Reddit reviews The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (Go-Giver, Book 1

That's because everyone is trying to get themselves heard. If you look at the folks who are being smart about it, they've realized that the best way to get their stuff heard is to create helpful videos/articles that help others grow and learn.

If I say, "Here's my new song. Please listen." There's nothing enticing about that. Why should you? But if I build a reputation in the community as being a helpful asset that has helped other people get better at their stuff, then there is more value on my stuff when I share it. More than that, the people who do value it will have a more personal connection to it because the person sharing it helped them succeed. There's a relationship to the artist, rather than that one song I spammed over and over for 20 views and one subscriber.

Everyone wants to be heard but nobody wants to listen. That's the general problem of the vast majority of subreddits like this. The same is true for music groups on Facebook. Everyone is just spamming youtube links and getting no feedback. Who are you? Why should I care? That's the question to answer, otherwise you're just another musician desperately trying to get attention (like most of us are).

"People don't buy your product, they buy your story."

Also look at the first response you got for posting your link. "sneaky." Why? Because at first it came off like you were trying to address the problem and participate in the conversation. Then you dropped a link at the end which made it seem like you were only participating just to sneak a link in. That turns people off (because it's more obvious than you think it is). So knowing when to post your links and when to pass on self-promotion is also important.

TL;DR: It's not about giving up on subreddits, it's about strategizing your participation. When you think less about yourself and your stuff and more about helping other people with theirs, then your stuff succeeds as a natural result of helping theirs succeed. There's a GREAT book about that called The Go-Getter.

So here's an example. I just spent about 20 minutes writing this comment to help you. Guess what I'm going to do later on? Flip it into a longer, more thorough, more concise blog post on my website, then post that as a link to help others. I'm not trying to directly post my music and get heard. I'm focusing on helping others move forward, but as a natural result, people will have the opportunity to hear my music IF THEY WANT. And if they CHOOSE to go listen without me trying to twist their arm and figure out how to trick them into it, then they are more likely to value what they hear because they know they made the choice to go listen.

That's how musicians are getting heard on Youtube and other places. They thinking less about promoting themselves and more about helping others.

Read the book go-giver . It’s also great in audio as well. If you don’t want to buy, check out your local library.

Thank you all! I'm all out of Dogecoin to give on this giveaway; but I had a wonderful time and I hope you all did as well! Once sodogetip is back online, those waiting for Doge should all get it... otherwise, well... we'll see what we can do. XD

Oh and in case no one has been following all the responses here, the image is an homage to one of my favorite books called The Go-Giver....

https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288

...if you haven't heard of it, please read it when you can [either by buying or borrowing it from a library], it will make you appreciate what we do here in the Dogecoin community!

Good luck, fellow shibes and Doge-givers!