My Top Tips For Writing A Blog Post That Goes Viral
Are you a blogger? I guess yes, that's why you're reading this article in the first place!
Have you been wondering why articles from other blogs rank well on search engine?
Have you been wondering why your blog isn't getting lot of shares like other blogs?
Are you wondering why your pins doesn't get tons of repins? If you've been answering yes then this article is for you.
Today I am going to teach you how to write articles that goes viral by getting lots of share, repins and also rank well on search engine!
By the end of this article you will be smiling and probably change the ways you've been approaching your writing. Once that happens, don't forget to pin this or you can even do it right away! 😃
Tittle Speaks
Title is what makes someone click to read your article in the first place, if you fail in the title formatting, you've totally failed even though you've written a great content. Only few will click your odd title.
Take a look at this title below!
99 Ways you to effortlessly get 1000 repins in 24hrs!
It's contains:
LIST
From research, top internet marketers have revealed that list post performs better than others, list post describes the length of your article and give readers a clear insight of your article.
Okay using How To Get 1000 repins would have been superb, in fact it's suberb but there are top blogs that have already written similar topics and for some reasons your blog might not be able to compete, so adding list help you stay outstanding and also tell your readers the length of your article.
From the same title, you would find out that the list is long, it has been proven that long list performs better than short list.
Lets Imagine you search Google for "how to sell ebook" The following topics appeared:
"How to sell your ebook"
"3 Ways to sell an ebook "
"99 ways to sell your ebook"
Sincerely which would you pick? The long list I guess as it gives you more options and describes the length of the article!
Trigger words
From the same title, you will discover it has a trigger word (ways), Trigger words helps your title to be outstanding, the following trigger words (below) have proven to have done well.
• Reasons
"Reasons why you've not been approved by Google AdSense". Or spice it up with List "21 Reasons You've not been approved by Google AdSense.
•Principles
"The 10 Principles of affiliate marketing that will increase your sales" Or remove the list!
•Facts
"Facts about blogging you probably don't know" or even add list.
•Lessons
" 10 Lessons I've learnt about debt! " or even without list.
•Ideas
"99 Business Ideas You've Never Thought Of " Or without list!
•Ways
" 9 Ways I increase my blog income from $200 to $5,000 " Or even without list!
•How
" How to weekly earn $2,000 working online! "
•Secrets
" The secrets of affiliate marketing that helped me earn $3,000 weekly. "
•Tricks
" 9 SEO tricks that tripled my blog traffic "
•Why
"Why I stopped using convert kit "
The list goes on!
ADJECTIVE
From the blog topic above, you'll discover that it contains adjective (effortlessly), it describes the energy state and it's essential to use adjectives for content marketing.
The following adjective does well when marketing content is involved.
1.Unbelievable
2.Effortlessly
3.Painstakingly
4.Fun
5.Free
6.Incredible
7.Essential
8.Strange
9.Powerful
10.Absolute
There are tons of hot adjectives for content marketing, find and use them.
However, this info graphic by Timibrehse reveals some hot words for content marketing. See it below!
You loved the infographic? Please pin it now, I mean it now…, so you won't forget! If you've, then check out this other infographic that contains power words you can use. Don't forget to save it too on pinterest, for yourself and others !
PROMISE or Urgency
The post title above also contains a promise, which is getting 1000 repins in 24hrs. Your title should contain a promise, this doesn't mean you should lie by telling what your post can't do, be realistic and don't over do it.
The post title "18 unbelievable ways to bath an elephant indoor " is great, there is no way I will bath my elephant (if I had one) indoor but the indoor there grabs attention. So your title should grab attention!
Also this post title does same “27 Charts That Will Turn You Into a Baking Genius.” you can see the promise attached; 'turn you into a baking genius.' If it was mere title like " 27 handy baking charts", no one would have cared or only few would have done. So you must grab attention!
The post title “22 Frozen Hot Chocolates You Must Make This Summer. " is a good example of urgency I am talking about, its somewhat urgent as it's a must for summer and summer being something that isn't permanent, so you get the picture..
