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Improve Your Chances of Going Viral

By FaouZI May 24, 2019

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[[Category:Viral Marketing]]
  
[[Category:Viral Marketing]]
 
== Steps ==
  
== Steps ==
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#Almost everyone who's savvy with the internet has heard about "going viral".<ref>Wikipedia, "Viral phenomenon",  http://bit.ly/2VLhBN3> "Going viral" refers to the fact that your content resonates so enormously that it catches on fire, and ends up being the latest big thing across the internet. It is when your content gets liked, retweeted, republished, commented on, blogged about, talked about on the streets of LA to Viti Levu, and it earns you more views than your wildest dreams could ever have imagined.
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#It's a powerful outcome for your web content and for your brand's reputation (even if that brand is "you"). However, desiring the key to making something go viral is an unrealistic wish; certainly, you should do your best to make your content the most interesting and fascinating online experience possible, but nobody can really put their finger on what causes something to "go viral". What you can do is improve your chances of achieving a viral outcome while accepting that much of going viral is going to be about luck and good fortune.
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#[[Category:Viral Marketing]]
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#== Steps ==
 
#Appreciate the varying degrees of "going viral". Your website content, photos, or a video you've created can "go viral", your marketing can turn viral ("viral marketing"), and in the case of social media, a blog, [[Upload Pictures to Facebook|a Facebook page]] or group, or a tweet can turn viral. In fact, any sort of content you create that is shared via phones, [[Buy an iPad|iPads]], computers, or other electronic means can be viral, be it an app, game, [[Sew an Amish Puzzle Ball|puzzle]], or a story, so don't limit your idea of what can go viral to thinking about dancing baby videos or million pixel websites! The next great viral thing is... unknown![[Image:Improve Your Chances of Going Viral Step 1 Version 2.jpg|center]]
  
#Appreciate the varying degrees of "going viral". Your website content, photos, or a video you've created can "go viral", your marketing can turn viral ("viral marketing"), and in the case of social media, a blog, [[Upload Pictures to Facebook|a Facebook page]] or group, or a tweet can turn viral. In fact, any sort of content you create that is shared via phones, [[Buy an iPad|iPads]], computers, or other electronic means can be viral, be it an app, game, [[Sew an Amish Puzzle Ball|puzzle]], or a story, so don't limit your idea of what can go viral to thinking about dancing baby videos or million pixel websites! The next great viral thing is... unknown![[Image:Improve Your Chances of Going Viral Step 1 Version 2.jpg|center]]
 
#*Viral could mean within your interest niche, such as just among photography buffs, cooking fans, [[Become a Star Wars Fan|Star Wars collectors]], or whatever, or it could go beyond your niche into the stratosphere of being enjoyed and shared around by everyone, just because there is something within your content that resonates with a wide group of people, such as a human interest element, a problem solved, a health scare, a video or story of a cute kid or pet, etc.
  
#*Viral could mean within your interest niche, such as just among photography buffs, cooking fans, [[Become a Star Wars Fan|Star Wars collectors]], or whatever, or it could go beyond your niche into the stratosphere of being enjoyed and shared around by everyone, just because there is something within your content that resonates with a wide group of people, such as a human interest element, a problem solved, a health scare, a video or story of a cute kid or pet, etc.
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#Leave room for [[Connect With People|connection]]. Ultimately it is the ability for conversation to take place that helps many a piece of web content to turn viral. Make sure it's easy for people to contact you if they want to know more, either through comment boxes, IM, a [[Behave in Internet Chat Rooms|chat forum]], an email, or any other way you're used to using. And be responsive, not reclusive![[Image:Improve Your Chances of Going Viral Step 11 Version 2.jpg|center]]
  
#Leave room for [[Connect With People|connection]]. Ultimately it is the ability for conversation to take place that helps many a piece of web content to turn viral. Make sure it's easy for people to contact you if they want to know more, either through comment boxes, IM, a [[Behave in Internet Chat Rooms|chat forum]], an email, or any other way you're used to using. And be responsive, not reclusive![[Image:Improve Your Chances of Going Viral Step 11 Version 2.jpg|center]]
 
#*Ratings systems can be helpful too, as can numbers of visitors. These do influence readers and viewers who can see what others are thinking about the content and how many other people are getting involved.
  
#*Ratings systems can be helpful too, as can numbers of visitors. These do influence readers and viewers who can see what others are thinking about the content and how many other people are getting involved.
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#== Tips ==
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#*Moderate comments to remove inappropriate, irrelevant, or offensive posts that are linked to your material. However, do not edit any relevant comments or remove relevant ones. This is merely about sweeping out comments likely to detract from the real conversation and buzz around your content, so that all genuine comments are easier for others to read, whether supportive or otherwise of your content.
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#*Check that your settings on your blog, website, or other content collation source allow for sharing. You wouldn't want your sharing held up by not ticking the right boxes!
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#*If you want to use a centralized sharing service such as ShareThis.com, this can make placing share buttons on your site a lot easier to do and manage.
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#*No matter how hard you try to how much you analyze existing viral content, some of "going viral" is just down to luck, happy timing, and the current mood of internet audiences. You can't predict it, and people who insist that they can are practicing magical thinking, for which they'll be soundly rewarded with less optimal outcomes than what they're dreaming of.
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#== Warnings ==
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#*Not everything that you think will go viral will. Accept that and be honest with yourself about the value, quality, and worthiness of the content in the first place.
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#*Avoid engaging in magical thinking; this will prevent you from putting in the much-needed effort to make your content worthwhile.
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#== Things You'll Need ==
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#*Top quality content.
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#*Content with a fresh, interesting, positive, and quirky angle.
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#*Research and knowledge about your target audience.
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#*Knowledge about your topic and its currency.
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#== Related wikiHows ==
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#*[[Develop a Strategic Social Media Program for Business]]
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#*[[Come to Terms With Social Media]]
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#*[[Find a Job Using Social Media]]
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#*[[Get Your Employer to Use Social Media]]
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#*[[Get More Retweet Action on Twitter]]
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#*[[Make Your Facebook Page Viral]]
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#*[[Consolidate Financial Statements]]
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#== References ==
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#*The original idea for this article inspired by, ''Going Viral'', http://bit.ly/1voRXc0.
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*If you want to use a centralized sharing service such as ShareThis.com, this can make placing share buttons on your site a lot easier to do and manage.
  
*If you want to use a centralized sharing service such as ShareThis.com, this can make placing share buttons on your site a lot easier to do and manage.
 
*No matter how hard you try to how much you analyze existing viral content, some of "going viral" is just down to luck, happy timing, and the current mood of internet audiences. You can't predict it, and people who insist that they can are practicing magical thinking, for which they'll be soundly rewarded with less optimal outcomes than what they're dreaming of.
  
*No matter how hard you try to how much you analyze existing viral content, some of "going viral" is just down to luck, happy timing, and the current mood of internet audiences. You can't predict it, and people who insist that they can are practicing magical thinking, for which they'll be soundly rewarded with less optimal outcomes than what they're dreaming of.
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*Take advantage of search engine traffic sources such as Pinterest, where you can [http://bit.ly/2VOBNgW go viral with a great pin]
   
 
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