I studied buying intent on Reddit and built a system that generated 500 leads
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business
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lead generation
Reddit marketing
intent analysis
The author studied buying intent on Reddit and developed a system that generated 500 leads, sharing their findings and process in a blog post.
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11/18/2025, 6:53:42 PM
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Analyzing up to 500 comments to identify key contributors and discussion patterns
This turned into a repeatable process that generated more than 500 warm leads without ads, cold outreach, or posting content every day. The surprising part is how predictable the buying-intent patterns were once I started mapping them.
I wrote a full breakdown of: • how I found high-signal subreddits • the four types of posts that consistently contain buying intent • what to look for in recommendation threads • how to engage without being salesy • how to scale the system from manual tracking to automation
Full write-up here: https://leado.co/blog/reddit-marketing-playbook-500-leads
Happy to answer questions about the process or go deeper into the patterns I saw.
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