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Creating Viral Content? Learn The Secret Here!

March 24, 2014 By Erik Emanuelli 18 Comments

What are the factors that make your content go viral on the internet?

It’s one of those million dollar questions.

The virality on the web seems to be an unpredictable and uncontrollable process, and in part it certainly is, but not everything is left to chance.

Some scientific studies suggest that there is a recurring element that triggers the viral spread, and it is the ability of arousing emotions.

 

A Recent Study about Viral Content

A recent study, published in Computers in Human Behavior just dealt with this topic.

The researchers carried out a test on a sample of 256 people.

For each participant was shown a video, randomly chosen from a selection covering the whole spectrum of emotions.

Some have seen cute and funny videos that have become popular on YouTube, while others have watched videos that caused anger, astonishment or indignation, while others have watched neutral videos, as for instance a tutorial for weaving baskets.

Later they were asked if they would like to share the just watched video with someone else.

Those who had seen funny videos were much more likely to respond “yes.”

Even those who had felt anger or disgust was more inclined to share the experience than those who had watched the neutral video.

In short, the experiment showed that the content that convey positive emotions are more effective than those that elicit negative emotions.

But an emotional reaction, positive or negative, still works better than simple neutrality.

 

Emotional Contagion

Scientists have attributed this behavior to the phenomenon better known as “emotional contagion“.

It is the mechanism by which, when we come into contact with a person who expresses certain emotions, we tend to being influenced.

In short, we feel feel empathy and we likely experience the same emotions.

According to experts, this is what happens, even if indirectly, when we receive a video shared by someone.

There is this guy from Sweden, who run one of the most popular You Tube channel : PewDiePie, with more than 25 million subscribers, at the moment. 

It’s a channel about funny videos while he’s playing games. His motto is:

“I’m just a guy from Sweden who likes to laugh and make other people laugh.”

And it seem really working! πŸ˜€

what makes a content go viral

 

Conclusion

You can convince your friends to share your content (images, articles, or videos), but only the strength of your content can convince your friends to share it.

Why would people want to spread your content?

People share things when they feel emotions.

Some moods propagate better than others.

Contagious emotions : wonder, excitement, fun , anger, anxiety.

Not contagious emotions : contentment, sadness.

But emotions alone are not enough to trigger the virality.

You need to have a real marketing plan.

Your content must be packaged in a certain way, published at the appropriate time, with correct description and SEO, etc.

But above all you need to reach the right people!

If your content manages to arrive to the major influencers (on blogs and social networks) and reach their audience, the you’re done.

This is one of the reasons you need to build relationships online and it’s important to network with people within your niche.

 

What do you think?

Have you ever produced viral content?

Please let me know what you think in the comments below, thanks!

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About Erik Emanuelli

Hi! I am Erik EmanuelliΒ : problogger, marketer and social media addict. You can follow me on Twitter, add me on FacebookΒ or follow me on Pinterest.

Comments

  1. snethashree

    March 24, 2014 at 4:19 pm

    Where I get viral articles to my websites http://www.techknot.com and mytechtipstricks.com

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      March 24, 2014 at 5:54 pm

      You need to build content that create emotions.
      Or, write basically interesting and quality articles.

      Reply
  2. Sagar

    March 25, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    Nice and informative post

    “You can convince your friends to share your content (images, articles, or videos), but only the strength of your content can convince others to share it.”. I believe this sentence. If the content is worth sharing then anyhow it will go viral in no time. Those are the type of contents which produce some type of emotions , it can be positive or negative. It is that emotion which triggers the post to share. But emotions alone won’t work it is better to have a online marketing plan. The content which we share should be bounded by best optimized manner. This will help the content become more viral and being shared on internet globally.

    Great post

    Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      March 25, 2014 at 3:09 pm

      Hi Sagar,
      I am glad to see you enjoyed my post.
      Sometimes it is good to know some basic things while producing new content.
      Thanks for commenting.

      Reply
  3. Kuldeep

    March 28, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    Hi Erik,
    Nice tips, Viral content is the key nowadays to grab immense traffic.
    Thanks for sharing these tips.

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      March 29, 2014 at 8:11 pm

      Thanks for commenting Kuldeep.

      Reply
  4. Qasim

    March 31, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    Hi Erik,

    Well sometimes it needs luck to go viral, but putting emotions in your content can help you be ready when those luck moments come. Putting emotions wither negative or positive are the reason why people communicate.
    Thanks for sharing about this study.

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      April 1, 2014 at 5:27 pm

      That’s right, Qasim.
      Thanks for your comment! πŸ˜€

      Reply
  5. Enstine Muki

    April 1, 2014 at 11:30 am

    Hi Erik,
    I cannot resist re-sharing funny pictures on Google+ especially if they are animated. That’s one thing Facebook lacks – animated gifs

    Yes, when people are emotionally touched, they react. That’s very true online πŸ˜‰

    Thanks for sharing this with us Erik and do have a wonderful week ahead

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      April 1, 2014 at 5:28 pm

      Hi Enstine,
      funny pictures really attract people! πŸ˜€
      I love them too.

      Thanks for your comment and have a great rest of the week. πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  6. Mark Murray

    April 3, 2014 at 8:40 am

    I’ve successfully created viral content once. It wasn’t easy. But the results were amazing.

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      April 8, 2014 at 8:35 am

      A lot of traffic, Mark! πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  7. Deepak

    April 7, 2014 at 2:13 pm

    Wow! you wrote an awesome post which will be more useful for all bloggers and content writers. I love the worthwhile information which you discussed in your post.
    Excellent luck for the subsequent!

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      April 8, 2014 at 8:36 am

      Thanks Deepak.

      Reply
  8. Emebu

    July 5, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Blog post that can go viral is the key to successful blogging these days however, it is not without focus and commitment on your part. You must know what the people out there need from you in your giving niche. Thanks Erik.

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      July 6, 2014 at 6:18 pm

      Thanks for your comment and visit here, Emebu!

      Reply
  9. Alex Taylor

    July 9, 2014 at 12:34 pm

    Headlines are the hook, so make sure that you do a great job in capturing the readers’ interest with that. Otherwise, all the hard work you did in writing the entire post will go down the drain.

    Reply
    • Erik Emanuelli

      July 10, 2014 at 9:18 am

      After a catchy headline, you need to write good content!

      Thanks for visiting and commenting, Alex.

      Reply

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