In addition, superlative are great for blog post title, you should include them in your post title whether as adjective or anything else.
Some examples: Perfect, Funniest, Best, Worst, Fastest, Biggest, Most, Strongest, Largest, Greatest, Always, Top, Easiest and many more!
In a nutshell, your post title should contain the following :
Number and/or Trigger word+ Adjectives + Keyword + Promise or Urgency.
Be helpful
When you're writing a blog post with the aim of going viral, you should be helpful and looking forward to address the pain point of people, know what people are struggling with fine solution to their plights, if you're targeting the crowd and you're doubting if your article can get the crowd even if it solves problems, you should use Buzzsumo, it's a tool that shows popularity of a topic based on social share.
Lets say a reader emailed you and ask a question, you decided to write a post that answers that question but you're still doubting if it will get many people's attention or if they might not be interested in the question.
You can use Buzzsumo and search the keywords of that question to know if popular or not. If it's popular, then it shows you might hit the crowd. What if it's too popular? There is nothing hidden under the sun, be unique and rewrite the topic in your own captivating style! If it's not popular, it might be an opportunity for you to explore as there is no competitors. It could also signify that people ain't interested in it. So you will have to make decision of whether or not to write that topic.
WIIIFM
This you should have in mind when ever you're writing a blog posts, it actually means 'What Is In It For Me'. When ever someone come across your article, they carry the WIIIFM on their head. People are always concerned with what you have to offer them, so they want to know what is in your article for them. When you're reading a blog post, ask yourself why should people read this, what's the benefit of those reading it. That's why adding freebies as extra to your article is good.
There is a formula for writing posts that readers love, I actually learnt it from Amy Lynn and it's superb. It's called PTC!
Solve A Problem
Blog posts that solves problems are good for attracting readers, they're usually "how to" do certain stuff, find a problem and solve.
People have problems, study them and help them solve that plight. You can head to Quora, see what people are asking about some certain topics and see if you could help solve it! There are tons of other places you could find people's plight and solve, maybe Facebook groups and more!
Address A Fear
Most people have fears, including myself! We fear several stuffs like what if I run out of money, what if I die, what if I don't have money to maintain my blog, what if my dad don't agree with my career, the list goes on!
You get the picture, people fear certain stuff and would be glad if someone can help relieve that fear to an extent. If you have idea of how any of these fear could be handled, then adress it with a blog posts.
Satisfy A Curiosity
People are curious and wants to know about certain stuffs, you can help them satisfying their curiosity.
Stuffs like why Donald trump is this or that, why this blog is so popular and more. People wants to know why things are the way they are, if you have better insight about their curiosity then blog about it...
Write In Your Own Voice
Write in your own voice, be real and unique. Don't try to write like Mr A or B, yeah it's good to learn some new writing skills; I do that, everyone does. But don't try faking it here, using exact tone like Mr A Or B.
I'm very careful so I won't imitate someone voice even without knowing, that's why I don't write my article immediately I have read similar topic online, when you read someone topic and immediately write yours, you're likely to imitate the voice in the article you've read, this doesn't mean you shouldn't note key points you can easily forget.
Know Your Best Times For Writing!
There are times that's best to write and it differs from person to person, I personally prefer writing in the night as I am free from distractions of any kind.
You should monitor yourself when you're writing and know when you're comfortable and can write without worrying, when you're distraction free, etc.
Personally I don't write when I am sad because may reflect in my writing and my readers might not like it. So know when is best for you to write.
Tell Stories
Telling stories helps increase shares and bring more people to your blog, so tell stories that triggers the emotion, makes someone laugh, amaze or surprised.
Most times stories is what brings readers to your blog!
Know Your Targeted Audience
Before writing an article, think about your targeted audience. Who are you writing for? (Male or Female or even both), What's their age? What's their occupation? What's their location? What's their Qualifications? This are questions that comes in handy when talking about targeted audience.
Don't make the mistake of trying to target everyone or the crowd, just a decent size will do!
