting banned again.
You have to remember that there's a reason why they ban people, and different subreddits have different rules.
It's their subreddit, so they set the rules.
If there's anything I've learned from marketing on Reddit, credibility marketing works the best.
What do I mean by "credibility marketing?"
I'm talking about actually adding value to the subreddit that you're in.
Because if you just think of Reddit as a place where you can dump a link and leave, you will have to get used to getting banned.
Reddit has earned a reputation for quite some time now as an anti-spam and even anti-self-promotion platform.
That reputation is not going to go away anytime soon.
So it's really important to focus on credibility marketing.
Become credible by sharing information that doesn't necessarily promote your business.
Just appear to help for the sake of helping.
And before you know it, and as you get into the groove of actually helping people, the rest takes care of itself.
When people see that you are a credible authority and you focus on narrow information verticals, you stand out from drive-by spammers.
You stand out from other marketers that are lukewarm or shallow.
You're the guy who goes the extra mile.
You're the guy who actually explains concepts and who is obvious about delivering value.
There is no competition in this context, so put in the time.
Because if you cycle through one account after another regardless of how aged the account is or how much previous karma the account has racked up but stick to your old marketing methods and mindsets, you're eventually going to go back to where you began.
Remember, online marketing is a marathon.
It's not a sprint.
There are no shortcuts.
There are no magic bullets.
It's all about value.
