Reddit Traffic will MELT your Server. Are you using the Platform?

• We loved the May social media training, especially the link baiting section on how to drive traffic and links to client content. Reddit was discussed but it's still a platform we just don't use effectively. How can we get the most out of it for ourselves and our clients?

Answer: Very glad to hear you got so much out of the social media training. Reddit wasn't covered in detail but you are absolutely correct in understanding how important that platform specifically can be to an engaged user. Right now, Reddit is averaging just over 109 million monthly visitors. This traffic is sent by a little under 3 million active logged-in users who visit and vote up content on around 7700+ communities or sub-reddits.

These sub-reddits are where the magic happens on Reddit. There is a sub-reddit for everything and you can track just the top five thousand of them on this handy site. Do you like gadgets, fitness, cats, Minecraft or maybe you're just a fan of a quality grilled cheese sandwich? If so, there is a sub-reddit there tailored to your interests.

How Reddit works is pretty simple: members (known as redditors) submit content and t...