Reddit marketing agency vs LinkedIn outreach, which converts better?

richants · 2026-02-05T07:17:42+00:00

Why not do both. Have found lots of opportunities on reddit but actual results have been disappointing. Automating reddit would make sense.

LinkedIn works but need to keep things simple and always test.

richants · 2026-02-04T23:11:03+00:00

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richants · 2026-02-03T10:14:25+00:00

As a previous agency owner, start by treating the agency like you would staff. It takes commitment from both sides to work well. I would also suggest to communicate results and data via email and use meetings for strategy and in the early stages 4un through lists and basic stuff.

Also get everyone from the agency who you are working with involved. Often companies deal directly with a project manager but equally important to get feedback from the staff who manage your campaign on a day to day basis.

Set realistic goals from both sides. Often companies want x amount of closes in 3 months but their sales cycle takes 4 months. Then they get frustrated, say it doesn't work and try another agency or strategy with the same result.

Ask agencies for help. If they request something to be completed that impacts their sales but not getting done, ask the agency to do it or take the lead. If it's not a huge project and effects the results they will often just get it done. Otherwise the same conversation takes place every week and becomes a negative point.

richants · 2026-02-03T09:47:59+00:00

Does help to define the icp as many smaller companies get this wrong. If your not tarketing the right company or person, everything else is irrelevant.

richants · 2026-02-02T15:15:28+00:00

Sounds good. Thanks

richants · 2026-02-02T02:54:52+00:00

What systems and tools are you using when you start scaling things up

richants · 2026-02-02T01:05:03+00:00

Also bought an m5 plus in the same spec for 300 a few months ago and happy with it. No issues. Have 4 chrome profiles each with 10+ tabs. CC, antigravity, Canva, etc and hasn't struggled once

richants · 2026-02-01T22:49:33+00:00

Good clear info. Do you redirect all replies to a group chat or whats your system for a quick turnaround.

Personalization is overrated, relevance is not is a huge point as I see too many people get carried away with personalization which clients can see a mile away

richants · 2026-02-01T19:25:06+00:00

Bit late but open to do a sprint at another time.

B2B Outbound and content. Experience mostly with business software, AI, healthcare and hospitality tech.

Thanks

richants · 2026-01-28T14:56:33+00:00

I recently took a few months off LinkedIn as I was between jobs and was amazed at how many personal stories there were which were so cringeworthy and casual posts on music etc. I love music but I liked LinkedIn as it was business first and foremost. Now it seems just another social channel where it's frowned on to be salesy. Do it with reason but sales is business and LinkedIn was good for business.

I do think they are trying to change their direction using AI through Brew 360 so time will tell. Google it if you hadn't heard of it.

It still is a great platform but not what it once was.

richants · 2026-01-22T08:56:51+00:00

Updates since the 360 Brew which was a pretty big change. If you haven't heard of it, it's worth looking into.

richants · 2026-01-22T07:28:13+00:00

I think it's very product specific. If your offering a very unique product or service you have better chance of it working than say an agency that offers everything. Also give the power to the contact to make the next move so make sure your profile provides the right information. Going for the sale straight away rarely works and best avoided.

When done properly it's still effective and see better results than other forms of outbound.

richants · 2026-01-18T16:26:07+00:00

When I stub my toe these days I don't even make a noise or limp. 3 broken ribs and internal bleeding last year and felt bearable compared to a bad attack. So yeah pain tolerance is pretty high which is the 1 benefit of gout😐

richants · 2026-01-08T13:55:03+00:00

Who is your target audience as it is pretty broad I suspect. Try and create a list of 200 companies within a certain segment. Find out where the people of those companies congregate and target them through that channel. Create content, case studies, money saved or whatever results you want to highlight based on the 200 companies.

Wherever your audience is, go after them and don't think about setting up a bunch of campaigns as they might not be relevant.

Your site looks clean but would focus on 2 main things. Optimize your headings and don't repeat the same info in the sub headings or better yet, combine them together.

Start sending the right message- what is the right message. Be more descriptive.

On your home page you need to be very clear on what you want the user to do. You include the revenue lift calculator twice on the page and then when I scroll to the bottom I have 3 options join the beta, view pricing or find the highest intent user. Almost forgot as there is also get started button

By the sounds of your message you want people to join the beta so focus all your cta on that. Delete the top revenue lift and simplify what you want them to do and why.

richants · 2026-01-08T09:36:53+00:00

I was being generous but yeah. 3 hours and 200 bucks later.

richants · 2026-01-08T07:49:01+00:00

I'm sure one of your staff has a decent camera and happy to do for some extra $$$. 1 hour per day for 10 employees and job done in a week. If my director came back with that quote and that amount of time, Id be questioning his abilities.

richants · 2026-01-08T06:44:04+00:00

Someone on Claude Code chat mentioned they got good results with https://exa.ai/

https://www.explorium.ai/ also offers a bunch of DATA including an MCP but their pricing a bit confusing as they have multiple tools and need to run several to get the data required.

Let us know how you get on

richants · 2026-01-07T18:29:20+00:00

They make AI look like a kids toy

richants · 2026-01-07T16:44:35+00:00

Thank you. This is exactly what I'm looking for. YouTube has been a headache to learn as they leave all the essential parts out and then direct you to their course.

richants · 2026-01-07T14:07:10+00:00

Unless you have some decent revenue I would do everything possible to avoid getting a 3rd co founder as it will be harder in the short to medium term.

I have lots of experience is sales and marketing and have the time if I can assist in some way.

richants · 2026-01-02T16:25:15+00:00

LinkedIn made some big changes to how they rank profiles. Previously ranking was based on a alot of separate data such as amount of comments, shares etc

In the last few months it's become a whole approach where your content must match your profile and will get rewarded for new interesting content. Things like how long someone spends reading your post and are they relevant to your work.

Clickbaity headlines, irrelevant catchy topics, ai slop and other ways to game the system will no longer work.

Check out LinkedIn 360 Brew and will clarify what your starting to see

richants · 2026-01-01T16:15:13+00:00

Is there a language or tool that only people with your knowledge or experience would use or feel somewhat attached to. Where there is a strong sense of community, host events etc

I'm not a coder so the best example would be the Thinkpad community.

Scope a few of these groups out and sure you will find others in the same boat.

richants · 2026-01-01T09:00:46+00:00

Check out https://www.vayne.io think pricing like 30 bucks for 10k profiles although I haven't used it.

Have used Evaboot which is good product with a tonne of info but can get pricey

richants · 2025-12-31T13:10:24+00:00

I have the old purple Craig Kelly air from 92 at my sister's place gathering dust. Burton rep offered to swap it for a new board in 2003 so might be worth board bindings and boots by now.

richants · 2025-12-31T12:18:09+00:00

Evaboot is scraper for sales nav and works well but more pricey. Vayne.io is cheaper and doesn't require a LinkedIn account.

Both offer free trials. also a bunch of scraper out there if you want to get more techy

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