Screen Shot 2014-09-30 at 10.36.43 PM — These tactics have worked great for us over the years and continue to deliver results!

It’s tough to make a blog post go viral. There’s no secret sauce to make every post a hit. However, there are plenty of things you can do to increase your chances.

A great blog can be a huge asset to you – it feels great to make and can bring attention to what you’re doing. The problem is that if nobody sees your post it’s not useful to anybody besides you. There are tons of suggestions around the internet to drive traffic to your blog and most of them work to some extent. Most aren’t so effective. There’s really only one way to create a popular blog: creating great content that can change people’s lives for the better. It’s about putting yourself out there and making a connection. Corbett Barr says it best, “Write Epic Shit.” Content is indeed king but without a spark even the best content will lie dormant forever without anybody seeing it.

universe bros — You live in an Epic Universe – make more Epic Stuff!

Before you post:

Keyword optimize your post. Put your main topics into Google Keyword Tool and title the post based on the most popular search terms.
Add pictures next to key items, it makes them carry more weight. Derek Halpbern of SocialTriggers has a GREAT post about using pictures in your posts.
Re-read your post to check for errors.

After you post use these to get in as many brains as possible:

Submit to Digg
Submit to Reddit
Submit to StumbleUpon
Post on Forums in niche
Submit to Yahoo Buzz
Submit to Delicious
Post to Twitter
Post to Facebook
Post to Myspace. Myspace is dead, long live Myspace.
Post to Google +
Post to YouTube (if applicable)
Submit to Technorati
Post to Pinterest (if applicable)
Post to LinkedIn
Provide SEO keywords for images
Directory submissions
RSS directory submits
Forum comments
Relevant blog comments
Social bookmarking
Refer to posts on Yahoo! Answers
Refer to posts on LinkedIn
Refer to posts on Quora
Press releases
Link to our own past AND future blog posts
Add to your email signature
Add to your signature in forums
Add to your next newsletter
Request other bloggers to mention your post

Submit Your Post — Put it everywhere! … and make it good enough for them to care.

You don’t need to do all of these things every time but the more places your post goes the more eyes you’ll find. You will quickly see what is really working

Play with these ideas and let us know what you think. Do you have any other ways you like to get your content out into the world? Post below and let us know what works for you!

Check out our Complete Formula to Get your First 10,000 Website Visitors

Additional resources you might be interested in:
How to Write Your First Blog Post
How to Blast Out of Obscurity
20 of The Most Effective Ways to Promote Your Products
Expert Blog Launch: Start Your Blog The Right Way
12 Lean Startup Tools to Launch and Run Your Business

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Will Mitchell

Will Mitchell is a serial entrepreneur and Founder of StartupBros. You can learn more about him at the Startupbros about page. If you have any questions or comments for him, just send an email or leave a comment!

140 comments add your comment

Aziz Malek
April 13, 2023 Reply

Hi Kyle,
Thanks for the list of good suggestions.
S. Mallik
August 21, 2019 Reply

I am searching for a good article about how to make my blog post viral on the internet…At last, I found your post, really the post is very helpful for me. I am going to apply these good tips on my blog. Hope it will work perfectly.
- Will Mitchell Chief Bro
  August 21, 2019 Reply
  
  Thanks for checking out the article!
S. Davis
July 19, 2019 Reply

How can I get my mom story go viral. Our dad cheated her of her Inheritance and wiped her out completely. My mom is disabled now but prior employed as an license nurse . We are trying to raise funds for A Attorney?
- Dubuc
  November 24, 2019 Reply
  
  Go to clickbank and look at the market
shubha@g
June 2, 2019 Reply

thanks. it helped a lot.
- Joel Oquendo OG Bro
  June 3, 2019 Reply
  
  Thanks for reading!
Glory Pachnanda
February 12, 2019 Reply

Hi Kyle,

I really like your article. Thanks for these tips.

