Before founding BuzzFeed, Jonah Peretti helped launch the Huffington Post. In part three of our “Media Beat” interview, the founder shares his experiences using social media to boost traffic.
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The social media mavens at BuzzFeed are always on the lookout for the stories that draw a gut reaction from the social web. In part two of our “Media Beat” interview with Jonah Peretti, the BuzzFeed co-founder explains how to predict when a video will go viral. You’re going to want to take notes.
If you are like many online marketers, you are tirelessly searching for the key to creating a successful viral campaign. Last month, BuzzFeed and Huffington Post co-founder Jonah Peretti gave an awesome talk at the New York Viral Media Meetup. In his talk, entitled ‘Mormons, Mullets and Maniacs’, Peretti offered up some great tips on how to go viral with your online campaigns, and we’ve compiled his talk, as well as some of our own ideas, into seven tips for viral success. Although there is no true recipe for going viral, these tips are a great starting point and you should keep them in mind before embarking on your next online marketing campaign.
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