BYMUHAMMAD OMARBRAND MANAGER ASST. @ SARMADY – A VODAFONE COMPANYCO-FOUNDER/ BLOGGER @ E3LANGI.COM презентация

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book in the past 12 months said that what they enjoyed most was learning, gaining knowledge, and discovering information.
15% cited the pleasures of escaping reality, becoming immersed in another world, and the enjoyment they got from using their imaginations.
12% said they liked the entertainment value of reading, the drama of good stories, the suspense of watching a good plot unfold.
12% said they enjoyed relaxing while reading and having quiet time.
6% liked the variety of topics they could access via reading and how they could find books that particularly interested them.
4% said they enjoy finding spiritual enrichment through reading and expanding their worldview.
3% said they like being mentally challenged by books.

relishes the recent Facebook updates to wean out clickbait headlines. “I think updates at Facebook better reward niche content. Now we have opportunities to create things for really targeted audiences.” He called it a “refreshing departure” from the traditional media model where publishers are encouraged to create content that appeals to 80 percent of the population.

It’s perhaps especially rewarding for brands that inherently target niche audiences. Brafton’s reported success for small publishers from similar Facebook updates in the past.

FACEBOOK IS YOUR BEST SOCIAL NETWORK

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through thoughtful consideration of what information to include in content, or how to title pieces. “The closest approach to SEO we have is asking, “What would people look for in Google, or how would people search for this.”
Brafton takes a similar approach; this content for SEO eBook is not what many marketers might expect, but instead offers actionable strategies on how to answer user queries throughout the marketing funnel….

THE TRAFFIC

BEHAVIORS NOT SEARCH ENGINES

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Perhaps this is not a surprise, since 75 percent of Buzzfeed data comes from social.

“Back when Google used Twitter, BuzzFeed definitely saw SEO wins. Now that it crawls Pinterest, our lifestyle section has gotten a big search boost.”

THE TRAFFIC

SOCIAL & SEARCH

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Line”
the target audience they see as most valuable are the “bored at work,” those who have jobs that use computers but are able to spend a substantial amount of time browsing the Internet without supervision. This general audience is typically looking for content that will:
1- Alleviate boredom
2- Connect with their current frustrations
For the “Bored at Work” group, content that is NSFW (not safe for work) is usually shared at a significantly lower rate. Additionally, NSFW content is generally not something people are eager to share with broad groups of their friends or family.
BuzzFeed also targets the “Bored in Line,” or those who consume content on their mobile phones while waiting. They found that this audience was the principal driver of social sharing. Making sure their content was mobile-enabled and quick and easy to consume on phones led to significant gains over the last several years. Now, more than 1/3 of all BuzzFeed traffic is from mobile.

THE AUDIENCE

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common denominator when creating content would be the most effective, but this might not always be the case. Targeting a specific audience can be extremely successful. For example, look at this BuzzFeed article: “21 Problems All Sarcastic People Understand,” which has reached more than 5.5 million views since May 12.
This type of post helps attract people who believe they have a certain characteristic, experience, or opinion -- in this case, anyone who self-identifies as sarcastic. (Which, turns out, is a lot of people.) This sort of post generates interest from lots of like-minded people, who then share it with more like-minded people, which leads to more and more pageviews. 

THE AUDIENCE

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publication should, and it’s their attention to detail that allows their content to remain clear and consistent. They break down the proper usage of everything from “Republican National Convention”  to “duckface” (one word) so that all of their articles, quizzes, etc. have the same appearance. This helps create a solidified brand as well as make their content feel more familiar to those who see articles popping up on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Another takeaway from the style guide is the fact that BuzzFeed chooses to determine the appropriate style for words and terms people may find facetious, like “man-child,” “J.Law,” and “1D” (an abbreviation for One Direction), but giving these “silly” phrases a space in their official style book indicates how seriously BuzzFeed takes pop culture and the subjects its readers care about. It’s acknowledging that while some of the topics may be light-hearted, that doesn’t make them unworthy of attention. They’re not afraid to speak the language of their readers, which is vital for a sustaining connection.

