/u/Nose_Grindstoned is correct on a lot of things.

I’ve been testing a lot of content lately and have received a pretty sizable following to my Reddit profile, or at least, in my opinion it’s sizable.

I grew 54 followers in 1 month... on a Reddit profile of all things.

I feel like it’s a bit of a popularity thing.

Post really high quality content often—if you can—none of this bland, boring, half-assed, unhelpful bullshit that most people post.

Comment a lot and offer helpful advice.

Become well known in your selected subreddits.

If you don’t have anything to offer, just be interested in others.

Ask for lots of advice, compliment others, etc..

I have people starting to recognize me in the comments and saying things like, “another great awesome guide”, etc.. which probably helps a lot with social proofing.

After I started a subreddit, it grew to 15 subs in one day after I mentioned I had just made one (didn’t give the name) in an older piece of content.

I’ve only put a link in one of my posts. I never call to action. I just post incredibly helpful content.

If you make content that’s better than the $997 courses, you WILL get followers.