5 Tips for Making Your Content Go Viral

It is every online marketers dream to have their content go viral as viral content is a sure way of generating lots of traffic that can easily be converted to revenue streams. Going viral is not easy as your content should be able to gain traction among readers to enable them share it to their followers and friends. Additionally, having viral content is the fastest way to get search engines to quickly index and rank your content as they regard viral content as being valuable to readers. This blog post take a look at some of the 5 tips for making your content go viral.




Use Catchy Title 

A great title will encourage readers to click and even share your content. A viral title should be precise, captures the readers attention while exciting their interest and curiosity. According to research, many users are attracted to content because of their titles. It is however important to avoid the use of click bait titles as they are short term methods of getting people to click your articles but once they find the content irrelevant, will un-follow you or not read your future articles as they will view you as unreliable and untrustworthy. 

 

Use Media in Your Posts

Most content that go viral especially in social media usually include use of media like videos, images and infographics. Use of media usually compliments content and many users prefer media than having to read lengthy content. To effectively use media to help your content go viral, it is important to ensure your images or videos are unique and interesting to your audience

 

Get Social Media Influencers On Board

Social media influencers are people in your niche who have a huge following or fans. Get in touch with them and share some of your content with them and if they like it, they might share it with their massive followers who will in turn share it to their followers thus making your content viral. 

 

Repost Your Content 

One way to make your content go viral is by reposting your previous content that attracted a huge readership or traffic when it was originally posted. You can repost this content on other social media platforms after a few days or a week so as to double or even triple the number of shares and help it go viral.

 

Timely Topic Share at the Right Moment

Going viral takes a combination of things including creating a timely, relevant topic and sharing it at the correct moment. If it is Christmas season, you can create a good content around Christmas theme and share it out to your readers on the eve of Christmas. Because many of your readers will be in a Christmas mood, your content has a higher probability of going viral. 

 