Through all of the love and hate that I get on the platform, I think I've found that it's here to stay.
After years of posting on Reddit, I've slowly built an automated system that is now 100% hands off.
How I auto-share ~120 blog posts to Reddit every month, reached 35k karma, and gotten millions of views.
And why I love building automation so much!
A thread!
Through all of the love and hate that I get on the platform, I think I've found that it's here to stay.
After years of posting on Reddit, I've slowly built an automated system that is now 100% hands off.
This is great for Reddit because Reddit is also in a markdown format!
This is so I don't really ever have to think about it again. Once that's set, the system knows it should post this one to reddit, and that should be the title.
Although the content of the blog post is stored in my database, I still should introduce myself in the Reddit post.
I use other variables in my database to construct this.
This (and other data) is filled out when the interviewee is plugging all their info.
Reddit has an algorithm that will "shadow ban" (google it) your posts if you have certain links.
I have a list of links that I will strip from the markdown automatically:
(this list has been built from trial and error mostly)
This is our content calendar.
When you see a⭐️that means it will be automatically posted to Reddit.
This content calendar allows us to schedule WEEKS in advance with stories.
I run these at 15 minute intervals to avoid tripping any spam things.
Here's the code. Just a few lines.
https://t.co/wkIMCyNfw3
I post ALL stories there, and we just passed 600 members. Small, but growing a little every day :)
- strip out affiliate link params
- remove blockquotes
- add links for the images
This gives the post a "less bloggy" feel IMO.
This has all been a process:
1. at first I manually posted and found what works
2. then i set reminders to do it
3. then i built the code that writes the intro (copy/paste)
4. then i configured the API
6. then i created the worker
This is high level, but I slowly did this and tweaked over the last year. Many bumps in the road.
Automating things is an iterative process!!!!
Other than the obvious benefits (save time/money) the biggest benefit is that I'm not constantly checking Reddit anymore, seeing how upvotes are going, seeing the latest hater comments, etc.
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1/ Starter Story September Results
💵 Revenue: $1,737.84
📈 Uniques: 20,205 (Sept)
✉️ Email Subscribers: 2,956
#openstartup
Read more 👇
2/ For all my new followers (will get to that in a sec) I do a revenue & traffic #openstartup report every month for my main side project https://t.co/nkcmLxsSra
I've been working on this project for nearly a full year.
3/ Biggest thing that happened this month was obviously the 24 hour startup!
I won't talk about it too much in this thread, but after that happened everything just blew up. I'm still trying to catch up on everything and keep my head above water.
4/ All of this craziness sparked a big decision for me.
I QUIT MY JOB! 😁😅
I know it sounds kind of crazy to quit your job over that, but as I was heading into my 1:1 with my manager it just felt like I had to do it. It felt like the right thing to do.
5/ I had planned to grow SS for 6 more months and then quit, but then the 24 hour startup happened and it felt like it was the right moment to quit.
💵 Revenue: $1,737.84
📈 Uniques: 20,205 (Sept)
✉️ Email Subscribers: 2,956
#openstartup
Read more 👇
2/ For all my new followers (will get to that in a sec) I do a revenue & traffic #openstartup report every month for my main side project https://t.co/nkcmLxsSra
I've been working on this project for nearly a full year.
3/ Biggest thing that happened this month was obviously the 24 hour startup!
I won't talk about it too much in this thread, but after that happened everything just blew up. I'm still trying to catch up on everything and keep my head above water.
4/ All of this craziness sparked a big decision for me.
I QUIT MY JOB! 😁😅
I know it sounds kind of crazy to quit your job over that, but as I was heading into my 1:1 with my manager it just felt like I had to do it. It felt like the right thing to do.
5/ I had planned to grow SS for 6 more months and then quit, but then the 24 hour startup happened and it felt like it was the right moment to quit.
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