-Concreteness: There is something called the Curse of Knowledge. If you have ever been to a doctor, you know what I am talking about. It is the point when someone knows so much about a topic that it is impossible for other people to know what is he talking about. It is fairly easy when you are talking about something you know a lot, to start talking in abstract terms other people don’t understand. Don’t fall in this curse when you are writing your content. If people don’t understand you when you are talking, they would not only not share it, but they would leave your site. Try to speak in concrete terms that anybody could understand. Ask yourself when you read your content Would I had understood it if I knew nothing about this theme?. You could even give it to someone that knows nothing about it and ask them What have you not understand?.

Also, you have to know your audience, if you are writing to an expert audience don’t use to simple language.

-Credibility: Earning credibility is hard when you are starting off, but you can do it by some methods:

    -Citing an authority in the field if you can

    -Statistics: obviously being able to provide numbers make you seem more professional but don’t become too scientific. A whole bunch of numbers bored people, you need to make those statistics clearer. Tell a story with the statistic, show them an example, find a way to make the statistics more comprehensible.

    -Details: they help credibility, unconsciously we give more power to a story with some details, not too much don’t derail from your message, but a few details make it seem more believable. Psychologist even found that details help even when they are not related to the core message. These researchers gave to arguments to two groups of people, and they found the message had more effect when it contained a detail not related to the core argument.



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EAPoe Premium
That is the best written and most enlightening piece I have read in a long time! Fuggetabout the Spanish derivations! You have a fine grasp i=on the actual point of fictional literature (Books). Go for it! write one! your style is excellent!
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uakoko Premium
AMEN!
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manuor Premium
Thank you very much I am really glad you liked it
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uakoko Premium
Thank you SO much for your hard work in putting this together. It is a very valuable lesson, and, yes, I took lots of notes. When you talked about things going viral, that triggered a memory from a few years ago. It was a photo that was taken of the Queen and sitting next to her on a curb was a Scottish guy in a kilt. There was a parade or something of the sort. The poor Scot's whole three piece set was on view in the photo under his kilt. Boy, did that go VIRAL! It was forwarded back and forth over the whole country amid great hilarity! Well, maybe not in England...
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manuor Premium
hahaha yeah thank you, it is great if you can make something go viral like that, I have being researching the topic because I belive it has great potential
Thank you for your kind words
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choppydo Premium
Great tips Manuel! I learned a lot. But ya your English could use some work but everything is understandable atleast to me.
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manuor Premium
Thank you I am glad you liked it, as I have said I will try to improve the english in the following days
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Rodriguez Premium
Good article Manuel, but I think you should have titled it "How to Write Great Content". I'm not sure how it pertains to making your articles go "viral".
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manuor Premium
Thank you I am glad you liked it, I named it how to go viral because it is meant to make the content more sharable but I will work on that
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thys Premium
Thanks for your post! With regards to your grammar/language, I think you've done a great job. However if this is something that bothers you with your writing, checkout Grammarly.com. I used the Grammarly (grammar checking software) while doing freelance writing, and it really helped me to learn grammar fast. Because the software explains the grammar errors you usually make, it's easy to learn the right way and then you start to write the right way automatically.
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manuor Premium
Thank you I am great you like the post, and thank you very much for the advice, I am just trying to make it as good as I can.
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