YouTube's Trend Manager reveals the 4 reasons videos go viral:

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by KevilHall, Apr 16, 2012.

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    Pretty cool video here about the 4 reasons why videos go viral.

    http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral.html

    I'll do most of the work for you:

    Participation - get people to contribute and allow them to feel involved

    Taste Makers - target high influence people, and get them to talk about your video

    Unexpectedness - gotta break those expectations and give them something they don't expect to see. You have to be different to stand out

    the final reason is in the vid and it's definitely worth watching.
     
    KevilHall, Apr 16, 2012 IP
  2. Dave Staley

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    #2
    nice tips thanks for posting it
     
    Dave Staley, Apr 25, 2012 IP
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    I agree. Nice tips KevilHall. I'd love to see one or more of my videos go viral. :)
     
    danasurvey, Apr 25, 2012 IP
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    I think that is the real key right there.
     
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  5. Direct Design

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    #5
    Its all about finding trending videos that are about to go viral and making response vids.
    I am building a site around this idea and have had a lot of success in the area already.. 25,000 views in a day from a response.
    The key to that strategy is identifying the viral video trends before they are super popular... like when they stop it at 300 hits and you see 1000+ likes.
    Anyways, now that anyone can monetize their videos, this is a whole new market!
    I'll be developing the API feeds and keep perfecting things, but the site will eventually allow users to upload videos to multiple sites..
     
    Direct Design, Apr 28, 2012 IP
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  7. Direct Design

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    Your site looks pretty spammy.. you have a 90% image site that has no functionality and is completely useless as an addition to the internet.. Dont troll my good advice with your inadequate garbage!:mad::mad:
     
    Direct Design, Apr 30, 2012 IP
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    #8
    AMAZING vid. very informative. Usually virility comes from the most unexpected directions. You see a short vid that has no content but it has 300,000,000 views - HOW?!
    Like the Nyan cat, dramatic hamster, all those.

    You never know what's gonna hit the goal, so it's better to never stop trying :D
     
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  9. Direct Design

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    These days, the revenue share adds up to about $1 per 1000 views, so making a viral video is lucrative..
    A lot of the elements in a viral video can be singled out, but overall it takes something special to make it go "Viral"
    I have a site that tracks viral trending videos, twitter hash tags, and google search words in order to predict things trending that way before they are popular.
     
    Direct Design, Apr 30, 2012 IP
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    #10
    Thank you from me as well.
     
    danielatak, May 1, 2012 IP
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    As of now, I haven't used video for driving traffic but I am thinking of using videos also as it is getting more effective today.
     
    linksolution, May 1, 2012 IP