Forget Going Viral ... Go Bacterial!

BloggingBookshelf.com presents FORGET GOING VIRAL... GO BACTERIAL! GOING VIRAL GOING BACTERIAL Much more traffic than usual. More traffic than usual but not that much more than usual. to go vi-ral [verb] To use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives (such as product sales) through self-replicating viral processes. [Thanks, Wikipedia!) to go bac-te-ri-al [verb] To choose to leverage your own pre-existing social network to increase brand awareness or traffic. Usually not as widespread or self-replicating as the viral process, but easier to implement. Going viral is GREAT, but it's not something you have a ton of control over. YOU can control when your stuff goes bacterial. HOW to Go Bacterial At CREATE BETTER-THAN-USUAL CONTENT. This could be a big ol' list, an epic long blog post, a new ebook, etc. CREATE A GUEST POST FOR ANOTHER BLOG and ask that it get published the same day your better-than-usual content post goes live, or just schedule your post around the guest post publication date. Publish Guest Postl Once your better-than-usual content has been published, go ahead and SHARE IT through Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, and whatever other social networking and social bookmarking sites you want. SEND OUT EMAILS to your friends and the people in your network. Ask them very nicely to do you a huge favor and specifically Tweet, Digg, Stumble, share, like, email, or whatever that post. Maybe you could even ask them to write about it on their blogs. COMMENT ONA TON OF OTHER BLOGS in your niche the same day or the day before your better-than-usual content gets posted. Be generous with your retweets, Diggs, etc., and tell the bloggers that you retweeted (or whatever) the post. Sit back and enjoy as your stuff GOES BACTERIAL. It will spread to the far corners of your network and even beyond. You'll see an influx of new visitors, subscribers, shares, and comments. And who knows... The post might even GO VIRAL from there! BloggingBookshelf.com BloggingBookshelf.com presents FORGET GOING VIRAL... GO BACTERIAL! GOING VIRAL GOING BACTERIAL Much more traffic than usual. More traffic than usual but not that much more than usual. to go vi-ral [verb] To use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives (such as product sales) through self-replicating viral processes. [Thanks, Wikipedia!) to go bac-te-ri-al [verb] To choose to leverage your own pre-existing social network to increase brand awareness or traffic. Usually not as widespread or self-replicating as the viral process, but easier to implement. Going viral is GREAT, but it's not something you have a ton of control over. YOU can control when your stuff goes bacterial. HOW to Go Bacterial At CREATE BETTER-THAN-USUAL CONTENT. This could be a big ol' list, an epic long blog post, a new ebook, etc. CREATE A GUEST POST FOR ANOTHER BLOG and ask that it get published the same day your better-than-usual content post goes live, or just schedule your post around the guest post publication date. Publish Guest Postl Once your better-than-usual content has been published, go ahead and SHARE IT through Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, and whatever other social networking and social bookmarking sites you want. SEND OUT EMAILS to your friends and the people in your network. Ask them very nicely to do you a huge favor and specifically Tweet, Digg, Stumble, share, like, email, or whatever that post. Maybe you could even ask them to write about it on their blogs. COMMENT ONA TON OF OTHER BLOGS in your niche the same day or the day before your better-than-usual content gets posted. Be generous with your retweets, Diggs, etc., and tell the bloggers that you retweeted (or whatever) the post. Sit back and enjoy as your stuff GOES BACTERIAL. It will spread to the far corners of your network and even beyond. You'll see an influx of new visitors, subscribers, shares, and comments. And who knows... The post might even GO VIRAL from there! BloggingBookshelf.com BloggingBookshelf.com presents FORGET GOING VIRAL... GO BACTERIAL! GOING VIRAL GOING BACTERIAL Much more traffic than usual. More traffic than usual but not that much more than usual. to go vi-ral [verb] To use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives (such as product sales) through self-replicating viral processes. [Thanks, Wikipedia!) to go bac-te-ri-al [verb] To choose to leverage your own pre-existing social network to increase brand awareness or traffic. Usually not as widespread or self-replicating as the viral process, but easier to implement. Going viral is GREAT, but it's not something you have a ton of control over. YOU can control when your stuff goes bacterial. HOW to Go Bacterial At CREATE BETTER-THAN-USUAL CONTENT. This could be a big ol' list, an epic long blog post, a new ebook, etc. CREATE A GUEST POST FOR ANOTHER BLOG and ask that it get published the same day your better-than-usual content post goes live, or just schedule your post around