How to market on r/consulting
Can you promote on r/consulting?
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. What the rules say:
“Rule 5. No advertisements, commercial-linked offers, homework help, surveys, personal blogs, or any other spam.”
Posting guidelines
“No advertisements, "free" products, homework help, surveys, blogs, or any other spam”
Rule 6
The rules
As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.
- All Reddit rules applyPlease refer to Reddit content and behavior policies
- Post must be relevant to consultingRule 1. Posts should be relevant to consulting or to consultants.
- Learning about consulting / job search / new consultant postsRule 2. Learning about consulting / job search (a.k.a recruiting) posts and 'starting in consulting' posts should go into the respective stickied megathreads. Opinions / requests for information about specific firms…
- No illegal/confidential materialsRule 3: Do not post illegal content or confidential materials
- Be professionalRule 4. Be a professional and be constructive / Don't be an asshole and don't be abusive.
- No advertisements, "free" products, homework help, surveys, blogs, or any other spamRule 5: No advertisements, "free" products, homework help, surveys, blogs, or any other spam
- Read the detailed rulesReview the full rules here: The excerpts above only represents highlights of the rules. It is NOT a replacement for reading the full Posting Guidelines for complete details about these rules. By posting, we expect that…
Full text on Reddit: r/consulting rules.
What people asked this week
54 of the 115 posts on r/consulting in the last 7 days asked a question or for a recommendation. Here are 12, newest first.
- How do you avoid falling sick?r/consulting · 24 Oct
- Where does a degree in finance or accounting related fields actually pays off?r/consulting · 24 Oct
- How have you obtained clients?r/consulting · 23 Oct
- How do you research a business when very little information is publicly available?r/consulting · 23 Oct
- How to get started consulting in behavioral science?r/consulting · 23 Oct
- Have you ever stayed with a difficult client because you needed the money?r/consulting · 23 Oct
- Are AI consulting and QA agencies getting more client work than they can handle? Do you subcontract?r/consulting · 22 Oct
- how to brand yourself to get the type of work you want (as an entry level employee?)r/consulting · 22 Oct
- What am I doing wrong?r/consulting · 22 Oct
- How much time do you guys spend gathering company data vs actually analyzing it?r/consulting · 21 Oct
- What are the salaries and bonus for an associate in MBB or Kearney in Malaysia?r/consulting · 21 Oct
- Why is consulting in the Middle East so much worse than over regions?r/consulting · 21 Oct
How to show up here without getting banned
- Don't post about your product. Answer questions in the comments with real expertise instead. People who find your answers useful check your profile, so say what you do there.
- Skip the surveys. They're not allowed: “Rule 5: No advertisements, "free" products, homework help, surveys, blogs, or any other spam.”
- Read the sidebar and pinned posts. Moderators often add rules there, and rules change. Check r/consulting's before your first post.
- Build a history first. Comment helpfully on r/consulting for a few weeks before you post. Accounts that only ever promote get filtered.
More on how this works across Reddit: Reddit's self-promotion rules, explained and the full Reddit marketing playbook.
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Questions
Can I post my startup on r/consulting?+
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. Rule 6 says: “No advertisements, "free" products, homework help, surveys, blogs, or any other spam” Answer questions in the comments instead, and let people find your product from your profile.
How active is r/consulting?+
r/consulting has about 305k members and averaged 19 new posts a day over the last four weeks. Of its latest 115 posts, 54 asked a question or for a recommendation.
Does r/consulting allow links?+
The rules don't ban links, but a link to your own product still counts as self-promotion, so the self-promotion rules apply.
What do people ask about on r/consulting?+
Recent examples: “How do you avoid falling sick?”, “Where does a degree in finance or accounting related fields actually pays off?” and “How have you obtained clients?”. The full list of this week's questions is on this page and refreshes daily.