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Make Videos that are Contagious, Not Viral

1,367 views · Published 9 July 2013 · 9:42 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Video Creators · 2013 · News & Politics

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Many people try to get a one-hit-wonder viral video, but success on YouTube is actually much more predictable if you make videos that are contagious, not viral. The director of the mental_floss channel gives us 5 tips for creating content that's contagious, that will build our audiences slowly, over time.

We also talk about how the gaming community is developing on YouTube along with a recent study from UCLA that shows us what's happening inside the human brain when we view viral content. As always, we talk about what implications these YouTube news stories have for us as video creators and the efforts we're pursuing here.

Gamers On YouTube: Evolving Video Consumption
http://goo.gl/QcRfq

UCLA Study Maps Which Part of the Brain makes Content go Viral
http://goo.gl/A7Qkt

Make Your Videos Contagious, not Viral
http://goo.gl/BXDWC

Dealing with Discouragement on YouTube 
http://goo.gl/URE53

YouTube Pro: Working with Advertisers on YouTube
http://goo.gl/bRCEQ

YouTube Stats for Nerds
http://goo.gl/iZ425

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