Damn Grammatical Rules
Seriously this might not work for everyone but you need to give less or little attention to some certain grammatical rules.
My story, when I started blogging newly, I obeyed grammatical rules that isn't even necessary, I made my blog seems more like I am writing a formal letter. I would not used any form of abbreviations even if it's necessary to spice up my writing, yeah I knew it's gonna add more live to my article but I just wanted to follow the so called grammatical rules, I might want to express laughter by using LOL or Emoji but I won't because the grammatical rules was limiting me.
Truth to be told, some words are better off when you say them your own way than obeying any rule, maybe you read the rules from a top blog. If you feel anything or words will spice up your writing, use it, even if it isn't supported in the grammar rules. That's why I sometimes use words that isn't in any dictionary.
Furthermore, Don't make your writing look like a formal letter or make your readers think a robot wrote the article. That's why I love reading Helene's blog, Christiana's blog, Michelle's blog and more I can't mention. Relate with your readers, have fun in your article but don't go too far by going off and leaving the subject matter!
Lastly, I came across this info graphics about writing perfect blog posts on pinterest and I think it worth mentioning here, see it below, but don't forget to pin it!
Final Thoughts
Be consistent with your writing if you want to improve and attain some perfection, make sure your headline and intro are stunning, don't deceive people with titles that doesn't match with your blog's content just to gain traffic, be trustworthy...
Sharing tools matters a lot, if you want an article to go viral, make it easy for people to share with popular social platforms, use WordPress sharing plugins for this or use the sumoMe software to enhance your sharing.. Include image sharing!
Call to action, call your readers to action, tell them to share and comment.. Ask them to do one thing or the other!
Plan your blog posts, you should have a posting schedule, with various post types, whether list, opinion, how to post and more! Check Out this 31 AWESOME (AND TOTALLY FREE) BLOG ORGANIZATION PRINTABLE’S
Thanks for reading, I will love to see shares on this article, if you're confuse or need help, comment below!
If you love this article, subscribe for more! Stay beautiful!
Are you a blogger? I guess yes, that's why you're reading this article in the first place!
Have you been wondering why articles from other blogs rank well on search engine?
Have you been wondering why your blog isn't getting lot of shares like other blogs?
Are you wondering why your pins doesn't get tons of repins? If you've been answering yes then this article is for you.
Today I am going to teach you how to write articles that goes viral by getting lots of share, repins and also rank well on search engine!
By the end of this article you will be smiling and probably change the ways you've been approaching your writing. Once that happens, don't forget to pin this or you can even do it right away! 😃
Tittle Speaks
Title is what makes someone click to read your article in the first place, if you fail in the title formatting, you've totally failed even though you've written a great content. Only few will click your odd title.
Take a look at this title below!
99 Ways you to effortlessly get 1000 repins in 24hrs!
It's contains:
LIST
From research, top internet marketers have revealed that list post performs better than others, list post describes the length of your article and give readers a clear insight of your article.
Okay using How To Get 1000 repins would have been superb, in fact it's suberb but there are top blogs that have already written similar topics and for some reasons your blog might not be able to compete, so adding list help you stay outstanding and also tell your readers the length of your article.
From the same title, you would find out that the list is long, it has been proven that long list performs better than short list.
Lets Imagine you search Google for "how to sell ebook" The following topics appeared:
"How to sell your ebook"
"3 Ways to sell an ebook "
"99 ways to sell your ebook"
Sincerely which would you pick? The long list I guess as it gives you more options and describes the length of the article!
Trigger words
From the same title, you will discover it has a trigger word (ways), Trigger words helps your title to be outstanding, the following trigger words (below) have proven to have done well.
• Reasons
"Reasons why you've not been approved by Google AdSense". Or spice it up with List "21 Reasons You've not been approved by Google AdSense.
•Principles
"The 10 Principles of affiliate marketing that will increase your sales" Or remove the list!
•Facts
"Facts about blogging you probably don't know" or even add list.
