How to market on r/content_marketing
Can you promote on r/content_marketing?
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. What the rules say:
“NO self advertisement or any DIRECT advertisement allowed.”
Rule 1: Spam
“Offers of services (whether for sale or free), link-exchange or guest post opportunities is not permitted and will be removed. Job postings and 'Looking for freelancers' are allowed.”
Rule 4: Self-promotion and offers
The rules
As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.
- SpamNO self advertisement or any DIRECT advertisement allowed. Such submissions will be deleted. All posters are subject to ban, this is your only warning.
- Low-quality contentYou're a content marketer! You should know the difference between good and bad content. Low-quality, basic posts that can be answered with a quick Google search will be removed if reported. This is in efforts to improve…
- Off topicPosts should be about content marketing. If they're off topic, they're going to be deleted.
- Self-promotion and offersOffers of services (whether for sale or free), link-exchange or guest post opportunities is not permitted and will be removed. Job postings and 'Looking for freelancers' are allowed.
- HarassmentPosts or comments that bully, threaten, harass others, or are generally inconsiderate of others, will be removed. Assholes will be banned.
- Crosspost from /r/SEO and /r/bigseoLow-quality crossposts from search engine optimization subreddits that aren't relevant to content marketing will be removed.
Full text on Reddit: r/content_marketing rules.
What people asked this week
24 of the 50 posts on r/content_marketing in the last 7 days asked a question or for a recommendation. Here are 12, starting with people asking for a tool, a service or someone to hire.
- Looking for someone who understands girltok algor/content_marketing · 24 Oct
- is capcut pro good enough for freelance video editors and client work?r/content_marketing · 19 Oct
- Do you write separate versions of a post for LinkedIn and X, or adapt one into the other?r/content_marketing · 24 Oct
- Is black friday a good time to get capcut pro or is the discount pretty marginal compared to monthly?r/content_marketing · 23 Oct
- Anyone running tests on text-to-speech / audio embeds for dwell time?r/content_marketing · 23 Oct
- Does posting on Reddit actually improve a brand's AI visibility? What are we measuring?r/content_marketing · 23 Oct
- How much should I charge my client for managing his Instagram and Youtube?r/content_marketing · 23 Oct
- Need advice: Publishing blogs regularly, but traffic is stuck at zero. What am I missing?r/content_marketing · 22 Oct
- What’s a useful first AI agent workflow for a small content team?r/content_marketing · 21 Oct
- Can't find a job in content after 10 months of looking. What else in marketing can I pivot to?r/content_marketing · 20 Oct
- How do you make creatives for a product whose whole point is that you can play with it?r/content_marketing · 20 Oct
- Are you a content strategist?r/content_marketing · 20 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.
- Read the sidebar and pinned posts. Moderators often add rules there, and rules change. Check r/content_marketing's before your first post.
- Build a history first. Comment helpfully on r/content_marketing for a few weeks before you post. Accounts that only ever promote get filtered.
- Say you made it. When you mention your own product, disclose it. Hidden promotion is the quickest way to a ban.
More on how this works across Reddit: Reddit's self-promotion rules, explained and the full Reddit marketing playbook.
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- How to market on r/Emailmarketing: email marketers discussing deliverability, tools and campaigns.
- How to market on r/advertising: ad industry professionals: creatives, strategists and students.
Questions
Can I post my startup on r/content_marketing?+
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. Rule 1 says: “NO self advertisement or any DIRECT advertisement allowed.” Answer questions in the comments instead, and let people find your product from your profile.
How active is r/content_marketing?+
r/content_marketing has about 135k members and averaged 8.3 new posts a day over the last four weeks. Of its latest 50 posts, 24 asked a question or for a recommendation.
Does r/content_marketing 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/content_marketing?+
Recent examples: “Looking for someone who understands girltok algo”, “is capcut pro good enough for freelance video editors and client work?” and “Do you write separate versions of a post for LinkedIn and X, or adapt one into the other?”. The full list of this week's questions is on this page and refreshes daily.