HOW TO GO VIRAL WITH A LOW TRAFFIC WEBSITE
I was contacted by a reader yesterday who asked me the following question:
I read your first case study on how you made a
post to the front page of digg. My blog is a zero traffic one. Even if
I use those techniques, no one will submit my post to digg.
Here is what I have to help me on this
:150 twitter followers
more than 50 stumbleupon friends
and some other online friends
Do you still think I can get the article to frontpage? I want to give the technique a try
Now, this is a question I get asked a LOT... and my guess is that
there are thousands of DeanHunt.com readers who may have the same issue.
So let's get one thing clear... does having a popular website increase your chances of your content going viral?
Yes! Absolutely!
Ever wondered why certain sites in an industry get mentioned over and over again?
It is a bit like the old phrase: "you need money to make money".
In this instance, you need traffic to make traffic.
Well, there is a way around this. And I am going to share this with you today.
Here is the secret:
You can leverage other people's traffic.
Here is how I see the viral process:
Your viral content is like a seed in a field. The field is your industry, the planet is the Internet.
When you plant your seed, if it is a big, strong seed (great
content), it will have a chance to grow... however, if your seed is
picked up by a bird (reader) and planted in a larger field (another
blog, social media site etc) then it is now growing in two places. Thus
increasing the chances of it spreading further.
This pattern continues, and you may eventually be in thousands of
fields, thus boosting your chances of getting on Digg by 1000%+
So what I am trying to say is this...
Putting one seed in one field is only going to work if you have thousands of birds (readers) who can spread it for you.
If you have low traffic, then you don't have any......