So I've been doing this thing on Reddit for a few months and honestly it's working way better than I expected.
Let me break it down real quick:
1. The subreddits I check daily:
- r/smallbusiness — business owners stuck with manual stuff
- r/entrepreneur — people building things who need efficiency
- r/nocode — already into automation, just need help doing it
- r/automation — literally asking for what we do lol
- r/freelance — sometimes people post looking for help
2. What I search in each subreddit:
Just go to the search bar and type stuff like:
- "how do I automate"
- "manual process"
- "wasting time on"
- "spreadsheet nightmare"
- "data entry"
Filter by past week or month. Fresh posts = warm people.
3. The approach (this is the important part):
DO NOT pitch. Reddit will destroy you lol. Seriously you'll get banned.
Just help. Like actually help. Write a detailed answer. Give away the whole process. Don't hold back.
Then at the end just casually drop something like:
"hey I do this professionally so DM me if you want help setting it up, but honestly you can probably do most of it yourself with what I shared"
No link. No "book a call." Nothing salesy.
4. Why it works:
When you give away the solution people trust you. And the funny part? Most of them still don't wanna do it themselves 😂😂
They just DM you like "hey can you just do this for me" and boom, that's a client lol
5. My actual results:
- Answered ~40 questions in 3 months
- Got 12 DMs
- 3 became paying clients
- Made around $4,200
All from 15-20 mins a day just scrolling and helping people.
No ads. No cold DMs. Nothing.
Thought I'd share cuz nobody really talks about this. What subreddit makes sense for your niche?