Hey guys,
In honor of all the success we're having with our Stumble Upon Exchange Program (which operates on principles of individual judgment and reciprocity), I thought we might want to start a Reddit Exchange Program.
If you don't know what Reddit is, it's a social networking site, very similar to Digg, with a few exceptions: 1) Its inhabitants seem a tad less hostile, and 2) In my experience, they're a lot more likely than Digg members to actually read your article.
SU is still *way* better than Reddit (in my opinion) for driving traffic, but Reddit does have its place. I've gotten thousands of hits per day from Reddit before, and so can you. The key is submitting articles to the Reddit directory that people will enjoy reading and voting up.
Let me know if you're interested in exchanging Reddit submissions. Basically, here's how it will work.
1) You'll post links here (in
this thread) to articles on your Website that you'd like others to *consider* for posting to Reddit.
2) Then, you'll review the other links posted in this thread to see if you can find anything that you feel is worth posting to Reddit, and if you find anything, will submit to Reddit.
3) Let us know which articles you've submitted so we don't go duplicating our effort -- and also so the rest of us can go "vote up" the submission.
A couple of points: In my opinion, exchanging links (instead of submitting our own) does two things for us: 1) It helps us create a profile where we're submitting a variety of different sites, so we don't appear to be spammers, and 2) It helps us keep from submitting our *own* sites, which definitely reduces the appearance of spam.
GUIDELINES FOR USAGE -- Please Read This
1) You can submit as many of the links posted to this thread to Reddit as you desire, but no more than 2 per site per week. Any more often, and your Reddit profile will start to look like a spam machine for a certain site.
These guys do not like spam.
2) Only submit articles that you think Reddit users will enjoy. Take a look at their "hot items" page to get an idea for the kind of stuff they read.
3) Look at the way people use TITLES on Reddit. When you submit an article to Reddit, try changing the Title to make it something people will want to click on. Some of the users there are very creative. Just make sure the article delivers the goods.
4) Much moreso than in our SU exchange, discretion about the articles we submit to Reddit is essential. Please read every article thoroughly before submitting to Reddit to make sure it's up to par.
5) Feel free to ignore my suggestions if you like. I'm just trying to help.
