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I Hacked Reddit To Build A $1M Business
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Jun 1, 2024
This is the story of how I hacked Reddit to build a $1M business.
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This
thing
made
me
a
millionaire
No
not
the
dollar
bill
I'm
talking
about
this
the
eyeball
or
as
I
like
to
call
it
attention
Nowadays
with
the
click
of
a
few
buttons
you
can
capture
millions
of
eyeballs
in
minutes
And
with
a
few
more
clicks
you
can
turn
those
eyeballs
into
money
But
there's
a
catch
You
need
to
know
what
buttons
to
click
I
tried
for
days
months
years
to
crack
the
code
Failure
after
failure
I
finally
did
it
One
day
I
was
a
nobody
And
the
next
day
thousands
of
followers
customers
users
and
of
course
dollars
This
is
the
story
of
how
I
hacked
Reddit
to
build
a
million
dollar
business
story
starts
a
few
years
back
in
New
York
City
Nine
to
five
six
figure
salary
parties
profit
but
numb
on
the
inside
I
want
something
more
No
I
need
something
more
In
that
moment
I
vowed
to
myself
to
become
an
entrepreneur
Someone
who
would
never
have
to
work
a
nine
to
five
ever
again
And
that's
when
I
came
to
the
idea
to
start
a
business
The
idea
was
called
Starter
Story
In
my
head
I
really
believe
that
this
is
the
idea
that
will
set
me
free
So
I
spend
months
working
on
it
I
want
it
to
be
perfect
The
perfect
landing
page
the
perfect
design
the
perfect
font
the
perfect
launch
Nights
weekends
meticulously
making
everything
perfect
I
could
see
the
end
result
in
my
head
Thousands
of
users
thousands
of
dollars
a
new
life
Finally
it
was
ready
I
put
it
out
in
the
world
I
press
publish
Then
I
sit
there
refreshing
my
analytics
I'm
waiting
for
the
success
to
start
happening
And
sure
enough
nothing
Zilch
nada
zero
users
I
keep
refreshing
just
waiting
for
the
word
of
mouth
the
sharing
the
millions
of
users
to
show
up
But
they
never
do
And
this
this
is
when
I
realized
everything
I
was
told
about
startups
and
business
was
a
lie
Nobody
gives
a
fuck
fuck
Nobody
gives
a
fuck
about
me
or
the
thing
that
I
launched
Then
I
thought
how
do
I
make
them
give
a
fuck
That
night
I
got
to
work
I
start
studying
other
successful
businesses
to
see
how
they
got
traction
After
a
couple
hours
it
all
clicks
The
smartest
companies
in
the
world
started
by
leveraging
one
thing
and
one
thing
only
attention
And
they
did
it
using
free
channels
YouTube
Instagram
TikTok
Reddit
They
went
to
their
customers
created
content
for
them
and
in
return
attracted
millions
of
eyeballs
And
then
they
turned
those
eyeballs
into
users
AKA
dollars
So
I
asked
myself
where
do
my
customers
hang
out
Then
I
look
at
my
screen
That's
it
Reddit
post
a
link
to
my
website
It
starts
getting
a
few
upvotes
I
start
getting
traffic
10
users
20
users
100
users
Holy
shit
I'm
jumping
around
the
room
room
I
could
see
my
future
quitting
my
job
traveling
the
world
a
new
life
And
then
boom
Oh
no
Your
post
has
been
removed
Sincerely
the
mods
Oh
what
the
fuck
Sorry
dude
your
post
breaks
the
rules
of
this
subreddit
How
stupid
Deleted
gone
all
my
hopes
and
dreams
dreams
ruined
by
some
mod
on
a
power
trip
But
I'm
not
giving
up
that
easy
From
that
moment
I
had
a
new
goal
Find
a
way
to
break
the
rules
Rule
number
one
no
link
posts
only
self
posts
allowed
And
then
it
hits
me
Redditors
hate
the
idea
of
you
spamming
your
website
So
what
if
I
made
it
feel
like
this
wasn't
spam
at
all
I
won't
post
a
direct
link
to
my
site
I'll
just
take
