One of the best ways to drive massive traffic to your site in a short period
of time is through the creation of viral content or linkbait. Linkbait is
created with the sole purpose of driving more traffic to your website
through links and bookmarks.
Content that is successful in this regard typically does not have any
indication of being linkbait. You need to make sure that your content is
very useful to readers and that it is not an obvious attempt at creating
linkbait. The moment that a visitor comes to your site, they must be able to
see the value that your content provides for them.
Keep it Simple
If you want to make a particular piece of content viral, keep it simple. The
key is to attract a general audience. Many visitors write off articles that
are overly complex. Keep it easy to swallow and understand to increase your
chances of creating linkbait.
Encourage People to Share and Distribute the Content
If you have a killer piece of content, encourage people to submit it to
social media sites. You can also go ahead and add buttons for social media
sites to make it easier for them to submit it. For images and videos, you
can provide an HTML code that will allow them to embed the item into their
own sites. You can also provide an email form that allows users to email the
content to their friends and family.
Keep with what's New in Pop Culture
Make sure the content is timely and trendy for a greater chance of success
at making it linkbait. Topical content is the most popular and works the
best as linkbait. Try to stick with topics that are new and relevant to
current pop culture so that more people are likely to find your content
interesting and fresh.
Ask for the Visitor's Email
It's a good idea to offer an email opt-in newsletter or some other
subscription service anytime you have viral content. This will help to get
those new visitors to become regular visitors to your site because you can
stay in touch with them long after the hype is gone. By getting new
subscribers, you can make the most of all of the new traffic that is coming
to your website.
Use Images
Images are very effective as linkbait because they cross language barriers
and can be digested by everyone. Some people don't like to read long
articles and are attracted to content simply for its visual appeal.
Some things you can do to make the most out of the traffic you receive with
viral content are to display the products or services you offer on a sidebar
to make all visitors aware of them and to link to another one of your
compelling pieces of content at the end so visitors are directed to yet
another one of your articles, images or videos.
In conclusion, there are a number of factors that will determine how
successful your content can be as linkbait. It's important to try a hand at
every one of these tactics until you figure out a formula that works for you
in the creation of viral linkbait.
my motto is "Keep it simple" and "don't leave anything for tomorrow that can
be done today."
If you have any questions or comments please contact me.
Regards Gerald
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