THE AUDIENCE

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a middle-aged mom

Of course, you need to keep your ideal audience in mind, but for many brands, this seemingly silly standard is a great way to keep yourself from getting too controversial in your attempt to get your content noticed.

THE AUDIENCE

THE MOM RULE

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10 percent text. This is a magical ratio for viral content. Even if animated GIFs were outlawed tomorrow, the image-heavy style of BuzzFeed articles would still work.

CONTENT COMPONENTS

THE CONTENT

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of their successful content fits into. These include:
LOL: Humorous content
Win: Content that is particularly useful, ingenious, or admirable
OMG: Content that is shocking
Cute: Self explanatory, generally animal-based content
Trashy: Schadenfreude-esque content. People like to feel better about themselves by mocking or ridiculing the failures of others, especially the famous
Fail: Content that points out the failings of both individuals and society -- a way for everyone to collectively vent through shared frustrations
WTF: Strange, bizarre, and other curiosity-triggering content
Consider these types of content when brainstorming your content. Always ask yourself, how will this content make the reader react.

THE CONTENT

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built around quality and shared values, not on how many times you appear in their feed.
In another unusual strategy for a site focused on viral content, UpWorthy staff say that breaking a story does not matter very much to them:
“We’ve seen no advantage to jumping on something first. Actually, a lot of our biggest hits have been things that were already circulating around. Topicality matters but newness doesn’t.”

THE FIRST IS NOT ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL

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a new angle, creating a new spin on an already published story. You don’t always have to start with a blank page -- it’s OK to work with what’s out there as long as you provide some sort of value. In fact, seeing what’s out there and what works is crucial to better understanding what audiences are looking for.

ORIGINALITY IS OVERRATED

THE CONTENT

Maybe one of the most widely used examples of this is the, “What kind of _______ are you?” quiz. Just doing a BuzzFeed search on the words “What kind of” will provide a snapshot of how niche some of these surveys are getting (“What Kind of Pizza Are You Based On Your Star Sign”), but it’s because it’s been identified that they work. When you know an audience responds to a certain setup, see what other ways you can use that setup with different content.

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counterintuitive as that may sound -- sometimes, resurfacing old content can work wonders. Upworthy actually digs through the Internet archives to find compelling stories that originally went under the radar. 
As Upworthy co-founder Peter Koechley said, there’s plenty of content on the Internet, but because there’s so much, it’s hard to identify the best media. That’s the task Upworthy has taken upon itself. Co-founder Eli Pariser estimates that Upworthy only publishes about 60 pieces of content a week in order to make sure each story can genuinely garner interest. 
And there’s a hidden benefit -- because the content isn’t necessarily timely, that means it’s very unlikely another publisher will be discussing the same stories. This is much, much harder to accomplish with recent news and trends.

CURATION IS UNDERRATED

THE CONTENT

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profane.
If you’re struggling to find something to make for dinner (mundane), why not try WHAT THE FUCK SHOULD I MAKE FOR DINNER? (profane).
Sex, lies, and bathroom humor, all words used to define this type of content, and a surefire way to get people talking.

THE CONTENT

THE 6 BUTTONS YOU NEED TO PUSH

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degree; exceptional.
Unusual doesn’t have to be completely new, it just has to be uncommon enough to leave an impression.
Unusual content is the “Did you hear about…” kind of content, something about the presentation or the information makes people do a double-take, and therefore gets them to talk.

THE CONTENT

THE 6 BUTTONS YOU NEED TO PUSH

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of content that isn’t necessarily shocking to one’s morals, but shocking to one’s previous experiences.
The kind of content that makes you actually speak to your screen, even if you’re all alone in your room: “What the…?”
It doesn’t always have to invoke anger, but it often does.
Sometimes it just invokes excitement, as in: “I can’t believe they are doing that!”
Take Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit, the online tale of a personal fitness model who purposefully let himself get fat, so that he could show how to get fit again.

THE CONTENT

THE 6 BUTTONS YOU NEED TO PUSH

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though, make sure it fits your actual personality and it’s not coming off as forced, as that will push some buttons, but in the completely wrong way.

