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Satyanarayan Prashar

What turned out to be the most unexpected source of traffic for your startup?

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Was reading about how a startup blew up unexpectedly overnight and the team had no clue how, until they discovered a TikTok in another language directing the traffic. Did you had any such experience XD Do share

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Garland Coulson (Captain Time)
Reddit for me. It is the last bastion of real discussion left on the Internet and I have had a lot of traffic and clients come from Reddit. This was a surprise to me as I was thinking other social media would pull a lot better than Reddit.
Aneesh Gupta
@captaintime how are you using Reddit as a marketing platform?
Garland Coulson (Captain Time)
@_aneeshgupta_ Here is an article and video I put together showing how I use Reddit for marketing. https://captaintime.com/library/...
Daniel Shinall
One of my most recent startups is with selling a physical product. Maybe it's not that unexpected, but I sell WAY more on Amazon than I do on my website and one other channel. Granted, I haven't spent much time marketing since I first launched. But people are there to buy, and their algorithms and recommendations help people find your product.
Sean P.
Yes, we had a similar unexpected source of traffic for our startup Purrfect AI. We were puzzled about a sudden surge in traffic and couldn't pinpoint the source until we discovered a viral post on a niche forum discussing our product. It was a delightful surprise btw.