Do you want your blog post to go viral?
The major problem faced by bloggers is the next ‘thing’ to write about. No matter your passionate you’re about a subject, a time would come when you’ll be blank. It would seem as though you’re a novice. Sometimes, you know what to write about, but the steps to begin is your challenge. I’ve been there before and fortunately, several blogs have written on blog post ideas.
Today, I want to take it a lot deeper. There is no use writing a post that only you can read. The ideas I’m about unveiling is going to work for the beginner, the intermediate and the pro bloggers. You’re going to see your blog across several authority blogs and web 2.0 sites.
What Makes Content Go Viral?
I know that sometimes, your content can go viral, even without your knowledge of how it happened. But successful marketers don’t trust “luck” to deliver success to them. They simply go out, with the right tools and achieve whatever they want. It’s not easy, but it’s achievable.

When you’re done with this page, your next blog post is going viral, once you apply the strategies here.
Oh, it seems I haven’t answered that question above. Well, your content can only go viral when it has 3 qualities. They are:
- Solves a problem
- Pique/create interest
- Interesting stuff
Solve One Particular Problem
Everyone is looking for the right solution to their everyday problems. If you can pinpoint one unique problem, that needs immediate answer and write about it, your chances of going viral is enhanced. But every niche have their problems, for those of us who are into internet marketing, blogging and all those make money jargons, we know the major problem we have. Targeted traffic is #1.
But you don’t have to write 5 ways to drive traffic and expect people to share it. All you’ve to do is, explore the pros and cons of one specific traffic generation strategy, know how it works, implement it, and then come out with proofs of how it helped you.
Blog posts that have proofs to back it up, always go viral. So, you don’t have to be blank on blog ideas anymore, the strategy I just explained can be channeled to other areas of interest. Even in the ever questionable “make money online” niche, you can actually go viral, when you write intelligent posts, with proofs to back it up.
I see a lot of bloggers writing generic posts every now and then, and wonder why no one is linking to them. Thank God you know the problem right now. If you keep writing about your passion and what happened to your wife on her way to work, you aren’t going anywhere. Lol!
Create Interest
The next blog post you should write should create interest. For instance, during the recent Google panda updates, I quickly wrote a blog post, got it published and before I knew what was happening, it’s all over the web. I saw a lot of pingback (well, you know what that means?)
A topic that is hot can always “interest” people. Why? It’s because, when friends gather, they talk about that particular topic, and they decided that whoever gets an update must forward it to all. If you happen to update on that topic, your post becomes a viral magnet.
Remember, once you snag your content and push the viral button, it never stops. I learnt this strategy from a prolific super affiliate, Yanik Silver.
So, start creating interest on every post you make. It could be a guest post, it doesn’t matter – the real definition of viral marketing goes everywhere. Guest posts that create interest often win, in the game of viral marketing.
Interesting Content
The last blog post you can create should be interesting. I’ve actually shared 10s of contents to my Twitter fans, just because I liked those contents. In the real sense, it never solved any problem for me, I wasn’t going to make money for sharing it, but something inside of me enticed me to share it.
Interesting content usually come with out-of-the-box idea. For instance, I learned how to write interestingly by adding slight humor and tease to content. Everyone loves to laugh, and if you can cause a little bit of it, without annoying anyone, be ready for the consequences of viral distribution.
Another interesting content that goes viral could be the ones written with “acronyms.” This means you should explain a popular topic using acronyms. E.g. I recently published a blog post on “How To I.N.C.R.E.A.S.E. Targeted Traffic.” Believe me; this particular post scoured the entire web like hot moss.
Final Note
The above 3 ideas can put your next blog post on steroids, drive you massive targeted traffic, increase your readership base, and reduce your work-load by 85%. Why not put these steps to work in your business, and see the results speak for themselves – see you at the top!
AUTHOR BIO
Mike Chi is a business coach, and he’s involved in health research and alternative health solutions. He answers some tonsillitis contagious questions in his blog and shares some amazing tonsil stone remedies to help get relief.





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It also helps to build your community whether it be your following on Twitter, your fans on Facebook, Stumbleupon users, Digg users, etc. (better yet more than one) so that you have people around who are also interested in sharing your content and seeing it get exposure.
I think the community around a blog or website is much more powerful than many people realize!
You really got the point Warren. The community around a blog is more powerful than we realize. I never thought about that. Thank you very much for your time and kind words.
The two best ways for me to get the word out are Social networking sites and email lists. Although Social Media may be the best at it, since feeds on there spread like wildfire especially when we have built a sizable network of interested people.
A Retweet here or a repost there or maybe even a share can do wonders for a single post.
You are right and I think we should more creative in posting new contents and it can easily be gone viral some days
For me, posting “interesting content” also means being creative. I think there are a lot of other advantages of that too: i.e, once you get the traffic people are going notice your unique content, and if it appeals to them – might just be sticky enough to keep them coming back.
Thanks for the inspiration!
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Michael
I second this as no one would like to read something old and boring
Hey Mike, my only ever viral post was completely accidental; although I had always intended it to go viral. I’m going to try to think of a problem in one of my blogs niche. This particular blog is my baby, so I have always wanted to make it successful, however, it is a very narrow niche. I’ve never given up on it, so hopefully your tips will work for me and I’ll come back to share the article with you.
No one can be sure everything we think viral can go viral right away. It depends very much on our readers dude
That is absolutely correct. It depends much on our readers.
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Yes, sometimes it is so weird

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Exactly. Sometimes you think a topic to be very hot and put all your effort and time to come up with an informative and elaborate blog post and then your readers do not accept it well. That is really a turn down.
Go right ahead Frank and implement the tips. I’m sure you will enjoy the benefits that viral marketing brings. But be patient. Your efforts in blogging business may not pay overnight or at weekends, it pays at the end. I hope this helps. I’m glad you enjoyed my guest post. See you around!
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Three of them are correct but I am still going with solving readers’ problem rather than others. If our post can meet three of them, it must go viral. Thanks
Your strategy seems to be right but you should balance them all
Thanks bro. I am happy to know your blog

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Enjoyed your article on 3 Awesome Ideas To Go Viral With Your Next Blog Post. I am not into internet marketing; but, merely looking for ways to popularize my new site on anxiety attacks. You have provided me some very helpful tips on making my posts more popular. Thank you
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I am on the same page with you too

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You’re most welcome Ellie. I hope your business grows every passing day. Have a lovely Xmas Holiday. See you around soon.
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Hi Mike,
All of us seem to live in tunnel vision at times. Why not expand? Reading your post got me thinking: what if staying updated with other people’s passions updated my own? Lent me a further hook of interest. There is alway’s room for self-growth.
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Thanks for the compliments Ivin. I really appreciate your comment and I’m glad I enhanced your passion in my own small way. See you around sometime.
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I don’t think too much while writing new posts.
I just write what I know.
Every Article is different in your blog, Your blog have such a great stuff…
Hey Mike, I enjoyed your article. Posting intersting content it’s be your own in my opinion. Posts must be different. Anyway thanks for share your experience.
I also agree that we should refresh our post to drive more clients to our blog
That is why, social networks sometimes decide which is viral or not I guess