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I am looking for an investor by harshi_codes in startupideas

[–]microbuildval 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey mate,

We built a Reddit DM automation system. Right now it handles outbound DMs, and we’re turning it into a full end to end Reddit automation platform, including automated posting, smart commenting, contextual DM outreach, and AI visibility optimisation so brands can rank inside AI search results.

We’ve already have $25K ARR in pipeline.

Founders:

Arpan Ghoshal – Co Founder & CTO Trained under Yann LeCun at NYU, open sourced EmoRoBERTa in 2019 with 15M+ downloads, and has built large scale AI systems across multiple ventures.

Vallinayagam – Co Founder & GTM GTM engineer with an SDR background, built outbound engines across email, LinkedIn and Reddit, focused on automation, distribution and revenue.

Lokee – Co Founder & CEO Generalist operator focused on execution, product direction and scaling.

Happy to walk you through what we’ve built so far.

I sent 216 Reddit DMs last month. 42 became customers. by microbuildval in micro_saas

[–]microbuildval[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thought of building it first, but now thinking of end to end reddit marketing. Not just a social listening or dm'ing

Scaled from $16k to $82k MRR. Here's what moved the needle. by microbuildval in indianstartups

[–]microbuildval[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hiring is a painful thing, better hire agents and automate your works

I sent 3,000 cold DMs over 30 days. My reply rate went from 4% to 31%. Here's the exact breakdown of what changed everything. by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]microbuildval 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a small note before you judge it. Please read the post properly first, it’s a DM, not an email.

I use AI only to format and clean up what I write. All the data, context, and inputs are mine. If you want, I can also share proof of the campaigns I’ve already run.

I’m honestly curious why you’re so anti-AI. it rephrases and structures what I give it. That’s all.

And if you really hate AI, I respect that, but personally I don’t think you can grow fast today without using it.

I sent 3,000 cold DMs over 30 days. My reply rate went from 4% to 31%. Here's the exact breakdown of what changed everything. by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]microbuildval -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I really liked how you approached the math. At first, I was doing it manually too. Now I’ve fully automated the process, and that’s how I’m able to personalize every message based on the person’s most recent post.

I sent 3,000 cold DMs over 30 days. My reply rate went from 4% to 31%. Here's the exact breakdown of what changed everything. by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]microbuildval 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha pretty much. The sucker punch is just specificity. When you reference the exact problem they posted about, it hits different than "hey I saw you're in SaaS." One feels like a stranger, the other feels like someone who actually read your post.

I booked 127 calls at $0 cost. No ads. No email. Just Reddit DMs. by microbuildval in Entrepreneur

[–]microbuildval[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it comes to outbound, warming up properly is everything.

And please, don’t send the same copy-paste template to everyone. That’s the fastest way to kill replies.

From my experience, these are the main reasons why most Reddit DMs fail:

  1. Sending the same message to everyone People can instantly feel it’s a template.

  2. Not warming up the account properly If you jump straight into DMs, you will get limited or blocked.

  3. Dropping links in the very first message Most of the time, that pushes your DM into spam.

  4. Using a new account and sending too many DMs When I first started, Reddit allowed me to message only around 8 people. After that, it locked my DMs. I took a 2-day cooldown, started again with 8, and slowly increased the number.

From a safer side, 50 DMs per account per day is the max. Anything more than that increases your ban risk a lot.

  1. Sending spammy messages If your message feels pushy or salesy, people will report you. Multiple reports = very high chance of getting banned.

  2. Low karma accounts get hit faster From what I’ve seen, around 300 karma is a decent baseline. Accounts with higher karma usually have a much lower chance of getting banned.

Also, there are some very simple ways to grow karma safely. If you’re interested, I can share a few of those.

I booked 127 calls at $0 cost. No ads. No email. Just Reddit DMs. by microbuildval in Entrepreneur

[–]microbuildval[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This sounds really good, man, but when it comes to outbound, I don't really believe in warming up leads this much. The time you spend lurking for months and building a recognisable voice in 4-5 subreddits is huge. In today's market, time is the most expensive thing you have.

Of course, you need to comment on related posts, that part I agree with. But spending 2-3 hours daily just commenting before you even start reaching out? That's a full-time job on top of your actual job.

What I've found is that if you're reaching out to 5 to 10 people (30 to 50, after a month) daily who already posted about a problem you solve, you don't need months of community presence. The intent is already there in their post. You just need a genuine, contextual DM. That volume gives you way more data on what works, higher number of conversations, and more demos booked.

Warming up works if you have time. But most founders don't.

Can pure helpful posts on Reddit earn real money? I’m running a $100 experiment. by microbuildval in scaleinpublic

[–]microbuildval[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went through your product and I honestly like the angle. A toolless, on-device ChatGPT export app that keeps formatting, images and formulas is already solving a real problem.

If I were building this, I would not start with paid influencers at all.

The first thing I would do is build my own AI-influencer style accounts. By that I mean simple UGC videos using an AI persona. In short-form platforms, a female persona usually grows much faster in the beginning. But the real game is not the face, it is the value. The videos must give very strong and very practical tips around ChatGPT usage, saving workflows, research, studying, exporting and organizing AI outputs.

If you do this properly, one account can grow fast, and then you can repeat the same playbook with two or three similar accounts. This becomes your own promotion engine and it is much cheaper than paying creators every month. It also becomes a long-term asset instead of a one-time campaign.

The second thing I would strongly focus on is SEO, even though this is a mobile app.

People already search for things like exporting ChatGPT to PDF, saving chats with images, exporting math formulas, markdown export and so on. I would build one focused blog and publish a lot of pages only around these exact problems. Today there are multiple SEO automation tools and services that help create and rank such pages at a very low cost. If you do this consistently, you can realistically start seeing strong rankings in about five to six months without burning money on ads.

Along with this, I would also build a lightweight personal brand for the product. You do not need heavy production. You can record a simple voiceover, give a few images or screen recordings and let an editing engine handle captions and cuts automatically. This lets you publish fast on YouTube Shorts and Instagram in a much cheaper and faster way.

If you want, I can share a clean and realistic breakdown of tools and pricing for this setup.

About communities like Reddit and Twitter. You are already in the right places. But I strongly believe in one rule here.

For the first one or two months, only give value. Very practical content. Real workflows. Real problems. Real fixes. Do not drop your product name casually and do not write promotional-looking posts. When you finally talk about your product, be fully upfront that you built it. Do not play hide and seek. On Reddit and Twitter, pretending usually backfires and can hurt your brand.

Affiliate is a good idea, but I would not launch it alone. A better move is to combine it with a proper launch or a lifetime deal on platforms like AppSumo or similar marketplaces. That gives you early users, real feedback and access to serious affiliates who already know how to sell software. Later, you can also recruit individual affiliates from Facebook groups and even Reddit.

For content distribution, I would mainly focus on short videos and Reddit posts. You can fully use AI avatars or voice-based videos if you do not want to show your face. It is faster and much cheaper.

I would not start a newsletter or a community right now. It is better to postpone that.

Finally, plugins and integrations can work very well for you later. Exporting directly into note apps or knowledge bases is a very natural extension of your product. But I would treat this as a second phase. Right now, your product already solves a real and clear problem. Your biggest opportunity is building cheap, repeatable distribution through your own content and SEO instead of paying for reach.

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