10 Proven Ways to Make Your Content Go Viral

10 Proven Ways to Make Your Content Go Viral

1.  Longer articles get almost double the shares

• 3,000 to 10,000 words –>
• Under 1000 words –>

2.  Post your content on the right days of the week

• Monday –> Pinterest, LinkedIn
• Tuesday –> Facebook, Google +, Twitter (in general, Tuesday is the best day to post)

3.  List articles get way more shares than other articles

• 1st place Winner –> lists with 10 items
• 2nd place –> lists with 23 items
• 3rd place –> lists with 16 items
• 4th place –> lists with 24 items

4.  Always add at least 1 image to every article you post

• on average twice as many people share posts with at least one image.

5.  Cute and happy articles get more shares

• Awe, so cute –> 25% of shares
• LOL –> 17% of shares
• Entertaining –> 15% of shares (articles, quizzes, etc.)

6.  Quizzes feed egos, and humans love to feel important

• Quizzes are hot right now! In fact, of the 10 most shared articles, 8 of them were quizzes.

7.   Make your articles visual by turning them into infographics

• List posts –> most shares
• Infographics –> 2nd most shares

8.  Repost your content to get way more shares

• You can double, triple and even quadruple shares by reposting your content after about 1 week.

9.  Get top influencers to share your content

• 1 influential person’s share got 32% more shares.
• When 3 influential people shared a post, social shares doubled.
• When 5 influential people shared a post, social shares quadrupled.

10.  Be transparent and get way more shares

• Google+ articles with a byline/bio have 42% more social shares.