The Goal is Going Viral – What is Going Viral

The goal of creating your SN (social network) is to compose a free list of people to send information to. The reason having a SN is so important is that the media (writing, picture, or video) you send out to the people in your network can

Your Social Network is like a giant pimple...?

become “viral”.  The term means exactly what it sounds like, ie, that the information can be spread all over the internet in the same way that a virus can spread. One person sees it and sends it to his friends, who send it to their friends and to their friends and so on. When your media is viewed by many people consistently over a period of time, search engines like bing and yahoo will begin to index it better (more on indexing in a future post). This makes what you’ve created snowball, gaining more and more internet clout until it’s so massively popular that it can be considered “viral” and will be viewed by millions upon millions of people. And when millions are interested in something, there is money to be made! Whether it’s with simple yahoo or adsense ads or the sale of your product, once you’re viral you have a captive audience with which to market your wares.

There is no magic button to push, no special thing you can write and no miraculous coding you can use to make something go viral. All you can do is offer it to the massive contingent of users that is the internet via your social network (using the methods described on this blog and elsewhere) and keep your fingers crossed.

One thing to know, your social network is like a massive pimple. Yes, you read correctly. Social Networking isn’t a pyramid scheme, it’s a pimple formula. And at the top, of the pimple, is your white head of a headquarters. Your network contacts branch out from there, and their contacts branch out from them. Your social network needs a HQ, plain and simple. You need a place where you can store and offer media that you’ll promote with your social network. This hub of your social networking empire will be your website which will either be a blog, a forum, an simple html site or whatever you want it to be.

The easiest, free way to create a HUB for your social network is to start a blog. The term “Blog” is short for “Web Log” and that’s essentially what a blog is. It’s your own spot on the web where you can write info that other people will read. This gives you the opportunity to communicate with them through the use of comments that they will post on your blog.

Look for our guide next week to help you start your blog. Until then, read this article on Search Engine Optimization from internetpoop.com.