10 Reasons Content Goes Viral

How do you get your content to go viral? There are 10 reasons :

1. Inspire awe, laughter, or amusement.
2. Appeal to people’s narcissistic side (think BuzzFeed quizzes)
3. Long-form content has less competition, and more shares on average.
4. List posts and infographics are more likely to be shared.
5. Make sure your article inspires trust. Have a byline, and bio. Make sure you have a professional logo and design as well.
6. Mix text with visually appealing elements.
7. Implement social metadata such as the Facebook preview image
8. Reach out to influencers before you write your content.
9. Promote your articles after it’s been published for a week
10. Tuesday is the best day to publish and promote content

Read the entire article. They go into detail about why and how.