THE CONTENT

THE 6 BUTTONS YOU NEED TO PUSH

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a combination of creativity, execution, and intrinsic value to the reader.

THE CONTENT

THE 6 BUTTONS YOU NEED TO PUSH

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or privileged.
I was able to reveal a secret to you because it was new to you, my “initiated and privileged” audience.

THE CONTENT

THE 6 BUTTONS YOU NEED TO PUSH

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to go viral
Positive content performs better than negative content
Articles viewed as “practically useful” often performed very well
Even if your content is dry by necessity, you may be able to include a related image that generates emotion.
The most successful of buzzfeed posts, like “The 45 Most Powerful images of 2011” It’s important to analyze data, but you can’t underestimate the importance of human emotion.

EMOTIONS SELL

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emotional impact, but what about several? What if you publish multiple examples of content that trigger a certain emotion under one post? This sort of “stacking” multiplies the power of the post and can be a very useful tool when trying to influence an audience.

THE CONTENT

EMOTIONS SELL

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AIDS Patient
- The Promise and Power of RNA
These headlines speak volumes about the types of content that evoke this response.
Exhaustive content, an article in the form of a real-life story (experienced or just covered by you), or a solution to a nagging problem that readers thought they’d never find a solution for fits the bill here.
Content that is just “too good to be true”, you’ll see how effective it is if you pick up any newspaper

THE CONTENT

EMOTION OF AWE

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Bonuses
- Loan Titans Paid McCain Adviser Nearly $2 Million
You’ll notice how the headlines above seek to invoke a sense of disbelief in the reader before they’ve even clicked through.
That’s the power of invoking anger.
When you relay a message that makes people mad, they will want justice, they will also want their voice to be heard.
This kind of content goes viral because people will go out of their way to leave a remark (in the forms of shares & blog posts as well).
Just don’t go around pissing people off all the time! 

THE CONTENT

EMOTION OF ANGER

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Fit Passion for Running
- Pecking, but No Order, on Streets of East Harlem (story about a bunch of chickens running around Harlem!)
Surprise can be one of the most powerful forms of content to create, if only because you can use it more often than the others.
“Awe” and “anger” both evoke strong emotional responses, but would you really want to go to a site that constantly has you in awe or in anger?. I don’t think so.
On the flip side, would you like a site that surprises you with every post?. I think you get my point!

THE CONTENT

EMOTION OF SURPRISE

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Two Decades
- Home Prices Seem Far from Bottom
People hate losing things they already have, even more than they hate missing out on potentially winning things.
That’s the science behind the psychological process of loss aversion, which is described as:
people’s tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring gains. Some studies suggest that losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, as gains.
You don’t have to tell people the world is falling down, you just have to have your headline convince potential readers that they could be losing out BIG, but you have the way to fix things.

THE CONTENT

EMOTION OF ANXIETY/ FEAR

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with the City
- Tony Award for Philanthropy
Surprising enough, people still like to hear about good things happening to people other than themselves!
Joy is often best used in personal story or tale that aims to connect with readers.
Funny, inspiring, uplifting, just put a smile on their face at the end of it.

THE CONTENT

EMOTION OF JOY

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of Infidelity
The thing is people can lust over more than just sex.
Money, feeling attractive, success, the name of the game here is tantalizing people with results.
Case studies often do this well, as they present “lustful” results (“Damn, I wish I had those results!”) while maintaining a ‘non-braggart’ demeanor.
Otherwise, sell potential, and you’ll have readers lusting.

THE CONTENT

EMOTION OF LUST

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PUSH / EMOTIONS THEY SELL?

THE CONTENT

CASE

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Secret
Emotions:
- Joy
- Anxiety
- Surprise (maybe even Awe)

THE CONTENT

CASE

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but only 2 out of 10 will read the rest.
CLICKABLE HEADLINES:
Don’t give the full story away in the headline
Don’t give everything away in the excerpt or image
Don’t be shrill; allow people to form their own opinions
Don’t bum people out: emotional content should be focused on excitement, surprise, and even anger, but never sadness
Don’t sexualize or go for “shock and awe” headlines that your mom would disapprove of (more on that later).
Don’t be too clever. as clever writing can result in a confusing message.

