7 things that can make content go viral

7 things that can make content go viral

Everyone wants their content to go viral because that's the best way to make money in a very short amount of time.  Think about it, how often do you hear that something went viral and now the person in the video is now famous?  It happens all the time and there are 7 little things you can do to make your own content go viral.  I do have to tell you, it's not all sunshine and rainbows, you will have to do a decent amount of work before you can go viral and that means a lot of people won't follow through on this lol. 

Going viral basically means your content or video has been shared an insane amount of times and now you're being seen by thousands, maybe millions, of people who usually wouldn't have searched for you.  Doing this is pretty difficult, like I already mentioned, and there's no solid method to get in the favor of millions of people, but there are certain things that all the viral videos and content have done which you can also do

Before you decide to publish any content, that you hope will go viral, read through the following 7 things and make sure you have all of them covered.  If you have them covered, hit that publish button and keep working


Envoke your readers emotions
One thing that all viral content does is envoke someones emotions.  This can either be an awe inspiring article written in a way that gets people to want others to read it, and that's when they share it, or you can write your content in a way that excites the reader for your next installment.  Usually you'll want to keep the reader happy and you're going to have a better chance at going viral.  Sure, you'll get negative Nancy's coming out of the woodwork to comment on your content when it gets popular, but the positive comments will far outweigh the negative ones.

If you're writing sad content that envokes any sort of sadness, you could still go viral, but the chances are much slimmer because people don't want to sadden others.  This means that your content will likely be shared less if you're writing about something that saddens the reader.  So stay positive


Your content has to be practical
Does your content have a call to action that is out in the open and not hidden or in a tricky spot that gets clicks when someone didn't mean to?  Well, you'll want to be sure people are clicking on your links when they actually meant to and not when they were just scrolling down the page.

I say to be practical in your writings because people are more likely to share something that they see useful to themselves and others.  People sharing your content might not know who will read it, but if they like it they will share it for others and hope it helps someone.

How many times have you seen a "How To" article blow up out of nowhere?  This happens because it's an article that is written in a way to help others, and the readers like sharing it in order to help even more friends, family, and even strangers.


Your content has to be readable
How many times have you gone to an article, that has gone viral, and saw a bunch of grammatical errors and spelling errors?  I'm pretty sure you've just throught "I've never seen a badly written article go viral, Razzy!" and you're right!

Your content has to be top notch in order to please the masses.  If you have the reading level of an elementary school student, maybe you should start outsourcing your content generation to a credible ghost writer who knows what they're doing lol.  If you have a decent head on your shoulders, you can easily use spell checkers and grammarly in order to get a finely tuned article in order to have a better chance at going viral.

Now, your content doesn't have to be at the PHD level at all, in fact, you'll want it to be readable to a high school student or even 8th to 9th grade.  This isn't a difficult thing to do, but you'd be amazed at how many people actually mess this up still.


Power words are your friends
When it comes to a great title and introduction, you will need to user power words in order to get people to click through to your blog post or website.  A power word is something that triggers people to click through to your post, not just the word "trigger" like some of you might be thinking lol.  You want to pull the attention of the reader in order to get them to click through, and that's not always easy to do when you don't know how to use a strategic power word here and there


You need to be trustworthy
People want to read something that they can trust, if you're not trustworthy, don't expect to ever go viral unless you're causing controversy or being ridiculous but that only works with videos usually.  A quick way to gain trust is to quote experts who are well known and already trusted.  Even though you're no the one saying the words, people will see the quote and who said it, and see you as more trusting for some reason lol.  Writing about your own experiences is a great thing to do, but having your content backed by someone who has already said something similar will boost your own credibility.

Quoting an expert in your field will not only increase a readers trust with you, there is also a possibility that the expert you quoted might share your content with their followers as well!  This is a way the expert can build their own authority because they'll basically be saying "Hey Followers!  This guy says I'm an expert and even quoted me!" and that will boost your own authority and trust among the industry.


Your content has to be visually appealing
If you're just posting a wall of content that has no formatting or images, don't expect to go viral.  You content alone has a chance to go viral, but not as much of a chance as if you were adding quality images and formatting everything perfectly.  I actually have a service here on SEOclerks.com that helps service providers format and make their services perfect in order to increase sales.  I have this service up and running because there are so many people out there that don't know how to do a simple thing called formatting or even adding a quality image in order to keep people interested in their service

Visuals are usually a secondary thing people think about when it comes to quality content because it doesn't actually have anything for people to read.  The thing is, a good image speaks a thousand words, I'm sure you've heard that before. 

People want to see images and formatting because it makes a 2,000+ word article feel easy to read since you're breaking it up with bold, italics, underlines, font size increases, colors, images, etc.  You don't want to go to crazy with this, but you want to use just enough to make the content easier to get through.


Publish your content at the right times
The content you post is very important, but the timing in which you post is is also just as important.  You want to get your content out there when people are online more often, so if you were to post at 1 a.m. in the morning, you won't likely get a lot of readers and shares.  You need to think of when your readers will be online and that's the best time to post.  So I guess if your main readers are on at 1 a.m. then that's the best time to post, but that's not likely the case lol.

I've seen that posting in the beginning of the week from Monday to the middle of the week around Wednesday or Thursday is best.  Posting at the right times is crucial, so by posting while people are at work usually works well, around 11 a.m. is when I like to push content that has the potential of going viral.  I post at 11 a.m. because people tend to go on lunch around 12 p.m. or 1 p.m. meaning my content will have a better chance of getting seen, and shared, by someone on their lunch break

A lot of people like posting on the weekends, but I don't.  Instead, I post anytime between Monday through Thursday and I will promote that same article on Friday or Saturday in order to get more views on it



In Conclusion
There's not an exact formula for how you can get your content to go viral, but there are common things that all viral content has and I've listed it above.  If you go through this list before you post, and check them off one by one, you will have a much better chance of getting your content to go viral.  So, get out there and start writing up some amazing content and try to get a flood of traffic coming in



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