Use Reddit for Competitive Advantage

Reddit is a renowned social media, social news aggregation, web content rating and discussion website. It connects individuals and communities. People use it to share their ideas, beliefs, content, digital trends, links, videos and stories. If you are an online business owner, and still not using Reddit, you are missing a big opportunity.

Quick facts:

• As of 2016, Reddit has 542 million monthly visitors.
• In 2015, Reddit has 82.54 billion page views.
• Reddit is based in San Francisco, California.
• As of June 2015, there were 36 million user accounts.

Here are a few strategies to use Reddit for your business:

• Encourage users – Reddit is the best platform to communicate with customers. You can improve interaction with them by encouraging them to submit their content, articles, pictures, etc.
• Involve customers – You must involve your customers and allow them to share their photos, videos and experiences they had with your company. This is a good way to establish relations with your customers.
• Create a Network – It is easy to create a sub-Reddit, and with the right strategy you can easily build your network as well as create a buzz around your brand.
• Update news – You must update your users by providing them with relevant information, facts, statistics, news, events and any other industry related news.    
• Create a Community – It is highly beneficial to create a community group of members having similar interest. This will improve your visibility as well as total number of followers.
• Share videos and images – To gain the quick attention of your users, share interactive and interesting videos, links, images, articles, and infographics.

This shows that Reddit is the most innovative social media and social news aggregation platform that can transform an online website. Today, many high performing online businesses are using Reddit to extend their network. So, include Reddit in your online marketing strategy or business model and improve your online visibility.

Quick tips:

• Always use Reddit Enhancement Suite.
• Make sure to read the sidebar for each subreddit.
• Check out the mobile reddit apps.
• Use Reddit gold for extra features and benefits.
• When posts or comments get up voted, that user gains some karma. The best way to gain karma is to submit posts that other people find valuable and interesting.