•Lessons
" 10 Lessons I've learnt about debt! " or even without list.
•Ideas
"99 Business Ideas You've Never Thought Of " Or without list!
•Ways
" 9 Ways I increase my blog income from $200 to $5,000 " Or even without list!
•How
" How to weekly earn $2,000 working online! "
•Secrets
" The secrets of affiliate marketing that helped me earn $3,000 weekly. "
•Tricks
" 9 SEO tricks that tripled my blog traffic "
•Why
"Why I stopped using convert kit "
The list goes on!
ADJECTIVE
From the blog topic above, you'll discover that it contains adjective (effortlessly), it describes the energy state and it's essential to use adjectives for content marketing.
The following adjective does well when marketing content is involved.
1.Unbelievable
2.Effortlessly
3.Painstakingly
4.Fun
5.Free
6.Incredible
7.Essential
8.Strange
9.Powerful
10.Absolute
There are tons of hot adjectives for content marketing, find and use them.
However, this info graphic by Timibrehse reveals some hot words for content marketing. See it below!
You loved the infographic? Please pin it now, I mean it now…, so you won't forget! If you've, then check out this other infographic that contains power words you can use. Don't forget to save it too on pinterest, for yourself and others !
PROMISE or Urgency
The post title above also contains a promise, which is getting 1000 repins in 24hrs. Your title should contain a promise, this doesn't mean you should lie by telling what your post can't do, be realistic and don't over do it.
The post title "18 unbelievable ways to bath an elephant indoor " is great, there is no way I will bath my elephant (if I had one) indoor but the indoor there grabs attention. So your title should grab attention!
Also this post title does same “27 Charts That Will Turn You Into a Baking Genius.” you can see the promise attached; 'turn you into a baking genius.' If it was mere title like " 27 handy baking charts", no one would have cared or only few would have done. So you must grab attention!
The post title “22 Frozen Hot Chocolates You Must Make This Summer. " is a good example of urgency I am talking about, its somewhat urgent as it's a must for summer and summer being something that isn't permanent, so you get the picture..
In addition, superlative are great for blog post title, you should include them in your post title whether as adjective or anything else.
Some examples: Perfect, Funniest, Best, Worst, Fastest, Biggest, Most, Strongest, Largest, Greatest, Always, Top, Easiest and many more!
In a nutshell, your post title should contain the following :
Number and/or Trigger word+ Adjectives + Keyword + Promise or Urgency.
Be helpful
When you're writing a blog post with the aim of going viral, you should be helpful and looking forward to address the pain point of people, know what people are struggling with fine solution to their plights, if you're targeting the crowd and you're doubting if your article can get the crowd even if it solves problems, you should use Buzzsumo, it's a tool that shows popularity of a topic based on social share.
Lets say a reader emailed you and ask a question, you decided to write a post that answers that question but you're still doubting if it will get many people's attention or if they might not be interested in the question.
You can use Buzzsumo and search the keywords of that question to know if popular or not. If it's popular, then it shows you might hit the crowd. What if it's too popular? There is nothing hidden under the sun, be unique and rewrite the topic in your own captivating style! If it's not popular, it might be an opportunity for you to explore as there is no competitors. It could also signify that people ain't interested in it. So you will have to make decision of whether or not to write that topic.
WIIIFM
This you should have in mind when ever you're writing a blog posts, it actually means 'What Is In It For Me'. When ever someone come across your article, they carry the WIIIFM on their head. People are always concerned with what you have to offer them, so they want to know what is in your article for them. When you're reading a blog post, ask yourself why should people read this, what's the benefit of those reading it. That's why adding freebies as extra to your article is good.
There is a formula for writing posts that readers love, I actually learnt it from Amy Lynn and it's superb. It's called PTC!
Solve A Problem
Blog posts that solves problems are good for attracting readers, they're usually "how to" do certain stuff, find a problem and solve.
People have problems, study them and help them solve that plight. You can head to Quora, see what people are asking about some certain topics and see if you could help solve it! There are tons of other places you could find people's plight and solve, maybe Facebook groups and more!
