5 min readUpdated 2 weeks ago

First Time Setup

1. Setup a Reddit.com account

  • Sign up with email/pass (Not google, so you can later share accounts)!!
  • Add your profile picture in setting
  • Add your startup link in about description

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2. Attach your Reddit account to OGTool

  • Scroll down to your Persona in Settings
  • Click Edit Account
  • Add your Reddit username and password and Save.
  • You can now post directly onto your account.

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3. Make your comments more authentic

  • In OGTool go to Settings

  • Update your persona

  • Add stories your customers can relate to and share results.

  • Your comments will be way more authentic and this drives results.

4. Make sure your keywords look good!

  • Go to Keywords and confirm everything is good
  • If you need to retarget the keywords, click on Re-Onboard.
    • You generate a new set of keywords based on your website or target customer.
  • If you just need to edit your subreddits, click Manage Subreddits.

This image shows a Keywords Manager interface designed for managing keywords used in social media monitoring. The dashboard displays summary metrics such as the number of live keywords (17), inactive keywords (0), and hits in the last 60 days (7,847). The interface includes a keyword list table with columns for Name, Status, and Preview. Example keywords shown include 'google rankings', 'title:seo', and 'brand monitoring' all marked as Live. The user interface provides buttons for re-onboarding, editing subreddits, generating new keywords, and adding keywords. This dashboard enables users to efficiently track and manage keywords for monitoring social media channels, facilitating targeted insights and analysis.

5. Generate a comment

  • Click Generate
  • Click Auto-Post to Reddit — It will post your comment directly to your linked Reddit account.

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6. Start monitoring reddit live

  • Activate your account with the Starter plan.
  • You will start getting monitoring reddit live
  • You will start seeing posts come in instantly.

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8. Delegate to a teammate

  • Their target is to make 5 comments a day.
  • Don’t do more than 10 a day. Reddit flags usually high activity.
  • Watch your Share of Voice and SEO increase