We tested a new strategy with Reddit, through one of its most popular subreddits and we got some surprising results. The post, which is a common news post, nothing special or sensational, managed to get over 7.7k views within the first three hours of posting. All of this is from a single post from a single subreddit.
We tried this on a subreddit with 9 million members. Your results may vary depending on the size of the subreddit.
Even if we create one such post every day and assume a 25% conversion rate from Reddit to the main website, we are looking at almost 2000 visitors every day or 60,000 every month.
At this point, someone might feel that not every post will have a 25% conversion rate, but our logic is simple.
If we are getting lower engagement rates,
- we might increase the number of posts
- or maybe we increase the number of subreddits that we sync this post
The end goal is simple, we want roughly 2000 visitors every day.
Will This Improve SEO?
Yes, since the number of responses on social media platforms is closely monitored by Google to detect viral content. A 1000+ engagement is surely supposed to ring some bells for Google.
Further, to seed the engagement, we suggest using 2 to 3 social media accounts to like, share, and comment on the post. This will attract some initial uses towards your post.
Who Was It For?
The plan is meant to be used by SEOs or website owners who can create 2 to 3 posts every day for that website. Now, given the current landscape where information is easily accessible, we are assuming that a single post would have roughly 500 to 800 words without any added fluff.