THE HEADLINE

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published.

The article is a waste. A good headline can be the difference between 1,000 people and 1,000,000 people reading something.

The team emphasizes a rule that all copywriters need to learn.

THE STORY OF UPWORTHY HEADLINES

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that might offend people.

THE IMAGE

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uses to gauge success is sharing. “It’s not the only one, but we view shares as a snapshot of what people thought was ‘good enough’ to pass on,” he said.
At the same time, he reaffirmed that his teams don’t pick apart the most popular pieces to create a secret formula that will be imposed on all future pieces. Instead, he advised content creators and marketers to evaluate high-performing posts, “By asking, ‘What’s the underlying dynamic happening, and how can I look at that with data?’ Use that approach to come up with more content that people really want.”
He expanded on this idea, saying, “When people share cute kitten videos, they’re not interested in ‘the topic of cats.’ They’re interested in an emotion. We’ve always taken a social view to our analysis”

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entertaining content to others. We think about what our friends want to know, and try to help them out.
78% Self-definition. We share to define ourselves to others. Perhaps this notion is better phrased as, “you are what you share.” People consciously shape their online persona by the types of things they share.
69% Empathy. We share to strengthen and nourish our relationships. Sharing shows someone else we’re thinking about them and we care.
68% Connectedness. We share to get credit and feedback for being a good sharer, to feel valuable in the eyes of others.
84% Evangelism. We share to spread the word about a cause or brand we believe in.

FIVE PRIMARY MOTIVATIONS TO SHARE

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word about good causes. Motivated by altruism (of course), empathy, connectedness and evangelism. They tend to share on email and Facebook.
Careerists are professionals with strong networks, who like to share serious, useful content and build a reputation for doing so. Motivated by self-definition and connectedness. They tend to use email and LinkedIn.
Hipsters tend to be young and male. They like to start conversations and show who they are by sharing. Motivated by self-definition, empathy and connectedness. They tend to use Twitter and Facebook.
Boomerangs want to get a reaction. They like to start debate and generate lots of comments, positive or negative. Motivated by connectedness. They tend to share on many platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, email and blogs.
Connectors are mostly female, and they share to stay close with their friends. They like content that can lead to offline experiences. Motivated by empathy and connectedness. They tend to share on email and Facebook.
Selectives are older and more traditional. They share limited information of specific value to specific people. Motivated by altruism and connectedness. They tend to share on email.

SIX TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE

IT’S ALL ABOUT SHARING

IT DEPENDS ON YOUR AUDIENCE, INDUSTRY, COUNTRY, YOUR SELF EXPERIENCE. BUT HERE ARE SOME FIGURES COULD BE BENEFICIAL:

BEST TIMES TO SHARE:

BEST TIMES TO SHARE / SOCIAL PLATFORM

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of it.
Typical piece on Upworthy is 50% more likely to be shared than its equivalent on Buzzfeed, and more than twice as likely to be shared than if it were on Mashable.

ASK SHARING POLITELY

IT’S ALL ABOUT SHARING

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a chance to enjoy your content before presumptuously hankering for a Facebook like or an email signup.

If they haven’t gotten to know your content yet, chances are they’ll close off your pop-up without consideration. Instead, create a pop-up that appears after scrolling below the fold.

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pop-ups didn’t cause an outrage, and, in fact, increased sharing (and later sign-ups) by some dramatic percentages:

ALLOW THE VIEWER TO ENGAGE BEFORE OFFERING A POP-UP

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Bitly/ Goo.gl and Facebook demographics. It’s rare to see any site pour this amount of effort into each and every post.

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subscribe to it, and go on their way. We figure we’ll be able to reach back out to them again.
As a social site, it’s no surprise that the team heavily relies on Facebook, but what you might find interesting is that they recognize the power of email marketing and place their newsletter as a top priority.
Pageview farms don’t have this intent of keeping like-minded people around. UpWorthy’s strategy of qualifying visitors and focusing on community building over meaningless drive-by traffic is a key part of their success.

