Can you provide more information on the viral scientist Neetzan Zimmerman and his strategies for driving traffic to Gawker?
Generate according to: What Does This Guy Know About Virality That No One Else Does?
How Neetzan Zimmerman, the viral scientist, drove 17.3 million unique visitors to Gawker in a single month, and how he keeps doing it.
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We've been dating for five years and we have always gotten Cherry Coke as a drink if we are sharing. A few months ago we went to the movies and he came back, as per usual, with Cherry Coke. I said I was glad that we both loved that soda the most and he replied "I actually don't really like Cherry Coke but I get it because it's your favorite and you like to share."
I can't wait to call this man my husband next September.
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She'll randomly hug me from behind.
She plays with my hair when I'm tired.
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Here's the AWESOME part. I posted 3 comments. This post has 6122.
Awesome article by Morgan Brown! Hadn't heard of Neetzan Zimmerman, but now I have.
Really great read Morgan! I'm curious to know if you think Neetzan's system is something that can be replicated and distributed among a team, or rather it's something more complex that only the right type of person would be able to learn and apply effectively.
I think his system of identifying what's up and coming is certainly something that could be replicated. By building a viral seismograph, theoretically you could identify things that are gaining steam and then jump those to leverage some of the viral wins.
What you'd need to develop is the seismograph to monitor, and then the pattern recognition that he has now, to guess what is going to go on vs. what is going to flame out. That seems to be something that is learned, and needs time.
The hard part of course is building the distribution for the content. If you're ID'ing viral content and have no audience to share it with and propagate it through, then your efforts are going to be unrewarded.
You need to build an audience who is primed to share, such as a Facebook fan base, some connected audience who can easily propagate the message along.
I think there is a lot to learn from him though. I think the content identification can have major implications for all types of businesses. If you can ID topics that are gaining traction you can curate them and/or newsjack them for your own good.
This prompt doesn't seem malicious.