Thank You so much
- Will Mitchell Chief Bro
  February 12, 2019 Reply
  
  Thanks for checking out the article!
Desi
June 29, 2018 Reply

Hi sir.
That’s really very impressive and very helpful for me
Thank You appreciate your post.
Dubai Blogger
June 20, 2018 Reply

Great research and information, Thanks.
praisejah omeje
June 16, 2018 Reply

thank you for this great idea suggestion. I will apply them on my new blog and see how they work
joyeuse
May 22, 2018 Reply

thank you fro the help i tried reddit for my site it was very helpful for me. i have blog on tech and on motivation stories of others
Marie Millar
April 5, 2018 Reply

My blog is about stalking with a pack mentality in the public service sectors. It is the hardest form of stalking to prove. The fire chief of Cleveland County Fire Brigade Ian Hayton supports my stalkers and condemns me as a nut-case and lunatic when I complain about my predators. Trivialising the actions of the Firemen and nurses that inflict harassment upon me. I do not understand why a Police Chief in Cleveland can be sacked when investigated for corruption. As in the case of Police Chief Shaun Price and his deputy Derek Bonnard, but the government will not investigate a Fire chief. Why?

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Virgie Buera (March 15, 2018): Thank you for sharing this informations. I mostly write about relationships, travel, self help encouragement, wisdom , foods and pets.. which one is the best one for me. Thank you.

Mia (February 18, 2018): This has really helped me as I was only using Twitter Facebook and Instagram etc. Which platforms have you guys found helped you the most?

Nomi (March 12, 2018): Let me know your blog.

Elise (February 15, 2018): Thank you for sharing this! I want to try Reddit but I do not know what subreddits allow you to share links. I mostly write about relationships, travel and shopping. I don't know which subreddit or social platform works for me. Thank you very much!

Maria (January 30, 2018): I tried this on my blog post and I was surprised to have received a lot of comments about my topic. I really believe this still works and I am happy I tried it. Its much more difficult to get on Reddit though

eShop Offers (January 19, 2018): what a article and still works

riz (January 15, 2018): Nice info.. thank you very much,. actually I want to start a blog I don't know know, I am a educator in mathematics and science, if possible can you give me some idea to start a blog at least..

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PlazaNG (December 29, 2017): Just saw this... and it still works

Jeevan Punetha (December 20, 2017): Thanks for sharing such amazing tips.....I will definitely try them in my blog....I hope it will work.

Kehnton (December 13, 2017): Thanks for sharing these insights. I will use them and see how it goes. Thank you!

Ymail (December 12, 2017): nice post i will try some tips

#unicorndabber (November 15, 2017): I don't have any of these Facebooks or Snapchats or Instagrams. Now what, huh?

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Subham Mitra (October 7, 2017): That's something really awesome..thanks for sharing :-)

Prashant (October 3, 2017): Hello, i want to know how to do Rss submission

Sunny J (October 2, 2017): I have started Songs review site that also features singers. Your article is very good and your list makes me coming again and again to your site. Please add some more sites . Its very useful. Sunny Jasrotia

peps (September 22, 2017): I'm looking for some techniques how to share my blog and I came across to this blog, it gives me idea how to reach to intended audience. Nice one! -Peps author of pepsncoks.com

bazmanv (September 12, 2017): Great post :) thank you for share

zite kevin (September 3, 2017): Cool Article.It's given me a headstart on how to set up my own blog.☺

Parmish Verma (August 19, 2017): Great post. However, it's really difficult to get other bloggers mention your posts... everyone wants unreasonable amount of money.

jimmy (August 4, 2017): Nice Article. Thanks for sharing. I like sharing on Reddit.

Sujan Pariyar (August 2, 2017): Thank you for the information. Planning to try it once.

Nasreen (July 29, 2017): I'm new to blogging and by reading your article, I've realized I'm doing it all wrong!lol I only try to reach people through facebook... Now I understand why I'm not getting the engagement I want.Thanks for the useful advice, I'll be working on those techniques and let you know how it worked out for me! :)

Laura E Wing (July 29, 2017): There are only 29 ways instead of 32.

Shailesh Chaudhary (July 29, 2017): Thanks, Very Useful article

Marie @mariestravels.com (July 22, 2017): Thanks for these really great tips! So far I only used my newsletter, Stumble Upon, Reddit and Facebook. Now I tried to post on the other websites as well. Let's hope it's working!

