Can you promote in r/socialmediamarketing?
r/SocialMediaMarketing is a place for SMM professionals to share industry-relevant information, discuss best practices, and provide constructive critique.
The short answer
Provide genuinely helpful, non-promotional answers first; if mentioning your product/company, disclose affiliation briefly and avoid links or overt solicitation, and post service offers only in the monthly/weekly ad threads.
What works here
- Answering questions with useful, industry-relevant information
- Mentioning tools/projects when clearly relevant and value-adding with disclosure
- Posting job or service adverts inside the designated weekly/monthly threads
What gets posts removed
- Posting blatant advertisements or lead-gen posts in regular threads
- Repeatedly linking the same product/service in comments without broader participation
- Astroturfing, coordinated boosting, or posing as an impartial user
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo Deceptive Promotion
Coords/inauthentic activity and repeated plugging will get posts/comments deleted — discourages covert self-promotion and astroturfing.
Ads limited to specific threads
Job opportunities and service advertisements must be posted exclusively in the weekly/monthly threads — prevents ad posting elsewhere.
Blatant ads removed unless value added
Blatant advertising attempts will be removed; posts must add value to community discussion (no low-effort promo).
Official rules of r/socialmediamarketing
- 01Be Civil.
- 02No Deceptive Promotion or Manipulation
- 03No Social Media Account Selling.
- 04Please keep Job Opportunities and Service Advertisements in their Monthly Threads.
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 8, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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