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Make Your Content Work for You: Creating and Promoting Viral Content

Viral Content: The only kind of virus people actively seek. Google’s paying millions for it, making a huge purchase of the king of viral content, YouTube over the past few years. And if Google sees viral content as the wave of the future, who am I to disagree. If you haven’t heard the term “Viral Content” you have at least been exposed to the idea… Creating content that spreads rapidly around the internet through word of… mouse.

With the cost of quality traffic rising and reaching and maintaining top search engine position becoming more and more difficult as EVERYONE is moving to the net, viral content blows up one of the most spouted off cliche of all time… “NOTHING IS FREE”. The exposure and added traffic that an amazing piece of content can generate is free. That’s the beauty… with a truly viral piece of content, everyone else does your promotion for you, letting you sit back and enjoy the ride. More »

The ‘You Suck at Photoshop’ Video Series by Donnie Hoyle

This is more than just an absurd design tutorial video series – it is an epic saga any design geek can appreciate. In his latest example he speaks in a fully deadpan voice as Donnie describes how you can impress your new girlfriend by Photoshopping a go-kart door into your house to show how much your first date meant. Sound stupid? Well, so did Napolean Dynamite but that was a smash hit on the big screen. Who knew? Well, just watch and see above … then if you’re as hooked as you should be watch the rest of the series below.
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