Address A Fear
Most people have fears, including myself! We fear several stuffs like what if I run out of money, what if I die, what if I don't have money to maintain my blog, what if my dad don't agree with my career, the list goes on!
You get the picture, people fear certain stuff and would be glad if someone can help relieve that fear to an extent. If you have idea of how any of these fear could be handled, then adress it with a blog posts.
Satisfy A Curiosity
People are curious and wants to know about certain stuffs, you can help them satisfying their curiosity.
Stuffs like why Donald trump is this or that, why this blog is so popular and more. People wants to know why things are the way they are, if you have better insight about their curiosity then blog about it...
Write In Your Own Voice
Write in your own voice, be real and unique. Don't try to write like Mr A or B, yeah it's good to learn some new writing skills; I do that, everyone does. But don't try faking it here, using exact tone like Mr A Or B.
I'm very careful so I won't imitate someone voice even without knowing, that's why I don't write my article immediately I have read similar topic online, when you read someone topic and immediately write yours, you're likely to imitate the voice in the article you've read, this doesn't mean you shouldn't note key points you can easily forget.
Know Your Best Times For Writing!
There are times that's best to write and it differs from person to person, I personally prefer writing in the night as I am free from distractions of any kind.
You should monitor yourself when you're writing and know when you're comfortable and can write without worrying, when you're distraction free, etc.
Personally I don't write when I am sad because may reflect in my writing and my readers might not like it. So know when is best for you to write.
Tell Stories
Telling stories helps increase shares and bring more people to your blog, so tell stories that triggers the emotion, makes someone laugh, amaze or surprised.
Most times stories is what brings readers to your blog!
Know Your Targeted Audience
Before writing an article, think about your targeted audience. Who are you writing for? (Male or Female or even both), What's their age? What's their occupation? What's their location? What's their Qualifications? This are questions that comes in handy when talking about targeted audience.
Don't make the mistake of trying to target everyone or the crowd, just a decent size will do!
Damn Grammatical Rules
Seriously this might not work for everyone but you need to give less or little attention to some certain grammatical rules.
My story, when I started blogging newly, I obeyed grammatical rules that isn't even necessary, I made my blog seems more like I am writing a formal letter. I would not used any form of abbreviations even if it's necessary to spice up my writing, yeah I knew it's gonna add more live to my article but I just wanted to follow the so called grammatical rules, I might want to express laughter by using LOL or Emoji but I won't because the grammatical rules was limiting me.
Truth to be told, some words are better off when you say them your own way than obeying any rule, maybe you read the rules from a top blog. If you feel anything or words will spice up your writing, use it, even if it isn't supported in the grammar rules. That's why I sometimes use words that isn't in any dictionary.
Furthermore, Don't make your writing look like a formal letter or make your readers think a robot wrote the article. That's why I love reading Helene's blog, Christiana's blog, Michelle's blog and more I can't mention. Relate with your readers, have fun in your article but don't go too far by going off and leaving the subject matter!
Lastly, I came across this info graphics about writing perfect blog posts on pinterest and I think it worth mentioning here, see it below, but don't forget to pin it!
Final Thoughts
Be consistent with your writing if you want to improve and attain some perfection, make sure your headline and intro are stunning, don't deceive people with titles that doesn't match with your blog's content just to gain traffic, be trustworthy...
Sharing tools matters a lot, if you want an article to go viral, make it easy for people to share with popular social platforms, use WordPress sharing plugins for this or use the sumoMe software to enhance your sharing.. Include image sharing!
Call to action, call your readers to action, tell them to share and comment.. Ask them to do one thing or the other!
Plan your blog posts, you should have a posting schedule, with various post types, whether list, opinion, how to post and more! Check Out this 31 AWESOME (AND TOTALLY FREE) BLOG ORGANIZATION PRINTABLE’S
Thanks for reading, I will love to see shares on this article, if you're confuse or need help, comment below!
If you love this article, subscribe for more! Stay beautiful!
