Chris Messina

Ideas validation using Reddit - A practical guide on validating business ideas using Reddit

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Our team uses Reddit to validate ideas for the last 2 years. We launched 5 projects, including a "cash cow" Email Verification Add-on and a micro-saas Silent Inbox.

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Mariam Yusuf
Seems quite interesting! Signed up and looking forward to reading it soon.
Ihor Stefurak
@mariamyusuf_ many thanks. I'm loooking forward to sending in this week!
Ihor Stefurak
My idea is to give people a simple framework to validate ideas at first because many of us build and then complain that no one needs it. If you keen to learn this, go to a pre-ordering page and use coupon code «phunt» to get $5 off. To show you a preview, here is how I research subreddits and evaluate them for ideas validation: 1. When I have an idea to validate I write down at least 5 keywords related to it. Example terms I used last week: “meditation”, “breathwork”, “breathing technique”, “anxiety”, “stress”. Enter one keyword at a time into the search bar and it will give you a list of subreddits where your keyword is mentioned. 2. Find at least 5 subreddits with people who discussed your topic. Make a copy of a spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsh.... And collect information about the number of readers. Pro tip: don't waste your time on subreddits with less than 10K readers. 3. Go to Related Subreddits by User Overlap https://subredditstats.com/subre.... You need to check every subreddit you found by searching your terms to get more ideas on when your potential audience is hanging out. 4. Read posts within each subreddit to see if people might be interested in your project. Add subjective relevance to the spreadsheet, where 10 is for super relevant subreddit. 5. Once all numbers are added to the spreadsheet, sort your list of subreddits based on the Score it calculates for you. Now you are ready to pick the most relevant subreddits, plan content, write a title, research the best time to post, etc. Let me know if you have any questions.
Jaisal Rathee
This is very useful - thanks for sharing!
Ihor Stefurak
@jaisalr you are welcome. Let me know if you have any questions
Jasper Ruijs
An interesting framework, I am gonna try these tips out tomorrow.
Ihor Stefurak
@jas801 great. Here to help if you have questions
Cody McLain
credit card charged but file not found
Ihor Stefurak
@codymclain sent you an additional email
Bogdan Ionita
Thanks for sharing your success stories. Will give them a look
Ihor Stefurak
@bogdan_ionita you are welcome. Here to answer you questions.
Michael Goldstrom
Fantastic. This is how I validated my startup using an almost identical sheet. But you’ve gone further in relation to ad buys. Well done.
Ihor Stefurak
@goldstrom thanks!
Ashray Malhotra
Same error @ihorstefurak . Card charged, but seeing the "file not found" error. Link to screenshot - Edit - @ihorstefurak reached out and solved the problem. Thanks for your help!
Ihor Stefurak
@ashray_malhotra I'm sorry for the issue. Just sent you an additional email.
Mata Mokwala
Would recommend this to any entrepreneur. Im definitely checking this out and recommending
Ihor Stefurak
@mata_mokwala thanks for your support!
Phil
there is a problem with the embedded subscription form: "Page Not Found Sorry, the page you were looking for could"
Ihor Stefurak
@mikrochip where exactly do you see the problem? Maybe you enabled some extensions that blocks the form?
Xavier MENU
@ihorstefurak My emailed download link redirects me toward a png file hosted on aws :/
Ihor Stefurak
@unemxr just sent you an additional email
Has
@ihorstefurak , is this still working? I couldn't get to your website. Thanks.
Ihor Stefurak
@hasnain, hey. I sold this project. The new URL is https://validatethatidea.com