How to market on r/Emailmarketing

Can you promote on r/Emailmarketing?

Assume not. r/Emailmarketing's rules don't mention self-promotion either way. Moderators treat unannounced promotion as spam, so the safe reading is that it isn't welcome.

The rules

As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.

1. No Spam
2. No Cold EmailPost related to Cold Email Marketing is no longer allowed, please consider taking your questions or discussions to r/coldemail Report any post related to Cold Email Marketing
3. "50 Karma" needed to post. (Reduce spam)

Full text on Reddit: r/Emailmarketing rules.

What people asked this week

19 of the 48 posts on r/Emailmarketing 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.

• Need email service provider recs for 3 sites
  r/Emailmarketing · 22 Oct
• Anyone had succes in mitigating gmail deliberately issues by submitting through Gmail Sender Contact Form?
  r/Emailmarketing · 23 Oct
• does putting "RE:" or "FWD:" in subject of a cold email help?
  r/Emailmarketing · 22 Oct
• Can You Really Get Your Emails Out Of Gmail's Promo Tab And Into Primary? (And should you do it?)
  r/Emailmarketing · 21 Oct
• How do you actually approach reporting and data analysis without getting overwhelmed?
  r/Emailmarketing · 20 Oct
• Anyone Experiencing a Sudden Drop in Email CTR and Gmail Inbox Placement Today (Oct 20)?
  r/Emailmarketing · 20 Oct
• How do you keep inbox from becoming a second to do list?
  r/Emailmarketing · 20 Oct
• How do I create professional marketing emails without knowing how to code?
  r/Emailmarketing · 20 Oct
• Is cold email still working in 2026, or is it dead?
  r/Emailmarketing · 20 Oct
• How often are workplace accidents in your agency?
  r/Emailmarketing · 19 Oct
• Do you use multiple transactional email providers?
  r/Emailmarketing · 19 Oct
• Started email copywriting in April, no clients yet. Honest feedback on my offer?
  r/Emailmarketing · 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.
• Warm up your account first. New accounts get filtered: “"50 Karma" needed to post.”
• Read the sidebar and pinned posts. Moderators often add rules there, and rules change. Check r/Emailmarketing's before your first post.
• Build a history first. Comment helpfully on r/Emailmarketing 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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