Viral Examples #056

And how you can go viral too

Welcome back to Viral Examples 👋

Each week we break down 3 posts that got lots of engagement on X and LinkedIn:

  • Why the post resonated

  • A templated version you can copy/paste and use

  • Our own example using the template

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Hard Pill To Swallow Template

Why It Works

  1. It says something brutally honest that many don’t want to admit

  2. Everyone wants to self-improve and get rich

The Template

Hard pill to swallow:

[Blunt truth]

[#] other hard pills to swallow (if you want to [desirable goal]):

Our Example

Hard pill to swallow:

Your first 100 posts will suck, but you need to do them anyway.

10 other hard pills to swallow (if you want to grow on social):

A Simple Guide Template

Why It Works

  1. The author of the tweet has already done it so you can trust his content

  2. It dismisses a common limiting belief right away

The Template

How to [achieve desirable result] for $0

(Even if [common limiting belief])

A simple guide to get you started:

Our Example

How to build a 10k follower newsletter for $0

(Even if you’ve never written online)

A simple guide to get you started:

X Can Make Or Break Template

Why It Works

  1. Brett is an experienced designer who’s worked with hundreds of brands

  2. The intended audiences of designers deeply cares about the content in the post

The Template

[X] can make or break your [thing].

Here’s [#] [things] you’ve probably never heard of that I can't get enough of lately:

Our Example

Morning routines can make or break your productivity.

Here’s 6 habits you’ve probably never heard of that I can’t get enough of lately:

Time to Grow

There’s two parts to getting results from posting content:

  1. High quality content

  2. Relevant distribution

Megaphone, the team behind Viral Examples, helps with both.

  1. Our writing team works learns your voice and delivers weekly batches of content for you to post.

  2. Our creator network helps get your posts in front of the right audience.

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