How I turned Reddit growth problem into a $8.9k side project!
I had 2 failed projects without a single sale.
I tried marketing them on Reddit… and got banned 6 times for doing it wrong.
No traffic, no sales - just frustration.
That’s how MediaFa.st was born.
I mastered Reddit tactics, learning posting styles, understanding each subreddit’s culture, and knowing exactly how to blend in while still driving traffic. I went from getting banned to getting thousands of visitors from a single post.
MediaFast is a tool that helps founders grow on Reddit with a clear roadmap telling you WHEN to post/comment, WHERE to post, HOW to engage, and WHAT to say.
Plus: post scheduling, karma tracking, badges, multi-platform support (LinkedIn), and content strategy tools, think Buffer, but Reddit-native.
The core feature? MediaFa.st figures out the best growth strategy for your product, whether that’s aggressive marketing with direct linking or a storytelling-first approach that builds curiosity and gets people asking for your link.
What worked for me:
- Niching down hard to Reddit & LinkedIn instead of chasing every platform, and going deep into one channel until I could get consistent results.
- Solving my own problem first, which made the product instantly useful and easier to explain.
- Starting with a low price to remove friction, then raising it as demand grew.
- Listening to early users and building only what they actually asked for - fast.
- Letting the product sell itself by showing results in my own Reddit posts (yep, self-referential).
- Investing in SEO early so I wasn’t only dependent on social traffic.
- Building in public to attract an audience before I had a marketing budget.
- Repurposing content across all possible socials to squeeze the most reach out of every post.
📈 Now I’m at $1.5k+ MRR and $8.9k ARR, still solo, fully bootstrapped, and growing.
Ask me anything - growth strategies, Reddit tactics, or product lessons.
P.S. Every roadmap is based on my own knowledge & experience - no AI fluff.
So, it is impossible to promote my project on Reddit without spending months/years of being active subreddit user OR buying your app that somehow automate my Reddit understanding. Is that correct?