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[SomewhereOutThere]

I have never used reddit before so I am trying it out. It seems like a lot to take in at first glance. I feel pretty overwhelmed and I am generally pretty social network savvy. Anyone have any tips on how to effectively use it?

[AsaArt]

Hi SomewhereOutThere,

I have just joined Reddit too, and seems a totally different world, although I am a social network savvy too. Here is what I found on Mashable that helped me - http://mashable.com/2012/06/06/reddit-for-beginners/

Good luck!

[thegadgetflow]

Reddit needs A LOT of work in order to start receiving traffic from their website. It's a whole new community that has VERY strict publishing and spam rules from the Admins. I'd definitely dont recommend it as it needs a ton of time to make it work the right way .

[SomewhereOutThere]

You wouldn't recommend using it all? I mean its a huge platform and I'm sure it takes time and won't be useful for my current campaign but is it worth becoming a part of for the future?

[AsaArt]

I think it is a useful site. If you have the time to explore and learn, it will definitely benefit for other campaigns.

[SomewhereOutThere]

Well, I will take a crack at it and see if I can't figure it out. I tried it once a couple of years ago when it first emerged but never really got into it. Maybe if I understood it better I would have more luck. Every platform helps!

[AsaArt]

I agree, my initial reaction was "no I can't do this, this is too complicated and time consuming" but once you start digging in, there is a lot o useful information and also support. So you can start preparing for the next project.

[sbriggman]

I think reddit is incredibly valuable. These guys raised $10k+ alone from reddit: http://www.crowdcrux.com/reddit-can-ign ... -campaign/

“The first day we had 18 backers at 14%. We really weren’t sure how the reception would be for a game like ours. The first 6 days, we reached 68% of our goal with 93 backers which was super exciting. For those first 6 days, most of our backers came from either our Reddit threads or Hardocp.com, which Jason is a member of.”

Another Boost
“March 1, we’re back on Reddit! At this point, Reddit is our second highest amount of supporters.

We posted an AMA, Screenshot Saturday and the /r/gamephysics sub-reddit is where we got the most support. So the next two weeks was just about posting everywhere.

We really over stretched on Reddit. Overall, we posted probably over 30+ times on there (new threads). I’m pretty sure people got sick of our “spam”! I’d research various places that we could post at; like what sites were the best for us."

So from March 1 to March 9 we averaged about $477 per day and things were going really well and very steady for us. At this point, we already reached our first 6 stretch goals and was about $500 away from the Oculus Rift stretch goal and the next day it just exploded. We woke up to find hundreds of emails. It turns out we ended up on the front page of Reddit from a gif that someone had made.

We were over 500% funded and down to the last few days. But the day never ended. It just kept going and going. We participated on the Reddit thread, kept posting about it on other threads and then boom, we got on the front page AGAIN.

It's also a pretty big traffic driver, though Redditors are notoriously fast browsers, so the traffic can bounce (not convert).

The important thing is to build up your karma or get someone to help out who has an established face in one of the subreddits. You could also reach out to redditors and even ask for advice. See the reddit 101 guide: http://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddit_101

If you have articles that have written about your project, those might be best to share rather than your project itself. You can also ask feedback from redditors on your project.

As with most things, developing a foothold early will pay dividends down the road for other business initiatives or projects you are launching in the future.

[nixiart]

I am new to reddit and I find it very confusing and I don't really like the lay out but I will give it a try I suppose. I am new to this sort of community.

[AsaArt]

sbriggman

thanks for the great into on Reddit!!

Definitely, will look more into it.