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How to Create Viral Content on Social Media: 7 Mistakes to Avoid
Social media marketing is not rocket science but is not very easy as many people think. If you want to create viral content on social media you need to practice and avoid these 7 common mistakes.
1: Timing doesn’t matter
You can’t publish your content in the middle of the night and expect it to spread virally. Social sites like Twitter and Facebook have peak usage times. If you can submit your content to those sites during the ideal days and times, it will be more likely to go viral.
Many Twitter users are on Eastern Standard Time, and they are most likely to retweet on Wednesdays. Links on Twitter tend to get clicked on the most within the first hour of them being posted.
So, if you want to share something on Twitter, tweet it on Wednesday at 5-6 PM EST.
If you want to share something on Facebook and get the most likes, don’t post more frequently than once every two days. Also, to get the most likes, post on Saturday.
2: Social media buttons placing
People tend to share posts before they read them as the social media buttons at the top of the post got 117% more clicks than the ones at the bottom.
Also, scrolling social buttons such as the Sharebar, get more clicks than the social media buttons at the top of the post.
If you want to get the most social shares, consider placing social media buttons at the bottom of your blog post in combination with scrolling social buttons like the Sharebar.
3: Social shares are more important than traffic
Most bloggers and content marketers focus on how many likes their content gets on Facebook or how many tweets they get on Twitter. In theory, if you have more shares, you should get more traffic, but that isn’t always true. If no one clicks through from Facebook or Twitter to your website, you won’t get any visitors.
Instead of just focusing on the number of social shares, you should also be looking at traffic. A good way to boost your traffic from these social sites is to analyze your click-through rate.
4: People read content during the same peak times they share it
There is a huge timing difference between when people prefer to read content and when they share it. People prefer Wednesday for Twitter and Saturday for Facebook.
People prefer to read blogs on Monday at 9-11 AM EST. They prefer commenting on blogs at 9-11 AM EST on Saturday.
5: Focusing on all social channels
People tend to only share your content on one social site, so ideally you shouldn’t have more than 3 social media buttons. If you have over 50,000 monthly visitors, consider placing 4 social buttons.
6: Tweeting your content once
Even if you tweet during optimal days and times, it doesn’t mean that everyone is going to see your tweet. Although 82% of Twitter users have less than 350 followers, 18% still have more than that. And just because that 18% number is small, you shouldn’t ignore it as Twitter has over 500 million users.
Out of all of your followers, the ones who also follow thousands of other people probably won’t see most of your tweets. And if they don’t see your tweets, they won’t be able to retweet them or click through over to your website.
You should tweet your blog posts at least twice. You can get an extra 56% more visitors from Twitter by just tweeting a blog post again. You can also tweet your content 3 or even 4 times, but the more you tweet the same post, the fewer clicks each one will receive as many of your followers would have already seen it.
7: Few shares
In the social media world, it is all about speed. The more shares your content gets within a short time, the better off you are – especially on Facebook.
Facebook takes momentum into account, so if your content is gaining a ton of likes at a quick pace, more people are going to see it within their feeds.
If you want your content to spread on the social web, you need to get a lot of shares within a very short time.
If you avoid the 7 social media mistakes your content will more likely spread and go viral. But don’t just assume they are going to work for you. Make sure you test them with your content. Depending on where most of your website visitors live and the demographics of your audience.
Test and track your results. Then decide what works better for you.
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9 Tips on How to Create A Viral Blog Post
What is a viral blog post
The term is very subjective. Every blogger has a different opinion! For some, a viral blog post would mean one that gets 1,000 page views in the first couple days of publishing. Others may think 500 page views is enough. Still, other bloggers may want 10,000 page views or more to the post to think it’s a viral hit.
Your first viral blog post
A viral blog post is not an absolute science. Once you have a huge readership, you have a much better chance of course. Just put it out there and let your readers or followers share your post.
9 tips on how to create a viral blog post
1. An interesting topic that will make people talk
The topic has to be interesting, timely, and one that will appeal to many people. If you write too narrow, you are limiting your blog post’s reach. Search on Google to find out what the majority of people are searching
2. Keyword Research
You need to do some keyword research before you write your post if you want it to go viral. The phrase you target needs to be one that gets a fair amount of searches each month. Use good SEO tactics to get the post on the first page of Google and other search engines. This, along with social media, will help boost your post into viral status.
3. Keep the post short and to the point
Avoid a lot of fluff in the epic blog post you are hoping will go viral. It needs to be straight to the point, solving the issue for the reader that is coming to get the information you present. Add images and break up long blocks of text so it’s easier to read as well.
4. Make sure you have no typos or errors
A blog post with tons of errors will not become very popular. Your grammar doesn’t need to be perfect, but it’s important that you at least proofread your post before publishing. Send it to a friend to read over if you can, or use Grammarly (Free and Effective) to check for any issues.
5. Add diagrams or images
Not only do images help to break up the text of the blog post, but they will also help you get your point across to the reader. Illustrate your content as much as you can so it’s easy to understand. Sometimes, it’s the fascinating images that cause a post to go viral.
6. Make it easy to read and use a simple font.
A common, easy to read font is essential if you want a viral blog post. Avoid fancy scripts, even for headlines. Break up your text with subheadings, which help your reader move from one point to another. They also help the search engines determine what your post is about, so they are great for SEO too.
7. Submit to all social media.
Make sure you publish updates on all of your social networks for exposure. Use CoSchedule to schedule updates for the next two months on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Tailwind will help you get the word out on your pins for the post as well.
8. Communicate with your readers
Be sure to answer any and all questions and comments about your blog post. This shows you are there for two-way communication and aren’t simply throwing words out there for people to read. Loyal readers like knowing there is a human behind the posts they are reading, and if you create a connection with your fans, you greatly increase the chances of a viral blog post.
9. Link to other posts and also to your own.
Sharing links to back up the claims you make in your blog post increase your authority. They prove you know what you are talking about, so people are more likely to share your helpful posts. Plus, the more you interlink your own posts, the more exposure you give them when someone clicks on any post on your blog.
You can do all of these things and more and still not guarantee a viral blog post. The best you can do is follow a pattern and routine of good practices and set yourself up for success. If you do this, sooner or later you will hit a big one.
The secret is practice and never give up! It’s up to you to create viral blog posts.
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