From the course: Marketing Your Side Hustle

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Forums and communities

Forums and communities

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Forums and communities

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- What's a great free way to bring people to your website or offer? And what's a way to bring negative attention to yourself while also not selling anything? The answer is the same, forums and communities. Millions of people use online communities every day. They rely on them to recommend resources. However, there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to market in these arenas. So I'll tell you a quick success story and we'll break down the good, the bad, and the, no really don't do this. A guy named Bemmu lives in Japan, has a subscription service called Candy Japan, where he sends different kinds of candy to people around the world each month. He's tried a lot of different things to market this service and one of the most successful attempts came from a post he replied to on Reddit. Someone there asked, what is the most ridiculous thing available on the internet for $25 shipped? Bemmu replied, my subscription box of…

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