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to hear from you again. Chances are that they actually do want to keep in touch, or they wouldn’t have signed up to your list in the first place. They probably just don’t want to hear from you quite as often. Design your unsubscribe form around the assumption that the person who clicked unsubscribe still likes your company, and you can slash your unsubscribe rate.

Do away with default unsubscribe forms

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proven way to get people more invested in a cause, argument, or belief?
Give them an enemy.
According to the fascinating study on Social Categorization and Inter-group Behavior, the quickest way to get people to form groups is to give them another group to compete against.
The lead researcher Henri Tajfel found that when people were divided by even the most trivial of choices, they were still willing to hand out real rewards to their ‘in-group,’ and would readily discriminate the other ‘outsiders.’
As a behavioral psychology geek, this study fascinates me because it’s a proven example of why people can become so heated over arguments that seem pointless to a third party. Often, it’s the division between groups as much as the argument itself that creates the controversy.

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seen, division works because it turns a casual discussion into a heated debate by pitting people against each other.
But it works best when it’s able to trigger ‘high-arousal emotions’ from those who are partaking in the debate.
Recent academic research from Wharton on What Makes Online Content Go Viral shows that the content that is most likely to go viral is any work that evokes a strong emotional reaction from the reader.
Specifically, the emotions of Awe, Anger, Anxiety/Fear, Joy, Lust, and Surprise were most effective.
Content that inspires low-energy emotions like sadness is less likely to be shared, where content that inspires high-energy emotions like awe, anger, and anxiety is far more likely to be shared.

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topics

if you want to get people talking online, it’s best to avoid topics of ‘high’ controversy on your business blog.

(‘High’ controversy means things like politics, religion, and tragedies.)

Why? According to the researchers:

[Data] shows that controversy increases likelihood of discussion at low levels, but beyond a moderate level of controversy, additional controversy actually decreases likelihood of discussion.

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by publishing content meant to inspire or shed light on an issue or cause. People who want to make a difference or participate in the discussion will share this content to ignite conversation or even encourage action.

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THE TIME

Don’t be discouraged if every piece of content you create isn’t a home run. Sure, you see BuzzFeed and Upworthy posts constantly shared on social media, but you’re not seeing the ones that miss the mark. While many of their top posts have received hundreds of thousands of views, 66% of Upworthy’s posts haven’t broken the 20,000-views mark. Now, 20,000 views is still a significant amount, but in the context of Upworthy, it puts into perspective how not every article is going to go super-viral.

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content, it’s easy to forget one of the most important criteria: making your content human. This means focusing on the human aspect of stories -- forgetting to do this can make your content seem contrived and robotic. Ask yourself: Why would people want to read this?
Here are some human themes that Upworthy cites as being engaging, along with some recent examples:
Stories that are mind-blowing (Ex: “Scientists Studying the Big Bang Have Discovered Some Bananas-Crazy Information”)
Stories featuring raw, honest human moments (Ex: “Watch a Man Who Saved 669 Children from Death Camps Get a Tearful Surprise on TV”)
Stories featuring the good guys defeating the bad guys (Ex: “A Kid Stands Up to Literally Everyone in His Class”)
Stories that say exactly what readers are thinking (Ex: “Just a Couple of Women Sitting on Stairs Breaking Down Everything That’s Wrong with the Media”)
When you remember you’re dealing with a real audience and not just metrics, you’ll remember that these stories should, deep down, be about humanity.

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past success, instead of focusing on what’s next. “The human brain is great at telling stories in hindsight that are wrong.”

Viral content, he pointed out, only achieves the status of “viral content” after the fact. Creation has to start with genuine appeal to users, not a calculated check list of “what makes content work.”

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I Am Not The Target.

They’re not catering their product to couch potatoes. That’s why their YouTube account is both viral and intense. Don’t expect calm, relaxing videos -- all their content is high energy and intense. They are an energy drink, after all.