Chandan Jha (July 21, 2017): Thanks for sharing it ..this is useful for me ..i hope will revived more article like this ... thanks again

Josb (July 18, 2017): Well, thanks for the tips, my site is purely based on football

Jaswalonline (July 15, 2017): thank you for share a very useful information it will be very helpful for me..

Anupam M (July 11, 2017): Thank you for the suggestions. i have started my own blog on high school physics topics and trying to put the theory and data as lucidly as possible. I have implemented SEO tool in it and religiously following the tips along with creating good contents. thank you again. My blog is here: http://physicsteacher.in

Joel Oquendo (July 11, 2017): I'm glad that you found everything useful :) Please don't be a stranger!

Hiby (July 4, 2017): Really great tips here! Thanks for sharing them!

Unnikrishnan Nair (June 21, 2017): Hey, my website is wheelsandsouls.club and I have just started blogging. Im not good with content but I gather information from other news and magazines (8 - 10%) and put their reference for the crawlers....... is that any good for the website? Please suggest.

Faruk (June 19, 2017): Good Article very helpful post for blog

kevin gornishteyn (June 14, 2017): Hi I have own blog but I am getting traffic. Can You help me ??

Paul Akuj Da Hybrid (June 10, 2017): Cool, really Cool You are the best 👍😉

Nisha (June 5, 2017): Thanx For Usefull Info..

Swati Yadav (May 16, 2017): Thanks for such a great post.

Keiko (May 16, 2017): Thanks for writing up this list which is really helpful. I'm trying to start viral blogging, and these tips will definitely help! Thanks bro!

Bright Joe (May 16, 2017): Whew, thanks for sharing these tips. This is perhaps the best for Adsense earnings. Traffic is the key, so thanks mate!

Alena Sham (May 10, 2017): Thanks for your insight. I am aware of all of those things you said. I am working towards beginning some of those Ideas you suggested. I think you covered it well and I think they are all an absolute must. Ideas are wonderful, but unless we put them into action, nothing happens. Thanks for re-confirming what I have learnt so far

Dirim Chiasoka (May 5, 2017): Thanks for sharing these ideas and strategies, Kyle. Very useful. I gotta do more!

Ankur (April 11, 2017): Thanks for sharing it. I was looking for these motivational tips for my finance related blog. Great Post!!!

Rebecca Aziza (February 23, 2017): Nice article Kyle. But the above mentioned things I already do. But I don't get more traffic on my blog. Any suggestion?

Jeremiah Say (December 6, 2016): Does doing a blog comment and posting on forum makes a post go viral? No. It's the depth and quality of your content. The title is so misleading. It should be 32 ways to promote your blog post. These 32 ways will hardly make your post go viral.

pramit (September 27, 2016): Useful list, Kyle. I would say start with finding 'seeders' among your network.

Hotn Chill (September 9, 2016): I have viral blog i am new i that. How to find good keyword for posting viral blog post, Where to find updated content to gather information

Abhishek Patil (July 16, 2016): nice article kyle ..i have got a lot of insights from it ..thank you ...i can go viral now ..thanks again

Gali Hale (September 14, 2015): hi, Kyle! Thank you for helpful information .Good tips. I'll include it in my Viral Marketing Method.

Praveen (September 14, 2015): Thanks for sharing an informative article with us. Once few of my content gone viral for weeks and I am sure that the quality of the content takes the first place. You clearly mentioned the methods to get the viral traffic to the site that will certainly work.

