The Secret Strategies Behind Many Viral Videos

Posted: June 11, 2013

[caption id="attachment_11379" align="alignright"]© Ivelin Radkov - Fotolia.com[/caption]Every communications pro aspires to create viral videos. Virality doesn’t just happen. Getting a video to go viral is a tricky proposition. Techcrunch.com reveals eight secret strategies behind viral videos, including, understanding content is not king, getting onto the most viewed pages, optimization, thumbnail optimization, commenting, tagging, releasing, and tracking.

Have you ever watched a video with 100,000 views on YouTube and thought to yourself: “How the hell did that video get so many views?” Chances are pretty good that this didn’t happen naturally, but rather that some company worked hard to make it happen – some company like mine.

When most people talk about “viral videos,” they’re usually referring to videos like Miss Teen South Carolina, Smirnoff’s Tea Partay music video, the Sony Bravia ads, Soulja Boy – videos that have traveled all around the internet and been posted on YouTube, MySpace, Google Video, Facebook, Digg, blogs, etc. – videos with millions and millions of views.

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