r/salestechniques rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for sharing techniques related to sales and the sales process, with the goal of improving selling experiences and increasing deal close rates. The people here talk about how selling actually works, step by step, and what methods lead to more closed deals. The description draws a hard line around what does not belong: motivational posts, affiliate content, MLMs, and any illegal or unethical methods of sales. So this is a working room for sales practitioners, not a place for pep talks or funnel links. If your post helps someone sell better, it fits. If it mainly helps you, it does not.

The rule that decides everything here is “No Self-Promotion (Permanent Ban)”. It says the subreddit is for discussion and sharing, not promoting yourself, your content, or your products, and the ban is permanent. That means one promotional post can end your account's life in this community for good. The second rule to watch is “No Spam”, which bans repetitive posts, link-dropping, and irrelevant content. Link-dropping is banned, so even a helpful link to your own site is off the table. “Focus on the Community” asks you to engage in discussions, answer questions, and contribute meaningfully, which is the standard your post has to meet. Finally, “Be Respectful” requires civil conduct with no harassment, insults, or hate speech.

A good post here is a real technique, written out so someone else could use it tomorrow. Walk through a step of the sales process you know well, like how you qualify a lead, handle a common objection, or structure a follow up, and explain why it works. Share what happened when you tried something, including what failed, because honest lessons read as discussion, not promotion. Ask a specific question about a selling situation you are facing and invite others to share how they would handle it. Answer other people's questions in the comments with genuinely useful advice and no strings attached. The test is simple: if your post would still be valuable with every trace of your business removed from it, it belongs here.

The fastest way to get removed or banned here is self-promotion, because it carries a permanent ban. Do not post links to your own website, product, or content, since link-dropping falls under the spam rule. Do not post motivational content, affiliate links, or anything MLM related, because the description excludes all of those. Do not repeat the same post or drop irrelevant content. Keep your tone civil, with no harassment, insults, or hate speech. And make sure whatever you post actually contributes to a sales technique discussion, because the moderators remove posts that do not.

The permanent ban for self-promotion is the first thing I look at in every rule set, and here it is spelled out in the rule name itself, which tells you the moderators mean it. What I like about this community is how clear the description is about what it does not want, like motivational posts and affiliate links, so you never have to guess. If you sell something, the honest move is to show up as a person who knows sales, not as a person with a link.