Here are 10 steps on how to go viral
- know your audience: Going viral isn’t just about getting your content in front of people, it’s about getting it in front of the right people.
- First impression create a strong bond:The feelings that you get after seeing, hearing or reading something that strikes an emotional chord influences your behavior. And there’s science to back it.
- Be proactive and make sharing a must with your goal:Dropbox built in a feature that gives users free storage space by referring other users to the service.
- Integrated user generated content: think that the viral “Straight Outta” meme generator played a role in the movie’s success.
- Useful content: If posts have practical advice, people are more likely to share it with their friends because it’s helpful information.
- Positive Timing: In order to time your content to go viral, you have to be up to date on all of the latest events. Whether it’s pop culture, world news or sports, being active on social media and seeing what’s popular at the moment will give you the fuel you need to craft your next piece of viral content. Think twitter!
- Be visual: Study finds posts with one or more images get more than twice as many shares on Facebook and Twitter than those without any images in them.
- knock influencers door: Go to all of them!
- Be everywhere: Add your presence in most social sites as well as traditional areas.
- Sometimes go against the experts: Why not?
