6 Sure-Fire Tricks That Will Make Your Posts Go Viral

You’ve probably seen viral posts of videos and though about how you could it yourself. That’s where I were a while ago too, so I started doing some research and tests, after I found the “secret  formula.”

If your posts go viral, then your traffic will spike and you will get a lot of exposure, but there are a lot of things you need to think of before writing such a post. I have been doing this for a few years and I have accumulated a lot of experience I want to share with you.

1. Titles

The title of your post is very important, because it will make your users decide if they want to read the post or not. And now it’s more important because on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, you can only see titles and those make you decide if a post is worthy or not.

While titles won’t usually convince people to share your post, they will absolutely convince them to read it. You need to thing a lot before choosing the right title and this is the time when you have to forget about SEO and write your title entirely for your readers, because now only people and social media are your friends and not search engines.

You should also try to begin your words in the title with capitals, because it makes it easier for your users to read the title and it suggests them better what the post is about. Also it can show off better on social media websites, being noticed easier than the other titles.

2. Content

If your title has been convincing enough, then they will start reading your post and now it’s the time for them to decide if the post is worthy enough to share or not. The content will be the one that helps them to take that decision, so you have to be very careful. Write correctly, don’t make mistakes and always try to satisfy their curiosity, by telling them interesting things.

Writing quality content is not very hard, but you need to be careful not to screw it, because people only share what they truly enjoy.

3. Images

You know an image is worth a thousands words, so you will have to choose your image carefully for your posts, because they can trigger people’s senses and make them feel what you want them to feel. The image placement is also important, but I will tell you more about it in the structure part.

You should think about everything when choosing the image, from what it represents to the colors and size. Make sure it’s the perfect fit for your post. If you need to explain something through images or talk about something real, then show as many images as you can, because people love them.

4. Structure

You need to make your posts easy to read for your people, so make sure you have a big enough font. Only write black on white and separate it in many paragraphs. If you can, try to structure your post as I did with this one, in more numbered or unnumbered parts, because people will read it easily and won’t get bored that fast.

Also by structuring it very well, you can make them understand better what you’re talking about.

5. Lists

Usually lists go viral more quickly than normal posts, so you need to have this in mind. For example, instead of writing a post entitled “Some cool and weird usb drives,” you might want to use a title like “Top 10 Craziest USB Drives You’ve Ever Seen.”  The second title sounds more interesting and it will definitely generate more clicks, while it will get shared more if you make a top 10 list instead of just throwing away 10 photos of the drives in your post.

5. Share Buttons

Make sure to have share buttons at least at the end of your post to make it easier for your readers to RT, Share, Stumble or Digg your post. You can use whatever buttons you want, just make sure to test them all and see what works best for you. You need to test everything, from different social media websites to different button sizes and styles. Make sure not to miss anything.

6. Networking

After you’ve written your killer wanna-be viral post, make sure you let people know about it, so call out your friends and let them spread the word about it. You need to be really persuasive about it, especially if you don’t have a very big readership and you don’t usually get dozens to hundreds of retweets per post.

You can tweet about your post every few hours, ask your friends to retweet it and share on whatever social network works best for you and your blog. I’m not advising you to start spamming people around about it, but you could ask some close friends or bloggers you know and who would like to help you

Conclusion

I hope my post helped you and also I hope I’ve written enough advices for you to succeed with your posts.

Making posts go viral isn’t hard, you just need to pay attention to some things and do your best. Also you need to have a good idea, because you can’t expect any random post to go viral.

If you manage to follow all the tips above, then only sky is the limit for your post.

Please let me know what you think and if you have any further questions or ideas !