People here who are redditors may like to take a look and maybe participate?
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The title on that promoted link hit way off the mark. Iâd really prefer if Monzo stayed far away from making claims against other banks like that, especially while current accounts are not publicly offered and weâre still using the prepaid product.
I do love the salt against the use of the word beta though. While in general Iâd agree that beta is an overused term (especially in games), Monzo is a case where the beta tag is legitimate.
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âyour bank sucks ours is awesomeâ - as a promoted âtopicâ
this isnât how Monzo should be promoting itself @tristan @tom @bailey @jonas using this sort of language in @monzo name, and Monzos investors names -
they donât need to insult other banks, they should also be too professional for these types of silly antics
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Iâve never spent much time on Reddit & I get that this is a target demographic but Iâm struggling to see how this campaign & interaction was beneficial for :mondo:, unless it was very cheap. The majority of posts are just uninformed users tearing Monzo apart & although the tone of Monzoâs replies is good, Iâm not sure thatâs going to outweigh the criticism of peers & persuade many new users to sign up 
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Thereâs a heavy amount of hostility from a guy who openly admitted to working for First Direct customer support, although not sure of validity in that (itâs reddit afterall). The advert itself is a low blow insult to other banks though, so maybe itâs true.
I like their support. Itâs good but not great. As for the bank itself they really should be worried about competing with Monzo once the full bank is launched.
I prefer dealing with support queries by chat and escalate to a phone call if necessary. With Monzo, chat support usually gets a response within a few hours for me. If chat support is to continue being the only support option available then it should be answered within minutes not hours. If there is a phone number then it should be callable with a link from the app and automatically passes the account number after the call connects. Before launching the full bank, can we expect more support agents to be available in order meet these expectations?
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I guess no one can really know how an ad will be received. Reddit is technically , very suited to indepth discussion if you like that sort of thing. Maybe mondo ads would be better suited targeted towards specific bunch of subreddits if that level of granularity is available.
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Could this possibly be a saboteur stunt from Starling. Would they stoop that low?
Have to say, Iâm not keen on the tone of the title either.
Sounds unnecessarily contentious and infantile 
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one of the linked members of staff in my post will obviously know if Monzo are doing this or not,
another bank - who knows, hopefully not.
as I said I donât think Monzo needs to go down the path of using language like that as an advert to encourage Monzo use and havenât so far as far as Im aware. The Bank is good enough as far as I am concerned without resorting to this kind of inflammatory language, which will never result in any kind of serious discussion of the benefits of Monzo
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OH dear - âsad investor face emojiâ
[â]monzobank[S] 1 point 9 hours ago
Hey! This is completely fair enough. Itâs a good lesson for us to learn, and âsucksâ and âawesomeâ = too peppy (we get it now!).
My name is Bailey and I work at Monzo on our marketing and community. We donât employ PR agencies or contractors to speak on our behalf on Reddit (I donât reckon thatâd be a good plan!).
As you might have seen, we tested a couple of different ad types and copy here on Reddit, thinking weâd just test it and see if we could get peopleâs attention - and I suppose we could!
We honestly appreciate all of this type of feedback - itâs good to learn what people are interested in, what their nervousness is about, as well as what attracts attention.
PS - sorry if you feel itâs âoverhype and broken promisesâ⌠we love what we do, 'tis all 
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Pretty well handled . They responded to a lot of question and concerns quite well with a bit of humour and humility . That title was probably 4d level chess 
To be fair, this should type of language from :mondo: shouldnât come as a massive shock, Tom doesnât exactly hold back when he talks about how rubbish other banks are
if you look at most of the recent press about fintech companies, itâs all founders talking about how the banks days are numbered, this is what gets attention.
Hey everyone! Just a quick note - first time Reddit advert, completely missed the right tone - lesson learned!
Iâve removed any promotion of the thread and have done my best to go back to every comment in a way thatâs humble.
I would really like to explore how we can do this better, for instance by promoting a post about an upcoming Reddit AMA with @tom or @jonas - what does everyone think?
Something like âWeâre building a bank from scratch - join our CTO for an AMA this Fridayâ?
Obviously not for this week though!
As long as we get the tone right, I think this could work�
PS - really appreciate everyoneâs feedback, would never want anyone to think we were disregarding it. In terms of marketing, we need to try different things to get the right balance between attention and tone of voice.
I hope you understand 
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How about âWeâre a tech company, building a bank from scratch - join our CTO for an AMA this Fridayâ?
We can post next week?
Please tell me if this is a terrible idea btw!
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"Letâs build a bank together - come join in our ama⌠Yada yada yada. "
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AMAs are good if you can either find the right subreddit, use r/AMA or get the mods of the much larger r/IAmA to schedule you in. Iâve seen similar promotions for other AMAs along the lines of what youâve suggested and itâs a very tasteful way of almost indirectly promoting Monzo in a way that fits in with content on Reddit (the AMA).
As for @alexsâ comment on this tone not being surprising, Iâve seen the headlines Tomâs interviews generate and while I might agree with the sentiment, that should not be the marketing tone used with customers. Tell me whatâs good here, not whatâs bad elsewhere!
(Apologies to @bailey for another thread on marketing tone! 
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Maybe something along the lines ofâŚ
Not a smart bank. The first genius bank built by you.
Join our AMA⌠⌠âŚ
The reddit thread proved to be quite a difficult read.
Shame to see so many people slating the product because of the way it was represented.
Iâd donât think you should be advertising yourselves as a bank yet. Itâll only confuse people. A bank gives you an account number and a current account. When you were advertising using messages like âWeâre building a bankâ the type of users that signed up were the exact type of user you need during the beta testing phase and were engaged.
My existing bank might suck, but at least I can get my salary paid into it.
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To be fair, this should type of language from :mondo: shouldnât come as a massive shock, Tom doesnât exactly hold back when he talks about how rubbish other banks are
I agree with this point - though I am generally of the opinion that you should sell through your benefits rather than someone elses weaknesses, it is a way of grabbing attention.
I think it could have been used in reddit and it wasnt necessarily tone, however if you do use this tone, you have to be able to stand behind it - this exchange is a bit dissapointing:
[â]bubaganuush 7 points 1 day ago
Why does my bank suck?
[â]monzobank[S] 1 point 10 hours ago
Most people we know donât like their bank much. But maybe weâre just hanging out with the wrong people!
If you are going to go with a confrontational approach, you have to be able to back it up with reasoning why you believe it - the replies didnt really give any detail on Monzoâs value proposition or differentiators vs traditional banks
Maybe this isnt just limited to approach though? I didnt really see much in there at all explaining Monzoâs value prop or changing peoples minds
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If you do use a tone thatâs negative towards other banks, it should be accompanied with facts right there in the same statement. Otherwise it has the same sound of opinion, rather than fact, of âmy phone is better than yoursâ, âmy car is better than yoursâ or âmy dad could beat up your dadâ.
All that aside though, I would much rather be attracted by benefits of the new than scared away from the current or old thing by its disadvantages.
I donât want @bailey to feel as though this whole topic is a public tearing apart of the ad, just some constructive criticism for all of 
to review and take notice of for future reference.