The Art of Going Viral ======================================= The point of trying to get your content to go viral is very simple: Viral content allows your brand to be seen by millions of people ORGANICALLY around the world, while monetizing your brand in the process. ---------- > **ATTENTION: *The tips in this post are not meant to be just for steem*** > ***posts, but for ANY place you want you make your content go completely VIRAL!*** ---------- ![enter image description here](http://i.imgur.com/bXbNyjf.png) In this guide... ================ we will talk about a few simple ways to get your posts to go viral. The concepts are very short, sweet, and to the point. We have gathered some extremely simple step by step instructions for you to follow that if you implement them, you can see content get much exposure, and bring eyeballs back to your brand for sure. So, use these to go viral on Steem and reap the traffic rewards... The main goal... ------------- of this quick guide is not to cover every avenue of making viral content, or of how to go viral, but to give you ONE solid strategy with these 7 tips that you can use day in and day out as a guide for your posts. The strategies we talk about in this guide require manually putting in the work to try and make your blog posts go viral, but we will also discuss one way to automate everything we discuss in the guide as well. There are several solutions out there that help to accomplish some of these tasks, but in an effort to keep things simple, we will only share with you just one. As the title of this post states... ----------------------------------- going viral truly is an art. It's not something everyone can do for their blog for various reasons. It's one of those things, as the saying goes that "if it were that easy everyone would be doing it" right? Ok, now that we have a basis for our guide - let's get right into the first rule we need to learn before we cover the 7 Viral Tips. Collecting Viral Content for your Blog ======================================================= ![enter image description here](http://i.imgur.com/PgjMmdW.png) Running a blog can be one of the most rewarding ventures for those who run any business, or who work to make money on the internet. Not only can it enable you reach a wide steem audience, but it also might make you a small fortune if you do it right. One of the most successful strategies in ensuring a successful steem blog is adding some entertaining viral content for your audience to share with their friends. In this regard, we have come up with some comprehensive yet easy-to-follow steps on how you can collect viral content in this guide. Check out our recommendations and enjoy! 7 Tips To Make Your Steem Posts Go Viral ======================================== ![enter image description here](http://i.imgur.com/D2aUyV8.png) 1 Understanding Viral Content ============================== Viral content is meant to be brief and entertaining, or informative and shareable. For this reason one should ensure that the content they collect is short, summarized, and straight to the point. This is all due to the nature of your audiences' attention spans. They only have a second or two to view your content before their attention is grabbed by something else. People are constantly being pulled in several different directions when they're online. Therefore, make sure you take advantage of this fact. 2 Understanding Your Niche =========================== Every successful steem blog can ensure that it caters to a certain niche, and not several parallel niches, which you see many bloggers attempting to do often times. This is what distinguishes the viral blog from the numerous other blogs on the platform. Your viral content should also be related to your niche in order maintain a consistent theme for your audience. If your posts are about cooking then ensure that your viral content is closely related to food. 3 Follow other Steem Blogs (No Brainer!) ========================================= ![enter image description here](http://i.imgur.com/IXR7LEC.png) Ensure that you keep an eye on active blogs. This will enable you to always be at par with what other people are sharing. Secondly, it will enable you to collect viral content from other blogs that you might have missed out on. You can also follow, comment, and of cource upvote blog posts outside your niche and get some inspiration for your own page (no brainer!). 4 Old magazines and Newspapers =============================== ![enter image description here](http://i.imgur.com/d1NFgOm.png) There's a saying that nothing under the sun is original. Before the digital revolution people didn't have "social networks" to share 'viral content’. They had to do it the old-fashioned way and have it printed in the paper, or in a magazine. Go through some of the older forms of media, and you'll encounter tons and tons of amazing viral content that you can then share on your blog that noone else will ever have a clue about. 5 Go through Other Social Networks. ==================================== The viral content that is circulating on **steemit** is not the same stuff that is being shared on other networking platforms. This is why other networks such as twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat and Pinterest are also great avenues for collecting viral content. **JUST MAKE SURE YOU MAKE YOUR CONTENT ORIGINAL CONTENT!** Just use other platforms for ideas to make your own spectacular posts on steemit. This will also keep you ahead of the herd as you'll always be one of the first to share new viral content. 6 Outsource ============ It is possible to outsource viral content from freelancing sites such as Freelancer and Fiverr. The only caviat with this method is that one has to pay for the content to be created. It is not advisable to use this technique unless your blog is bringing in enough STEEM to pay for the original content. 7 News Aggregation =================== Last but not least we have a technique that even Facebook itself uses. A news aggregator will basically alert you anytime new content is released. This works best when collecting content from websites and blogs. All one has to do is either create their own aggregator, or subscribe to one, such as rss aggregators. You will then instruct the aggregator on which sources you would like to track. The results will be displayed for you to choose which viral content you would like to share on your own fan page. These are some simple and effective all-round techniques for collecting viral content that ensures you comb through all possible sources in a short while. Well. hope these little 7 tips helps you create a viral blog and forge ***full STEEM ahead!***