{"id":19405,"date":"2018-12-28T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=19405"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:13:00","slug":"create-viral-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/create-viral-content\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Viral Content on Your WordPress Blog (4 Key Strategies)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having a piece of content go viral is like hitting the jackpot as it can bring a lot of new traffic back to your site. While focusing on quality content should be your number-one priority, you might also want to increase its chances of going big. This means learning how to create viral content on your blog.<\/p>\n

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Of course, there\u2019s no way to guarantee<\/em> that any given blog post will go viral. However, there are plenty of things you can do to improve the likelihood of your content attracting the right sort of attention. What\u2019s more, many of the best techniques are simple to implement.<\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019ll talk about how to create viral content based on what works in the real world. Let\u2019s jump right in!<\/div><\/div>\n

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1. Make connections to current events and other popular topics<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re looking to learn how to create viral content, one of the best things you can do is research past examples of stories that made a splash. You\u2019ll often start to notice a few common threads and trends.<\/p>\n

For instance, much of the content that goes viral has some kind of direct connection to the \u2018big events\u2019 of the day. This includes news stories, scientific discoveries, and the like. For instance, in 2016 the most viral post on Facebook was a story about a positive development in Alzheimer\u2019s research<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Now, unless you\u2019re running a news site<\/a>, you probably don\u2019t post much content along these lines. However, you don\u2019t need to summarize the latest news to attract attention. Simply making a connection to popular events and topics can often be enough.<\/p>\n

As an example, this video about revealing the results of DNA tests to ordinary people went viral, in large part because of the connections made to widespread attention towards topics like nationalism and immigration in 2016:<\/p>\n