Social news 101: Reddit, ProductHunt, and beyond | Online

About this class

Social news sites drive an exceptionally high number of website visitors, potential customers, and potential users for startups and companies, but are not very well understood due to their steep learning curves, protective communities and knowledge-based barriers to entry. This workshop will walk you through how social news sites work and help you understand how to use them to grow your business. By the end of this session, you will have joined the major social news sites, understand how they work, and how they can be used to grow your projects and businesses. We will mainly focus on reddit.com, producthunt.com, news.ycombinator.com, and growthhackers.com.

Takeaways

• Know how social news sites work, particularly reddit.com, producthunt.com, news.ycombinator.com, and growthhackers.com
• Understand how to use social news sites as part of your community management and outreach strategies
• Begin a social news strategy

Prereqs & Preparation

None - this class is aimed at absolute beginners.