Felipe Christiansen (September 9, 2015): I started my own Movie Reviews Web site a couple months ago. I was wondering if you can give me some good advice on where to Start making my site more popular. Check it out, Flipspicks.com

Kyle Eschenroeder (September 10, 2015): The best way to is to start submitting reviews to sites that are already popular, have your site as a secondary, and begin collecting email addresses :)

Lorena (September 8, 2015): Hey Kyle, Excellent post and tips! However, I have a questions I am sure you have answered before. Should I spin my article before submitting the platforms mentioned above or? Also, how do you post a link in a forums? Most of them do not allow links back to your site. Thank in advance for the answer, definitely saving this article and checking out some more :)

Preetam (August 19, 2015): Hey Kyle, Thanks for such a great post. Reddit and forums are definitely a place to make your content go viral.. I really liked the post and bookmarked your site.. :) Thanks, Preetam

Terinah DoBa (@ChaiiChi1) (August 11, 2015): I got intrigued with Yahoo buzz, but Google says it stopped operating in 2011?

kathy (July 29, 2015): Thanks for the feedback pretty new at this but greatly appreciated.:))

Atinder (July 27, 2015): Well, Bering an intermediate Blogger now, I can easily call these points as Bingo ways to promote quality content. I repeat "Quality Content" , that is the only way to go viral. i have seen many writing short low class post and then, start submitting to Reddit, StumbleUpon, Pinterest , etc. and then they expect the their post go viral, but it will not happen, unless the quality is of high quality. BTW, a Superb Post Kyle.

Fita Smith (December 1, 2016): I agreed with @atinder because sometimes we have done lot of efforts but not getting huge traffic. Its all depends on unique and fresh content with catchy headline.(emotionally attached with user).

bk (July 25, 2015): Indeed, content is king while the little spark can make all the different. There are sure a lot of sites listed here that can help to create the possible sparks.

Anand BV (July 23, 2015): Hey thanks for sharing. I like it

Aashi Sen (March 26, 2015): Very simple and practical information. Thanks for the great post.

Kishor Kr (March 19, 2015): That's a nice post. I agree having a great content is the foremost thing to make a blog popular, followed by appropriate SEO. I'd like to remind you though that some of the sharing options you mentioned are now in place now, like yahoo buzz & technorati.

Mia (March 11, 2015): Another you might want post is sharesomethingnew.com and have linked back to your site.

Sandeep (March 9, 2015): liked the straightforward, practical approach, Great post !!!

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Robert Traynor (November 18, 2014): Your list, while good, is not much different from a million similar lists posted all over the Internet. I would have liked to have seen some alternative ways of promoting blog posts, not the same ol' same ol'.

Kyle Eschenroeder (November 18, 2014): It's more of a checklist--sometimes you need to just remember to apply the basics instead of finding something that's different just to be different.

dekhzara (November 3, 2014): thanks for share useful information with us . Thanks admin :)

Asif (October 25, 2014): I have been using most of the websites you have mentioned, Stumble, Pinterest and Reddit seem to have worked for me very well.

Jitendra Gochhayat (September 13, 2014): Nice Article. Thanks for posting.Book marked!

Parmeet Singh Channa (August 12, 2014): Awesome post. Thank you for sharing such an amazing post . I am glad.

Tatym (August 8, 2014): Great advise! A good pal and I just started our blog, White Sand Gypsy, in hopes of inspiring people to travel around the worlds amazing beaches! 71% of this big huge amazing world be live in is water, meaning there are SO MANY possibilities when it comes to beaches to explore! Check us out if this is something that might interest you! http://white-sand-gypsys.blogspot.com/

Joanna Sanchez (July 4, 2014): I got a lot of great insight from this.

Ovais Mirza (June 24, 2014): Great social sites Kyle ! In fact if we continuously posting out site's link to these sites and our blog content is impressive enough to catch the attraction of the people than there is every chance that our content will have so many shares through these social sites and ultimately it can become viral.. Thanks Kyle for your valuable tips.. Regards, Ovais Mirza

DaveW (June 17, 2014): Tried Reddit. Posted a story/blog piece and got tons of looks. So posted another, and another. After about 5 I got banned for spamming, Apparently they frown on posting content from your own domain. Any suggestions to get around this or should I just post once in a while and hope it slips through?

