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Practical advice on community marketing and AI visibility.

May 7, 2026reddit marketing

r/sysadmin posting playbook: what survives the filter and what gets removed

r/sysadmin has 1.26M subscribers and two enforced rules. Decode the post structures that survive the anti-promo filter, the two that always die, and the IT-vendor angle.

May 6, 2026reddit marketing

r/Entrepreneur posting rules in 2026: why your post got removed and how to pass

r/Entrepreneur publishes a short rule list and enforces a longer hidden one. Decode what survives the filter, what dies, and the unwritten founder rule.

May 5, 2026reddit marketing

How to read r/SaaS rules in 10 minutes (and which ones the mods actually enforce)

r/SaaS publishes seven rules. Mods enforce three. Decode which posts survive AutoMod, which die in the queue, and where the published wording lies to you.

May 3, 2026agency evaluation

How to evaluate a Reddit marketing agency: the 12 questions that separate operators from amateurs

Twelve technical questions to ask a Reddit marketing agency before signing, with the answers operators give and the answers amateurs cannot.

May 2, 2026agency evaluation

Agency vs in-house vs freelancer: Who should run your community marketing?

A 3-way cost and risk comparison of staffing your community marketing function in 2026, with the decision matrix and the hybrid model most $5M-50M brands land on.

May 1, 2026agency evaluation

Red flags when hiring a Reddit marketing agency: the 7 patterns that predict a bad engagement

Seven patterns that show up before a Reddit agency engagement goes wrong: vague reporting, mod-relationship pitches, infra opacity, FTC misses, and the contract clauses that hold you hostage.

May 1, 2026AI visibility

How to get your brand cited by AI search engines (2026 agency playbook)

AI models cite brands they see in trusted community threads, not brands that publish more blog posts. Here is the 2026 agency playbook for engineering those citations.

April 30, 2026reddit marketing

Reddit marketing vs LinkedIn marketing for B2B: Where should your budget go?

Reddit reaches 61% of B2B decision-makers, and 38% of them are not on LinkedIn. Here is the 2026 head-to-head: trust, cost, AI citations, and where to allocate.

April 29, 2026agency evaluation

What a community marketing engagement actually looks like: Month by month from kickoff to compounding

The honest month-by-month anatomy of a community marketing engagement: kickoff, infrastructure, soft launch, first signals, and the curve that actually compounds.

April 28, 2026agency evaluation

Best Reddit marketing agencies in 2026: 7 firms ranked on results, pricing, and AI visibility

7 Reddit marketing agencies ranked across six criteria for 2026: results, pricing, AI citation depth, vertical fit, transparency, and risk maturity.

April 28, 2026community marketing

Building the business case for community marketing: A board-deck framework for marketing leaders

The data, channel-economics math, pilot proposal, and slide structure marketing leaders need to get community marketing approved by a CEO, CFO, and board.

April 27, 2026AI visibility

How community marketing drives AI visibility: The pipeline nobody else is talking about

82% of AI citations come from earned media, not your blog. Here is the community-to-AI pipeline that explains why your competitors get cited and you do not.