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is is the post I’m pushing</a>.How am I doing this?I’m adding a link to this one on a few other relevant posts of mine. But only where it is relevant. Mindlessly shoving it down the throats of my audience isn’t a great idea.I have also pinned this to my profile. I engage with all my audience (which one should anyway).I’m only pushing this specific post. I don’t think it works when there is more than a couple.What’s happened so far: The post took off and started falling after a few days. And then, it started going downhill. If it follows the trend of other posts, it’ll flatten out to zero soon.But it has been going back up again for the last two days (after I have started promoting it subtly). What is interesting is the external views seem to be rising as well. That doesn’t usually happen on my other posts related to my progress on this platform.What does going viral mean? For me, a post is viral when the section titled ‘Your Readers’ Interests’ isn’t empty. Read <a href="https://medium.com/@ilam.dreamer/yay-i-have-my-first-viral-post-a3ea7b267018">here to understand</a> why I think so.EDIT: The experiment has worked and the post has gone viral!! Thank you — rea

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d about it <a href="https://readmedium.com/once-lucky-but-twice-ive-got-a-second-viral-post-b91061fb641d">here</a>That is it! Have a nice day ahead! And stay tuned for more like this. I’m running a few other experiments as well.You can also subscribe via email, I’ll send a weekly selection of my posts for free directly to your email!! Use this <a href="https://ilampadmanabhan.substack.com/p/coming-soon?r=yyyp3&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">link</a>!— — — — — — — — —Ever fancy becoming a writer? Get rid of all that useless crap from social media, get access to the work of thousands of amazing writers, become an author, and possibly make some money. It costs only $5 a month. Why not give it a go! Use this <a href="https://medium.com/@ilam.dreamer/membership">link</a>! Yes, I get a small commission (at no extra cost to you), but it wouldn’t change our lives.By the way, I write on a lot of other topics. <a href="https://medium.com/@ilam.dreamer/who-am-i-ilam-padmanabhan-76ef0aeb3637">More about what I write here!</a>Please follow me / <a href="https://medium.com/subscribe/@ilam.dreamer">subscribe to emails</a> so you’ll know as soon as my next post is out.</article></body>

Can you make a post go Viral?

I’ve been running an experiment to try and push a post to go viral. I think it is working!

Upward arrows= My push to make the post go viral ! Screenshot by Ilam Padmanabhan

Can you make a post go viral?

It is a question on all our minds. Wouldn’t you want all your posts to go viral if it were up to you?

You’ll know I’m running different experiments if you have been following me (which I highly recommend). I have been reflecting on how to get more value from my writing after my third month. And I started experimenting. Read this post for more details of the experiments I’m running.

One of the experiments that I have been running is to try and make a specific post of mine viral.

Is it working? I’m not 100% sure, but I think it is. This is the post I’m pushing.

How am I doing this?

I’m adding a link to this one on a few other relevant posts of mine. But only where it is relevant. Mindlessly shoving it down the throats of my audience isn’t a great idea.

I have also pinned this to my profile. I engage with all my audience (which one should anyway).

I’m only pushing this specific post. I don’t think it works when there is more than a couple.

What’s happened so far: The post took off and started falling after a few days. And then, it started going downhill. If it follows the trend of other posts, it’ll flatten out to zero soon.

But it has been going back up again for the last two days (after I have started promoting it subtly). What is interesting is the external views seem to be rising as well. That doesn’t usually happen on my other posts related to my progress on this platform.

What does going viral mean? For me, a post is viral when the section titled ‘Your Readers’ Interests’ isn’t empty. Read here to understand why I think so.

EDIT: The experiment has worked and the post has gone viral!! Thank you — read about it here

That is it! Have a nice day ahead! And stay tuned for more like this. I’m running a few other experiments as well.

You can also subscribe via email, I’ll send a weekly selection of my posts for free directly to your email!! Use this link!

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Ever fancy becoming a writer? Get rid of all that useless crap from social media, get access to the work of thousands of amazing writers, become an author, and possibly make some money. It costs only $5 a month. Why not give it a go! Use this link! Yes, I get a small commission (at no extra cost to you), but it wouldn’t change our lives.

By the way, I write on a lot of other topics. More about what I write here!

Please follow me / subscribe to emails so you’ll know as soon as my next post is out.