Kyle Eschenroeder (June 17, 2014): Yeah, you get in trouble if you post too much. You can post from your domain and it's fine, it's best to SAY that it's from your domain though. We used team work for a while... can't get into the specific of that though ;)

carlie (September 21, 2015): Same thing happened to me! I wasn't aware that you aren't supposed to submit links. There is a section that says insert your link and the tittle so I went with it right? Well, I got these nasty moderators on Reddit writing sarcastic messages on how they don't care on why you post your links etc.. weird! I think I am done trying reddit . There are a million other sites out there-- who needs the negativity and nasty "welcome". Oh kyle no wonder it was team work. Yeah good like if you ar...

Tiffany (June 16, 2014): Great article and very useful tips.

Tumara (June 4, 2014): Thankyou sooo much!! Was so limited on places to post and now I have a whole list!!! :) Wonderful and soo helpful!

Kyle Eschenroeder (June 5, 2014): Awesome :D

Lawrence (May 25, 2014): This is cool and wonderful! About 6 points up there are still missing in what I gave done so far for my blog at least I will start with one immediately now Thanks

Kyle Eschenroeder (June 5, 2014): Which are we missing?

josh (May 22, 2014): There is also a super handy popup plugin for Wordpress that can seriously help some of your post to go viral.. it is called "Go Viral" I think is what it was called "Go Viral Popup Plugin" I think it is by Riviton or something like that, but I have seen this on ViralDoza, SFTimes.co, and many others. If you use Wordpress and want your stuff to go viral, that plugin will work wonders...

Kyle Eschenroeder (June 5, 2014): Cool, I'll check it out!

Amiti (April 29, 2014): Hi Kyle, First time here...nice blog. In regards to this post, I agree with you that only really good content can honestly have a chance of going viral, so I'd add more on how that can be done. Other than that, those are all useful places to share and help terrific content to viral.

Kyle Eschenroeder (April 29, 2014): Hi Amiti, I'm glad you like the post. I think you would enjoy https://startupbros.com/the-ultimate-writing-guide-for-entrepreneurs/ but you've given me an idea for a badass blogpost I may have to write soon....

Cassandra Louise Kline (April 2, 2014): Hey there. I came to this site because I want to learn how to make a post go viral. I am looking to find someone. This is probably a lost cause and stupid in most peoples eyes but I need to find this person. I have never met or seen anyone like them. I didn't get their name and I believe the power of the internet can and will work. I just need helping starting the search.

Kyle Eschenroeder (April 2, 2014): Cassandra! Tell us more...

Cassandra Louise Kline (April 2, 2014): I'm from Ohio. And on Fourth of July a few years ago I went to Cedar Point, an amusement park on Sandusky, Ohio. I'm waiting in line for the millennium force (a roller coaster) and there she is. A blonde standing in line in front of me. She was with a group of girls. She had a duke university shirt on, I think the sleeves were cut off. I spoke a few words to her but then after the ride lost her in the crowd. I went home that night searching the internet for woman athletics at duke university ...

Kyle Eschenroeder (April 3, 2014): That's a great story! Have you checked out Craigslist Missed Connections section?

Cassandra Louise Kline (April 4, 2014): Yes I tried that but I don't think she would even remember me lol. I made a post almost like a wanted poster a friend helped me with and I'm just gunna share and share and ask others to share. Fingers crossed lol :)

Sindhuja Iyer (March 25, 2014): Very Informative and neatly written.

Kurt Tasche (January 24, 2014): This is a great list of things to do to make your blog go viral. I never thought about linking to future posts. This is something I will definitely try out.

Derek Cullen (December 29, 2013): Great advice re the list of submissions, thanks a lot. This should help boost my site Derek

apoorv (December 28, 2013): A post worth reading

grimace73 (November 27, 2013): Good article, I'll be trying them soon on mine, Thanks for the advice!

mikemccann3 (October 27, 2013): StumbleUpon is a surprisingly great lead generator, I concur. I have had a lot of success with LinkedIn, primarily because I have a business blog (www.pickadirection.com), and it has been getting tons of attention. Great comprehensive list Kyle!

Cody Stevenson (October 26, 2013): Awesome post, Kyle! I have some work to do!!!

Mary M (January 17, 2014): I agree Cody. Great post Kyle. I'm hoping to recreate my blog for 2014, making it the best ever.

