Emotions that Drive People To Share Your Content — Kelsey Libert

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The Science of Viral Content: Which Emotions Make Us
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Three elements all viral content has in common:

1. Positive feelings
   Joy, interest, anticipation, trust.
2. Emotional Complexity
   While you need positive feelings you may also need the negative. There is a wider spectrum of emotions felt when looking at viral content, so both positive and negative emotions are needed to create something viral.
3. Element of surprise
   Surprise is a mix of emotions, negative and positive, so inserting a level of surprise into a piece of content will make it more effective in evoking those emotions.
   What’s interesting is that Millennials may be desensitised to a lot of content
   and videos. So, “If this group is more captivated by new, dynamic content,
   marketers trying to reach them may want to take note and consider
   interactives, flipbooks, videos and more emerging media types when planning
   their content”

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This article is part of the ‘How To Create a Viral Video for Your Boring
Software’ series.

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The Science of Viral Content: Which Emotions Make Us
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