Can I ask about marketing my own product?
Yes, as long as it is a genuine marketing question and not a disguised ad, a survey, homework, or an AI written post.
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r/AskMarketing rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/AskMarketing: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 171,954
- Verified
- September 29, 2026
- Category
- Marketing and growth communities
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Marketing question: All posts should be related to marketing and should be a question. All other posts will be removed.
- Low quality: A question in a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service, is someone's homework, surveys, and/or is looking for free marketing instead of paying for a professional.
- Spam: Non-relevant, advertising, and/or astroturfing posts will result in ban. This is your only warning.
- Surveys and/or homework/assignment help: Don't post them.
- No AI Generated Posts: Posts that have clearly been generated by ChatGPT or another chatbot will be deleted and user banned.
Works well
- A specific question about a marketing problem you are facing, like how to position a product or which channel to try next, written in your own words.
- A question about how a marketing tactic works, such as pricing, email, or paid ads, asked honestly and without any link to your product.
- A question that shares just enough context about your situation for people to give a useful answer, without pitching anything in the post.
- A follow up question after you tried something and it did not work, asked as a genuine request for help.
Avoid
- Posting a statement, a launch announcement, or a blog link instead of a question, because rule “Marketing question” says all posts must be questions.
- Asking a question that is really an ad, like “What do you think of my new tool?”, which trips “Low quality” and “Spam”.
- Dropping a survey link or asking the community to fill out research for you, which “Surveys and/or homework/assignment help” bans outright.
- Pasting homework or an assignment brief and hoping someone does the work for you.
- Asking for free marketing help instead of paying a professional, which “Low quality” calls out directly.
- Using ChatGPT or another chatbot to write your post, since “No AI Generated Posts” gets you deleted and banned, not just removed.
What r/AskMarketing Is For
r/AskMarketing is a question and answer place for marketing. The public description says it plainly, if you have a question about marketing, this is your place to ask. The rules narrow that down a lot. Every post must be a question, and every question must be about marketing. The people here are asking for help and the people answering are sharing what they know, so it reads like a help desk for marketing problems rather than a place to show off.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Rule “Marketing question” is the gatekeeper, because every post must be both marketing related and phrased as a question, and anything else gets removed. Rule “Low quality” catches questions that are really attempts to shill or sell something, homework, surveys, or people hunting for free marketing instead of paying a professional. Rule “Spam” is the scary one, since non relevant posts, advertising, and astroturfing lead straight to a ban, and the rule itself says it is your only warning. Rule “Surveys and/or homework/assignment help” bans surveys and homework posts with no exceptions. Rule “No AI Generated Posts” means posts that look like they came from ChatGPT or another chatbot get deleted and the user banned.
What To Post
A good post here is one real marketing question, written by you, in your own words. If you are a founder, frame the problem you are actually stuck on, like how to position a product, how to price an offer, or how a channel works, and ask it as a clear question. Give just enough context that someone can answer, but keep the post about the question, not about your product. Write it yourself, because AI written posts get you banned here, and keep it honest, because a question that is secretly a pitch counts as shilling under the rules.
What To Avoid
The fastest way out is posting anything that is not a question about marketing, because rule “Marketing question” says all other posts will be removed. Do not post surveys, homework, or assignment help, since rule “Surveys and/or homework/assignment help” says don't post them. Do not dress up a sales pitch as a question, because rule “Low quality” removes poor attempts to shill or sell, and rule “Spam” turns advertising and astroturfing into a ban. Do not ask the community to do your marketing for free, because that is exactly what rule “Low quality” calls looking for free marketing instead of paying for a professional. And never paste in something a chatbot wrote, because rule “No AI Generated Posts” deletes the post and bans the user.
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Common questions about r/AskMarketing
Can I link my product or landing page?
No. Rule “Spam” says advertising and astroturfing get you banned, and the brief confirms self promotion is not allowed.
Can I run a survey here?
No. “Surveys and/or homework/assignment help” says don't post them, and “Low quality” lists surveys too.
Can I use ChatGPT to draft my question?
No. “No AI Generated Posts” gets AI written posts deleted and the user banned.
Can I ask for free marketing work or a free plan?
No. “Low quality” removes posts that are looking for free marketing instead of paying for a professional.
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