Comments on: The Five Elements of Viral Calls to Action

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viralsocialmarketing.com » Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:36:39 +0000

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By: DebDrive

DebDrive — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:32:44 +0000

That was my question, too, Hugh . . . but then Dan hit on the Friction Reduction point: “Creating a one-click sharing action is the holy grail of frictionless viral calls to action.” Retweeting is simple, and it feels good to be able to help out.

By: DebDrive

DebDrive — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:25:13 +0000

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The Number One Reason Why Social Media Campaigns Fail | Visionary Blogging — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:06:21 +0000

[...] Don’t tell people what to do all the time. Instead, “make them want to do it in such a way that it feels like the idea was their own” (Dan Zarrella). [...]

By: Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness | Dan Zarrella

Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness | Dan Zarrella — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:25:11 +0000

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By: alexa52

alexa52 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:24:36 +0000

I thought the same thing — examples would have been great.

By: alexa52

alexa52 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:24:36 +0000

I thought the same thing — examples would have been great.

By: Jamie Allsop

Jamie Allsop — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:05:21 +0000

Thanks for the very informative and interesting post. You have mentioned some really valuable points.

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Feng Shui for Beginners | Feng Shui — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:04:36 +0000

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By: claudeoggier

claudeoggier — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:41:02 +0000

Building a relationship takes time and patience is definitely required as well. Like Steve Willinger I also look forward to continue reading and sharing your articles. Keep up the great work. Thank you!

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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:58:57 +0000

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Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:19:22 +0000

[...] Zarrella is a social media scientist who writes some pretty rockin’ posts. Like this one. Actually, I haven’t ready a junky post from him to date. That he shares. For free. FREE. [...]

By: BoulderWriter

BoulderWriter — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:43:41 +0000

Absolutely love your knowledge and icons toolbar! genius!

By: Jane Cooke

Jane Cooke — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:01:49 +0000

Thank you for an excellent post Dan. It is always educational to read your posts. I really liked it starting with subtle.

By: Mona Nomura

Mona Nomura — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:24:52 +0000

Holy amazing post, Batman. Thanks for this and also, for all you do! #fangirl. Oh yes I DID just hashtag a blog comment.

By: Cory Grassell

Cory Grassell — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:35:11 +0000

I have found that releasing groundbreaking or thought-leadership-type content truly enhances the appeal of spreading the word. This attracts first-time visitors and keeps faithful readers coming back. They'll look to you for fresh content, ideas, tactics, news, etc. But you have to be a faithful publisher, as your readers will be relying on your content on a scheduled basis.

By: Hugh Munro

Hugh Munro — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:15:38 +0000

Thanks Dan, great post. One query – how do you reconcile the need for Subtlety with the fact that tweets containing the (less than subtle) phrase “please retweet” get retweeted more?

By: William Robbins

William Robbins — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:51:58 +0000

Great post Dan. I especially liked the content on motivation. A lot of time I personally create good “consumables”, but not always “sharables”.

By: keithobrien

keithobrien — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:51:12 +0000

Dan – great stuff here. I appreciate the directness, depth and hype-free (made that word up) style of your writing. I love internet marketing…but loath how most do it. This article is a clear confirmation that people can win online without being annoying. Like the new project of Chris Brogan and Brian Clark – it's very Third Tribe. Thanks again.

By: Mike Stenger

Mike Stenger — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:19:56 +0000

Very informative post Dan. To add one more really good point to the whole discussion is that you can be most effective when you target people's emotions, bring those emotions to the surface, and have that clear call to action because they're much more likely to act and feel less “friction” to do so. At that point it will be like they're doing it themselves, for themselves, not because someone told them to.