the guest post publication date. Publish Guest Postl Once your better-than-usual content has been published, go ahead and SHARE IT through Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, and whatever other social networking and social bookmarking sites you want. SEND OUT EMAILS to your friends and the people in your network. Ask them very nicely to do you a huge favor and specifically Tweet, Digg, Stumble, share, like, email, or whatever that post. Maybe you could even ask them to write about it on their blogs. COMMENT ONA TON OF OTHER BLOGS in your niche the same day or the day before your better-than-usual content gets posted. Be generous with your retweets, Diggs, etc., and tell the bloggers that you retweeted (or whatever) the post. Sit back and enjoy as your stuff GOES BACTERIAL. It will spread to the far corners of your network and even beyond. You'll see an influx of new visitors, subscribers, shares, and comments. And who knows... The post might even GO VIRAL from there! BloggingBookshelf.com BloggingBookshelf.com presents FORGET GOING VIRAL... GO BACTERIAL! GOING VIRAL GOING BACTERIAL Much more traffic than usual. More traffic than usual but not that much more than usual. to go vi-ral [verb] To use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives (such as product sales) through self-replicating viral processes. [Thanks, Wikipedia!) to go bac-te-ri-al [verb] To choose to leverage your own pre-existing social network to increase brand awareness or traffic. Usually not as widespread or self-replicating as the viral process, but easier to implement. Going viral is GREAT, but it's not something you have a ton of control over. YOU can control when your stuff goes bacterial. HOW to Go Bacterial At CREATE BETTER-THAN-USUAL CONTENT. This could be a big ol' list, an epic long blog post, a new ebook, etc. CREATE A GUEST POST FOR ANOTHER BLOG and ask that it get published the same day your better-than-usual content post goes live, or just schedule your post around the guest post publication date. Publish Guest Postl Once your better-than-usual content has been published, go ahead and SHARE IT through Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, and whatever other social networking and social bookmarking sites you want. SEND OUT EMAILS to your friends and the people in your network. Ask them very nicely to do you a huge favor and specifically Tweet, Digg, Stumble, share, like, email, or whatever that post. Maybe you could even ask them to write about it on their blogs. COMMENT ONA TON OF OTHER BLOGS in your niche the same day or the day before your better-than-usual content gets posted. Be generous with your retweets, Diggs, etc., and tell the bloggers that you retweeted (or whatever) the post. Sit back and enjoy as your stuff GOES BACTERIAL. It will spread to the far corners of your network and even beyond. You'll see an influx of new visitors, subscribers, shares, and comments. And who knows... The post might even GO VIRAL from there! BloggingBookshelf.com BloggingBookshelf.com presents FORGET GOING VIRAL... GO BACTERIAL! GOING VIRAL GOING BACTERIAL Much more traffic than usual. More traffic than usual but not that much more than usual. to go vi-ral [verb] To use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives (such as product sales) through self-replicating viral processes. [Thanks, Wikipedia!) to go bac-te-ri-al [verb] To choose to leverage your own pre-existing social network to increase brand awareness or traffic. Usually not as widespread or self-replicating as the viral process, but easier to implement. Going viral is GREAT, but it's not something you have a ton of control over. YOU can control when your stuff goes bacterial. HOW to Go Bacterial At CREATE BETTER-THAN-USUAL CONTENT. This could be a big ol' list, an epic long blog post, a new ebook, etc. CREATE A GUEST POST FOR ANOTHER BLOG and ask that it get published the same day your better-than-usual content post goes live, or just schedule your post around the guest post publication date. Publish Guest Postl Once your better-than-usual content has been published, go ahead and SHARE IT through Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, and whatever other social networking and social bookmarking sites you want. SEND OUT EMAILS to your friends and the people in your network. Ask them very nicely to do you a huge favor and specifically Tweet, Digg, Stumble, share, like, email, or whatever that post. Maybe you could even ask them to write about it on their blogs. COMMENT ONA TON OF OTHER BLOGS in your niche the same day or the day before your better-than-usual content gets posted. Be generous with your retweets, Diggs, etc., and tell the bloggers that you retweeted (or whatever) the post. Sit back and enjoy as your stuff GOES BACTERIAL. It will spread to the far corners of your network and even beyond. You'll see an influx of new visitors, subscribers, shares, and comments. And who knows... The post might even GO VIRAL from there! BloggingBookshelf.com