Infographic: How Content Goes Viral

Mon, Dec 5, 2011
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Ever wondered what makes content go viral? I’m sure we’ve all got our own theories, some good some bad, but there would be a bunch of readers here that would have some seriously successful viral campaigns to their name, so I wonder how this infographic shapes up on the viral front…

The Infographic from ProBlogger details out the anatomy of viral content, along with the different types of viral content, the reasons we share it, how it’s designed, the importance of integrated execution and a whole bunch of tips to create and seed viral content. 

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    Posted by: Aden Hepburn

    2 Comments For This Post

    1. juanmarketing Says:
      December 6th, 2011 at 5:10 pm

      Great infographic. I consider myself a Mkt viral lover!. I would like to share you guys a presentation I’ve done sometime ago including some key points of how to go viral http://slidesha.re/hu468E

      Hope you enjoy it!

      Passion makes the difference

    2. Jexep Says:
      December 12th, 2011 at 4:14 pm

      I think this is great one to explain everything about Viral!

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