Mike Martinez (September 27, 2013): I'm impressed. The was an awesome to do list. Covered every base. Great job.

Alice (August 16, 2013): SumbleUpon works great for me! Trying Digg it! Thanks for this post.

Kyle Eschenroeder (August 16, 2013): Thanks Alice! Looking forward to The Sex Girl!

johnathan cranford (July 27, 2013): This is the best blog post ever written hands down. no contest.

Will Mitchell (August 2, 2013): That's quite the achievement - thanks! :)

Kurt Frankenberg (June 4, 2013): MMmm. ONE more platform to maybe add to the above list, round it out to thirty: AMAZON. Amazon is searchy, searchy gettin lots of traffic. If we are creating absolutely awesome content, time to turn those blog posts into books and sell 'em. With links to our other stuff. Just sayin. Keep Stepping, Kurt

Kyle Eschenroeder (June 6, 2013): Kurt! Thanks a ton! For helping push me and for making epically helpful stuff! Totally agree on the Amazon front - check this out :) http://www.amazon.com/Hate-Networking-Definitive-Non-Networking-ebook/dp/B00CP6H1HW/ We've been working with Zach Price who just launched http://blogintobook.com/ to get some of that ebook goodness going on. Got lots more plans to get out there. It's important to be where people already are and, like you said, AMAZON's got that kind of all-caps gathering of peo...

Kurt Frankenberg (April 4, 2014): Yessir, wrote a Kindle book called, "Get Paid TODAY!" and learning to hack the search to get more visible. Because my book offers useful, useable content it's a great lead generator. Instead of payING for leads (which is sooooo last decade ;-) ... partnering with Amazon has made it so that I get PAID per lead. Amazon finds the folks that want what my book teaches... Structuring a small biz to be profitable quickly instead of the traditional two years or more... and by acting in their o...

Gunjan Das (April 16, 2014): You can post your articles on http://www.addiqtd.com/ to earn more viewership

Kurt Frankenberg (June 4, 2013): Whoa. I had NO idea how many sites I maybe oughtta post to. Going to look up/start accounts right friggin NOW. I have to agree about the bolded text in your 2nd para: "There’s really only one way to create a popular blog: creating great content that can change people’s lives for the better. " I flipped my first blog for $87.5K plus residual commish... built it from the ground up with posts, email, and YouTube. Only THREE platforms, but I was genuinely creating great (read: HELPFUL) ...

ksmm101 (May 23, 2013): Great tips. I truly agree with them. First step would always be focusing on the content and making sure its the best piece f writing it can be both for search engines and people. Then sharing your content via social media sites. But the thing is getting others to share it. If the content is good it should share on its own. But there's nothing wrong with giving it a boost via social share exchange sites. ;) Great tips none the less. Keep up the good work.

Kyle Eschenroeder (May 23, 2013): Thanks man! Just checked out your blog and I'm already learning stuff!

ksmm101 (May 25, 2013): I'm glad to hear that you learned something new, as did I(Yahoo Buzz). This is why we are here, or should be I think. To teach, help each other and grow. But I think people need to make a habit of doing things in your list. Not everything needs to be done right away, just go along with the flow.

Uncle Sam (August 2, 2015): Hello, i just started my own blog and i really need more tips. The site engages audience from Nigeria mostly because it is meant t encourage a certain indigenous language. Any extra tip?

Will Mitchell (May 25, 2013): This post, coupled with your post Make Your Blog Post Go Viral – In 60 Minutes or Less, would be a killer combination!

ksmm101 (May 25, 2013): Yes, indeed it would be!

Alan (November 22, 2014): I've asked people to share or like on Facebook, but no one did. I'm not looking to go completely viral, but a few shares and likes would have been nice from my friends.

Kyle Eschenroeder (November 24, 2014): Friends are useless when it comes to that... you will always be disappointed by friends/family if you want them to sell your stuff for you.

Jeremy Cook (October 27, 2012): So I tried to look up "Mixx" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixx - Seems this is a bit outdated.

Will Mitchell (October 27, 2012): Thanks Jeremy, we got that out of these

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