How to market on r/DigitalMarketing
Can you promote on r/DigitalMarketing?
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. What the rules say:
“No promotional posts.”
Community description
“No self-promotion.”
Rule 3
The rules
As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.
- No posting of services.Visit for advertising options.
- No posting of seminars.Visit for advertising options.
- No self-promotion.Visit for advertising options.
- No Surveys/Feedback/Reviews
Full text on Reddit: r/DigitalMarketing rules.
What people asked this week
106 of the last 185 posts on r/DigitalMarketing (the past 4 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/DigitalMarketing · 24 Oct
- Have you ever asked ChatGPT to recommend businesses in your niche? Does yours show up?r/DigitalMarketing · 23 Oct
- Hiring an SEO freelancer? 7 questions that saved my clients from bad hiresr/DigitalMarketing · 23 Oct
- Looking for Reddit marketing servicesr/DigitalMarketing · 22 Oct
- Where can I learn enough about marketing to hire great marketers?r/DigitalMarketing · 22 Oct
- What is the best Semrush alternative for AI visibility?r/DigitalMarketing · 21 Oct
- Need a Growth / TikTok Marketer for my iOS Dance Game (Paid)r/DigitalMarketing · 20 Oct
- What's actually the hardest part of getting your first digital product sale?r/DigitalMarketing · 23 Oct
- What do you want to know about your lead?r/DigitalMarketing · 23 Oct
- Who owns the work behind "just run an A/B test"?r/DigitalMarketing · 23 Oct
- What's one digital marketing strategy that stopped working for you, even though everyone recommended it?r/DigitalMarketing · 23 Oct
- Do these types of jobs (services) exist?r/DigitalMarketing · 23 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: “No Surveys/Feedback/Reviews.”
- Be early. r/DigitalMarketing gets about 54 new posts a day, so a question is buried within hours. The first useful answers get the attention.
- Read the sidebar and pinned posts. Moderators often add rules there, and rules change. Check r/DigitalMarketing's before your first post.
More on how this works across Reddit: Reddit's self-promotion rules, explained and the full Reddit marketing playbook.
Related communities
- How to market on r/SEO: SEOs and site owners talking rankings, Google updates and tools.
- How to market on r/bigseo: experienced SEO practitioners discussing strategy and technical problems.
- How to market on r/PPC: paid-ads specialists working on Google, Meta and Microsoft ads.
- How to market on r/socialmedia: social media managers talking platforms, strategy and careers.
- How to market on r/SocialMediaMarketing: social media marketers swapping tactics and tools.
Questions
Can I post my startup on r/DigitalMarketing?+
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. Rule 3 says: “No self-promotion.” Answer questions in the comments instead, and let people find your product from your profile.
How active is r/DigitalMarketing?+
r/DigitalMarketing has about 227k members and averaged 54 new posts a day over the last four weeks. Of its latest 185 posts, 106 asked a question or for a recommendation.
Does r/DigitalMarketing 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/DigitalMarketing?+
Recent examples: “Looking for someone who understands girltok algo”, “Have you ever asked ChatGPT to recommend businesses in your niche? Does yours show up?” and “Hiring an SEO freelancer? 7 questions that saved my clients from bad hires”. The full list of this week's questions is on this page and refreshes daily.