My playbook for getting B2B leads from Reddit without being a spammer (0 to $300 MRR in 3 weeks)
We all know our customers are on Reddit.
We also know that Reddit users hate marketers.
Most founders try to solve this by using "Social Listening" tools to track keywords like "CRM" or "Marketing."
The result? 100 alerts. 99 are noise. 1 is a lead. You burnout in a week.
I spent the last 3 weeks dogfooding my own tool (Leado) to fix this workflow. I shifted from "Keyword Tracking" to "Intent Filtering."
Here is the exact workflow I used to get my first 10 paying customers:
1. Don't track the Topic. Track the Pain.
If you sell an email tool, don't track "Email Marketing."
Track "Mailchimp too expensive" or "Emails going to spam."
One is a discussion. The other is a wallet opening.
2. Filter out the "Learners"
I used an AI agent to read the context of the thread.
Is the user asking "How does X work?" -> Ignore (They are learning).
Is the user asking "What is a better alternative to X?" -> Attack (They are buying).
3. Draft, Don't Auto-Post
This is where most people get banned. Never let a bot auto-post.
My agent drafts a context-aware reply that answers the specific question first, and mentions my product second. I review it and hit send.
The Results:
Time spent: 15 mins/day.
Leads found: ~100/week.
Revenue: $300 MRR (from 0).
I’m opening up the tool for other Indie Hackers who hate manual prospecting. It’s called Leado.
Awesome explanation. That bit about spotting threads early? Yeah, that’s where folks usually hit a wall.
I created a tool to handle that task - pulls tons of subreddit posts at once, picks ones with under 5 comments using built-in sorting, meaning you spot rising discussions early without much rivalry.
The 2–3 day mark you talked about hits just right - fresh enough to stand out, yet late enough to miss the early rush.
Here’s a tip: see whether Google’s picked up the thread before you respond. When it hasn’t been indexed, your answer won’t draw any search visitors. Try searching site:reddit.com "[post title]" – just takes about ten seconds.
How do you look for threads - by hand or with tools?
This is a really clean way to frame it — shifting from topic tracking to pain tracking explains why most Reddit prospecting feels exhausting. The “learners vs buyers” distinction is especially useful, because those threads behave completely differently.
I also like the emphasis on draft-first instead of auto-posting. Reddit seems to punish automation less for intent and more for behavior, and human review keeps you aligned with the conversation instead of derailing it.
Curious whether you’ve noticed certain subreddits respond better to solution-forward replies versus experience-based stories — or if that varies more by stage of buyer intent than by community.
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Wow, this is great! What if your reddit account is already shadowbanned because of some past mistakes (totally not me :p)? I think a service that gives someone the ability to even DO outreach on reddit again is a killer feature
nice
That's perfect
Wowww nice work