How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
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How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
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Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#2> My first thought was email. I can just email him! But that’s boring.
> What about getting my article to the top of Hacker News?
> The problem is, I didn’t think my article would be interesting enough to a large crowd to make it to the top of HN.
Ha! He not only played Reddit's CEO with a Facebook ad…
He also got his blog post into the HN top-ten (today).
Well done my friend, well done.
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#3> My first thought was email. I can just email him! But that’s boring. > What about getting my article to the top of Hacker News? > The problem is, I didn’t think my article would be interesting enough to a large crowd to make it to the top of HN. Ha! He not only played Reddit's CEO with a Facebook ad… He also got his blog post into the HN top-ten (today) . Well done my friend, well done.
Can't you buy upvotes? Bunch of accounts running with a script through Tor?
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#4> My first thought was email. I can just email him! But that’s boring. > What about getting my article to the top of Hacker News? > The problem is, I didn’t think my article would be interesting enough to a large crowd to make it to the top of HN. Ha! He not only played Reddit's CEO with a Facebook ad… He also got his blog post into the HN top-ten (today) . Well done my friend, well done.
It is an amazing way and very growth-hackish (in the true way, not just marketing rebranded). As a long-term HN visitor, I really enjoyed the writeup and I'm not surprised at all it's in the front-page of HN.
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#5so he didn't get the job, how do we even know this is true at all? smells like fake news.
plus, a blog on tumblr?
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#6How I wrote a content free article to get upvotes on HN.
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#7Reminds me of this story: http://ghostinfluence.com/the-ultimate-retaliation-pranking-...
Might have to try myself someday
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#8This doesn't work anymore. All the ad platforms now require thousand(s) of users in a targeted audience.
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#9I'm surprised this worked. I would have assumed he had adblock of some sort.
Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
#10So 2 years later and he's not with Reddit anymore. Are we not supposed to ask about that part? Sounds like this wasn't exactly a success story.