sales-subredditsignals

What this skill does

# Subreddit Signals Platform Help

## Step 1 — Gather context

If `references/learnings.md` exists, read it first for accumulated platform knowledge.

Ask the user:

1. **What do you need help with?**
   - A) Setting up monitoring (keywords, subreddits, filters)
   - B) Intent classification — scoring feels off
   - C) Comment Builder — replies sound generic or get downvoted
   - D) Lead tokens running out too fast
   - E) Finding the right subreddits for my niche
   - F) Campaign automations and engagement queue
   - G) Comparing Subreddit Signals vs other Reddit tools
   - H) Something else — describe it

2. **Which plan are you on?**
   - A) Starter ($29/mo — 1 brand, 10 subreddits, 15 lead tokens/week)
   - B) Pro ($59/mo — 5 brands, unlimited subreddits, 25 lead tokens/week)
   - C) Service ($2,000/mo — done-for-you)
   - D) Free trial / evaluating

3. **What's your product/niche?** (helps calibrate keyword and subreddit advice)

**If the user's request already provides most of this context, skip directly to the relevant step.** Lead with your best-effort answer using reasonable assumptions (stated explicitly), then ask only the most critical 1-2 clarifying questions at the end.

## Step 2 — Route or answer directly

If the request maps to a broader strategy:
- Choosing between Reddit monitoring tools → `/sales-social-listening which Reddit monitoring tool should I use`
- Social listening beyond Reddit → `/sales-social-listening [question]`
- Reddit comment writing best practices → `/sales-social-listening how do I write Reddit comments that don't get downvoted`
- Cold outreach strategy → `/sales-cadence [question]`
- Prospect enrichment → `/sales-enrich [question]`

Otherwise, answer directly from the platform reference below.

## Step 3 — Subreddit Signals platform reference

**Read `references/platform-guide.md`** for the full platform reference — capabilities, pricing, intent scoring system, Comment Builder workflow, engagement queue, and optimization strategies.

Answer the user's question using only the relevant section. Don't dump the full reference.

## Step 4 — Actionable guidance

Based on the user's specific question:

1. **Keyword strategy** — design signal keywords that surface high-intent threads (problem phrases, comparison phrases, buying phrases)
2. **Subreddit discovery** — identify communities where target customers ask questions
3. **Comment quality** — train voice profiles, structure replies with the 3-part template
4. **Token optimization** — prioritize highest-intent leads, batch engagement windows
5. **Competitive positioning** — use Pain Points Radar and competitor intelligence features

If you discover a gotcha, workaround, or tip not covered in `references/learnings.md`, append it there.

## Gotchas

*Best-effort from research — review these, especially items about plan-gated features and integration gotchas that may be outdated.*

- **Lead tokens are weekly, not monthly.** Starter gets 15/week, Pro gets 25/week. Unused tokens don't roll over. Plan engagement around weekly windows.
- **No API, no webhooks, no Zapier.** Subreddit Signals is entirely UI-driven. You cannot programmatically export leads or integrate with your CRM automatically. Manual copy-paste or screenshot workflows are the only option.
- **Purchase-ready leads are capped on Starter.** Only 3 purchase-ready leads per week on Starter — if your niche has high volume, this limit becomes the real bottleneck, not the 15 token limit.
- **Voice profile training takes effort.** The Comment Builder learns your voice, but you need to invest time training it on your writing style and each subreddit's culture. Generic prompts produce generic comments.
- **Subreddit limits matter more than you think.** Starter is capped at 10 subreddits — choose carefully. A niche product may need only 5, but broader products can easily exceed 10.
- **Intent scoring is not infallible.** The 7-dimension system is better than keyword matching, but false positives still happen (especially with ambiguous "how do I" posts that aren't actually buying signals).

- **Self-improving**: If you discover something not covered here, append it to `references/learnings.md` with today's date.

## Before recommending a specific platform skill

This skill covers a specific platform. **Before routing the user to any other platform skill** listed in `## Related skills`, read that platform skill's actual `SKILL.md` first. The 1-line description is enough to *identify* a candidate — it's not enough to *commit* to it or to write a prompt that invokes it well.

## Related skills

- `/sales-social-listening` — Social listening strategy — tool comparison, monitoring setup, competitive intelligence, crisis detection
- `/sales-keymentions` — KeyMentions — Reddit keyword monitoring with AI comment auto-publish, virality detection
- `/sales-threadradar` — ThreadRadar — Reddit + Quora monitoring with AI reply drafts, manual posting
- `/sales-redship` — RedShip — Reddit monitoring with relevance scoring, SEO post discovery, REST API + webhooks
- `/sales-bazzly` — Bazzly — Reddit lead generation with intent scoring, DM automation, Chrome extension
- `/sales-painonsocial` — PainOnSocial — Reddit pain point discovery with frequency/severity scoring
- `/sales-reddinbox` — Reddinbox — AI audience intelligence across Reddit, X, HN with intent scoring
- `/sales-syften` — Syften — AI-filtered monitoring across 15+ community platforms, sub-minute alerts, API
- `/sales-do` — Not sure which skill to use? The router matches any sales objective to the right skill. Install: `npx skills add sales-skills/sales --skill sales-do`

## Examples

### Example 1: Optimize lead token usage
**User says**: "I'm on the Starter plan and my 15 lead tokens run out by Wednesday every week. How do I prioritize?"
**Skill does**:
1. Reads platform guide for token system details
2. Recommends filtering engagement queue by intent score — only engage with +5 or higher threads
3. Suggests batching engagement to 2-3 sessions per week rather than daily
4. Notes that upgrading to Pro ($59/mo) gives 25 tokens + unlimited purchase-ready leads
**Result**: Token usage optimized with clear upgrade path if needed

### Example 2: Comment Builder sounds robotic
**User says**: "My comments keep getting downvoted. The AI suggestions sound too sales-y."
**Skill does**:
1. Reviews the 3-part comment structure (direct answer → proof → next step)
2. Recommends training voice profiles with 5-10 examples of naturally-written Reddit comments
3. Suggests adjusting per-subreddit culture context — r/SaaS tolerates product mentions, r/startups does not
4. Advises leading with genuine value before any product mention
**Result**: Comment quality improved with culture-aware voice training

### Example 3: Find subreddits for a niche product
**User says**: "I sell a time-tracking tool for freelancers. Which subreddits should I monitor?"
**Skill does**:
1. Uses the AI subreddit discovery feature to find communities matching "freelancer time tracking"
2. Recommends starting with r/freelance, r/Upwork, r/graphic_design, r/webdev (high freelancer density)
3. Suggests adding pain-point keywords: "tracking hours", "invoicing time", "billable hours"
4. Advises starting with 5-7 subreddits on Starter and expanding based on lead quality
**Result**: Targeted subreddit list with matching keyword strategy

## Troubleshooting

### Lead tokens run out too fast
**Symptom**: Weekly allocation exhausted by mid-week, missing high-intent threads on Thursday-Sunday
**Cause**: Engaging with every lead regardless of intent score, or too many low-intent threads in the queue
**Solution**: Filter the engagement queue by intent — only spend tokens on threads scoring +3 or higher (direct recommendation requests). Save 5 tokens for late-week high-intent threads. If consistently running out, upgrade to Pro ($59/mo) for 25 tokens + unlimited purchase-ready leads.

### Intent scoring marks irrelevant thread