Writing a case-study post that gets pinned, not pulled

This week on Reddit marketing: structuring a results post that mods reward instead of remove.
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[Tactic] Numbers up front, link optional — r/Entrepreneur veterans note posts that lead with real figures earn trust before any pitch.
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[Case] A marketer in r/marketing shares a 'here's exactly what I did, including the failures' structure that got community-pinned.
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[Rule-change] No revenue-porn without method — a r/juststart note: 'I made $10k' with no how-to is removed as bragging/spam.
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[Tool] Screenshots with PII blurred, hosted on Reddit's own image upload to avoid link filters.
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Editor's pick: the 'include the failures' structure. Transparency about what didn't work is what flips a results post from spam to sticky.