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3 Viral Marketing Lessons from the Rise and Fall of the Fidget Spinner

Content Standard

So it goes with viral trends, including viral marketing. Whether it’s a product like the fidget spinner or an Internet meme, virality can come and go in the blink of an eye. When a brand hits the viral jackpot, it can be transformative. Lesson 1: Viral Trends Are Hard to Predict.

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9 Calculators Every SaaS Company Need – No Code SaaS Calculators

Outgrow

Reports suggest that the growth in revenue in SaaS companies is directly correlated to the measure of marketing efficiency. Something humorous enough can go viral in no time. Remember Michael Dublin’s 2012 YouTube video for Dollar Shave Club that got almost 23 Million views? . The need of the hour is interactive content.

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How Much Money Has Been Invested In Content Marketing Technology

Marketing Insider Group

2012 to 2014 really built industry momentum. The numbers ticking up correlates with what we’ve seen in the industry – brands finally “getting” that content marketing is a necessity, not a nice-to-have; and that the best brands in each space stand out because of it. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/virally. CrunchBase.

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13 Tips on How To Go Viral in 2020

Scoop.it

We have all been on the internet for most of our lives, and inevitably we had to ask ourselves a question – why is this viral and this is not. Virality is like alchemy. Most of the viral videos appeared randomly, creators were not expecting them to be so successful. You can not treat it like a science. Be Genuine.

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Why Brands Need To Act Like Publishers

Marketing Insider Group

It was launched in 2012 to provide a platform for internal and external thought leadership. And it’s certainly NOT about making “viral videos.” I have found that there is a direct correlation between our ability to provide value online to our ability to gain an audience’s attention offline. New business has to be earned.

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Page-Level On-Site Optimization

seo.co

I’ve seen incredibly short posts circulate virally and earn tons of links and long-winded detail-stuffed eBooks get practically no attention. For example, if you have higher-than-average CTRs, you’ll have a tendency to move higher in rankings; still, this is hard to measure because of the correlation between ranking and CTRs.

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How to Rank Without Building Backlinks

seo.co

There is a direct correlation between both the quality and quantity of recent backlinks and search engine rankings. From 2012-2019 , digital marketer Neil Patel has generated an average of 53,459 visitors and 875 backlinks per infographic. And while they’ve become more commonplace today, they’re still incredibly powerful.