all
the
content
and
put
it
in
its
own
post
keep
it
on
platform
And
then
at
the
end
of
my
post
I'll
put
a
small
link
to
my
product
if
they
want
more
stuff
like
this
I
spend
the
next
few
hours
putting
it
all
together
doing
it
meticulously
making
it
perfect
so
no
moderator
can
say
a
thing
And
then
finally
I
press
publish
I
sit
there
and
I
watch
it
for
a
few
minutes
It
didn't
work
Fuck
this
I'm
going
to
bed
Holy
shit
it
worked
Hundreds
of
upvotes
dozens
of
comments
thousands
of
people
reading
my
content
I
open
up
analytics
Thousands
of
people
are
visiting
my
website
right
now
I've
never
felt
anything
like
this
before
The
engagement
was
like
crack
to
me
This
is
product
market
fit
Before
nobody
gave
a
shit
about
my
website
And
now
people
are
begging
me
for
more
I
hacked
the
system
One
simple
piece
of
content
And
now
I
have
thousands
of
eyeballs
on
my
product
But
there
was
still
a
problem
need
to
turn
these
eyeballs
into
dollars
I
knew
one
thing
for
certain
This
hack
was
like
a
ticking
time
bomb
The
mods
were
going
to
catch
on
to
me
Others
would
come
and
copy
my
strategy
I
knew
this
wouldn't
last
forever
I
needed
to
act
and
I
needed
to
act
fast
It
was
time
to
go
all
in
Initiate
step
one
of
the
plan
More
attention
I
posted
again
and
again
and
again
And
to
my
amazement
it
kept
working
My
stuff
kept
hitting
the
front
page
Hundreds
of
thousands
were
visiting
my
website
and
millions
were
reading
my
content
But
attention
was
only
one
part
of
the
formula
Initiate
step
two
of
the
plan
Converting
attention
into
money
How
would
I
do
it
Emails
knew
I
needed
to
convert
this
attention
into
my
own
email
list
An
email
list
would
allow
me
to
own
my
audience
I
could
sell
them
whatever
I
wanted
whenever
I
wanted
without
Reddit
So
I
optimized
a
signup
box
on
my
site
site
to
collect
emails
from
the
millions
of
visitors
Then
the
email
signups
started
flooding
in
100
email
subscribers
200
email
subscribers
500
email
subscribers
time
was
running
out
Then
one
day
it
happened
Petition
to
ban
starterstory
com
posts
This
was
the
end
Ah
as
they
say
all
good
things
must
come
to
an
end
Redditors
formed
a
mob
against
me
I
was
donezo
But
actually
I
was
fine
By
that
point
I'd
built
an
email
list
to
tens
of
thousands
of
subscribers
The
formula
worked
I
captured
that
attention
onto
my
email
list
I
had
my
own
users
and
my
own
product
and
my
own
business
now
And
I
just
quit
my
job
to
go
all
in
on
it
And
as
I
look
back
I
just
remember
how
crazy
that
whole
thing
was
To
launch
something
and
completely
flop
And
then
one
morning
wake
up
to
millions
of
people
using
my
product
Over
the
years
I've
talked
to
thousands
of
successful
founders
They
all
have
stories
like
this
They
built
something
nobody
gave
a
f**k
And
then
they
had
to
figure
out
how
to
get
in
front
of
their
customers
That's
the
secret
sauce
that
nobody
talks
about
If
I
didn't
focus
on
that
then
I
wouldn't
be
here
today
I'd
still
be
building
things
and
hoping
that
people
would
magically
show
up
are
thousands
of
opportunities
like
this
hacks
and
cracks
in
the
algorithm
that
you
can
build
a
million
dollar
business
on
top
of
All
you
need
to
do
is
find
them
which
is
why
I'm
hosting
a
live
workshop
where
I'll
teach
you
my
framework
for
hacking
attention
in
2024
just
like
I
did
on
Reddit
And
how
you
can
find
a
million
dollar
business
idea
in
the
process
If
you're
curious
the
link
is
in
the
description
I
hope
I
got
your
attention
See
you
in
the
next
one
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