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Scienceof
virality
howtomakethatonethinggoviral
NIFTIT!
framing
TESTING
data
luckheadlines
Popquiz
A!
!
A Journalist Goes
Undercover As A
Waitress. Guess
Which Job Was
Harder?!
B!
!
Watch a Diner
Waitress Explain to
A Wall Street Guy
How Money Works
in America!
Which headline produce more clicks?!
Popquiz
Whatisvirality
Shares per View! Clicks per Share! Viral?!
LOW! LOW! Nope!
HIGH! LOW! Kinda?!
LOW! HIGH! Not so much!
HIGH! HIGH! HELL YEAH!!
Your content must be shareable and clickable.!
Whydopeopleshare
If you can find that happy medium between entertainment and an
emotional connection, you can make some magic happen.!
Anger!
Sadness!
Happiness!Relaxation!
Shareable: “I’m angry
yet entertained. I must
do something right
now.” *click*!
Not Shareable: “Just
chill, we’re all gonna
die anyways.
Humanity is doomed.”
*sigh*!
Wheredopeopleshare
and more…!
Sixdegreesofviral
Getting your
audience to
like.!
Getting your
audience to
click and
share.!
Getting your
audience’s
friends to click.!
Getting your
audience’s friends’
friends to like and
share.!
Getting your
audience’s
friends to
share.!
Getting
famous
people to like
and share.!
So.Howdoesitwork?
1.  Content: Find and/or create amazing content.!
2.  Framing: Optimize content to be really clickable on
Facebook!
3.  Tech/UX: Optimize your site to be really good at
sharing content back to Facebook!
4.  Data: Never stop testing!!!
5.  Luck: Pray hard. Or capture a unicorn.!
Step1:EPICcontent
1.  An Emotional Story !
2.  A Super Inspiring Meaningful Message!
3.  The Right Time & The Right Place ( Raw, Honest
Moments)!
4.  Mind-blowing facts!
5.  Every good story needs a villain & a hero!
Step1:EPICcontent
¨ An Emotional Story !
¨ A Super Inspiring
Meaningful Message!
¨ The Right Time & The
Right Place ( Raw
Moments)!
¨ Mind-blowing facts!
¨ Every good story needs
a villain & a hero!
Step2:frameall
thethings
¨ The Share Text!
¨ The Headline!
¨ The Excerpt!
¨ The Share Image!
¨ The Tweet!
Step2:frameall
thethings
Step2:frameall
thethings
UPWORTHYHEADLINES
Headlines with “Curiosity Gap”!
1.  Too vague? I don’t want to click

JUSTINBIEBERSAIDSOMETHINGSTUPID,AGAIN
2.  Too specific? I don’t need to click

JUSTINBIEBERSAYS,“Ihatecatssomuch”
3.  Spark curiosity. I want and need to click

youwon’tbelievewhatjustinbiebersaid.iT’SHORRIBLE.
Questiontoself:
¨ Does it leave them wanting
more?!
¨ Is it framed to share?!
¨ Is it ready to go?!
¨ Do we need an A/B test?!
Step3:A/BTESTING
1.  Create two Bit.ly URLs: URL?r=A
and URL?r=B!
2.  Find 2 cities with similar
demographics and populations
amongst your fans. Use one
Bit.ly on each!
3.  Time it. The most Bit.ly clicks
wins!
Your Wall + Bit.ly + Stopwatch + Facebook Targeting!
Step4:uxbaby
1. Website = Gateway to Sharing!
2. Test and Adapt!
3. Fix your Share Buttons!
Optimize Prime!
Step4:uxbaby
Step4:uxbaby
Step4:uxbaby
Step4:uxbaby
Step4:getlucky
Virality is tough to predict.!
More content = more chances for huge hit. !
THAT’SALL,
FOLKS
@niftit!

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