How To Create A Blog For Buzzfeed

The Definitive Guide to Building a Viral Website Like BuzzFeed and Making $100–$300 per Day

Creating a viral website like BuzzFeed can be a good nucleus for a future online business, because viral content is now one of the most promising avenues of income and has become a reliable source of revenue for many bloggers and companies.

The big secret that makes bloggers start creating these ty p es of blogs and websites is that they don't have to come up with new ideas or information to write — instead, they share already-trended stories, articles, pictures, and videos on the Internet that have been published in the past and received a lot of shares. By doing so, they attract millions of visitors every day. In turn they make money from advertising through Google AdSense, Adf.ly, shorte.st and many other channels.

In general, making money online isn't easy. With so much competition and endless tons of new websites, creating a successful online business needs a great deal of effort and dedication, and viral websites aren't an exception. So if you are expecting this article to promise that you will make thousands of dollars overnight or how to make money through a few clicks, then stop reading.

All I can promise you is to reveal the details of how I was making $100-$300 per day through my simple viral website and I will show you how exactly you can make this amount of money — or maybe more — step by step.

I am not going to tell you what to do through "do and don't" tips, but I will explain every tiny thing in detail with screenshots and videos in six sections, from the first definition of viral blogging until the last step about monetization.

What exactly is viral blogging?

Viral blogging simply means that you write some content which spreads rapidly online through website links and social sharing, and is viewed by a large number of people.

For those who don't know the meaning of the word "viral," it comes from the word "virus," which means any piece of media that can be spread just like a virus among people and suddenly become an online sensation. This content could be an image, a video, an article, a story, a tweet, a poll, a song, or even a game.

For example: Look at this post on BuzzFeed "18 Undeniable Signs You Went To High School In A Small Town."

It has had more than 907K shares on Facebook, according to BuzzSumo, which means that this post is considered a viral post, and people have forwarded it many times to each other.

The song Despacito is another piece of content that has gone viral. It was launched at the beginning of 2017 and has topped the charts in nearly 50 countries.

It is now the most viewed and liked video on YouTube of all time, the fastest to rack up 4 billion views with more than 23 million likes and over 1.8 million comments.

Why do you need to create a viral blog?

Firstly, in any regular website you must have a basic concept of what you are writing, or a general interest in the topics you are sharing. In contrast, with a viral blog, you need no expertise at all. You don't have to possess any information or have ideas to share. Rather, you just share entertainment. In other words, you don't need to have great knowledge of any kind.
Secondly, you don't need to spend much money to create your viral blog — you just need a small upfront capital to pay for the domain name, the hosting, and the template.
Thirdly, your viral website can be up and running with huge traffic in less than 24 hours, so you have a huge advantage over other normal blogs in terms of traffic.
Fourthly, you don't have to invest much of your time creating posts. You need a couple of hours each day, so you will still have time for your social life.
Lastly, it is a very simple way to earn money online. It takes very little effort compared to other traditional blogs which enforce you to brainstorm ideas to write. In a viral blog, you are just looking around the Internet for the topics, stories, pics, and videos which could go viral and people would like to see.

How much money can you make from a viral blog?

Actually, I was making from $100 to $300 per day, which means $3000 to $9000 per month. The bar chart below demonstrates my revenues over the 12 months of 2017. Many other people are making around $15,000 to $20,000 per month. I don't want to deceive you, but you won't make those numbers till you understand the whole process and follow the instructions that I am going to discuss later.

What is the expected cost needed to create a viral website?

There are some necessary things you must pay for, such as:

A domain name

This will cost you $12 paid each year.

Web hosting

This will cost you $12 — $100 paid each month.

WordPress theme

This will cost you $49 — $86 paid at once.

There are some other things that may cost you some money if you want to invest in customization, SEO, marketing, or other factors along the way.

What are the steps that you have to follow?

The steps are very simple, but it needs some patience and a little work from your side.

First of all, you need to create a viral website. Create either one in a certain niche, or a general viral news website. You can build the website with the help of WordPress or you can hire someone to build your website which I don't recommend, because it will cost you thousands of dollars.
The second step: Start writing great and simple articles with viral images, videos, stories, or quotes. Don't worry, you don't have to brainstorm anything. All you have to do is to search for topics that have gone viral already, then rewrite them with your own voice and share them again.
The third step is to send tons of traffic to your posts, either organic traffic or paid traffic. You will share your posts on the different types of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Reddit, etc. From time to time, you will need to make some paid ads, so you must set a budget for that purpose.
The last step is called the monetization step, which means earning money from the clicks you are going to receive from the traffic that will come to see your posts. You can choose which method of monetization will suit you: Google AdSense, Adf.ly, Propeller Ads, etc.

All those steps will be discussed in detail with screenshots and videos, in the following sections.

In order to start your online viral business, you must have a viral website to be able to make money. If you don't know how to create a website, don't worry, because I will explain it from scratch in the next two sections.

In Section 2, I will teach you how to create a website using WordPress. I call it the professional way because you will go through a complete website creation process. You are going to learn how to buy a domain name, a hosting service, a WordPress theme, and how to deal with WordPress' back-end to finally build your website.

In Section 3, I will give you another substitute way to create your website which will save you a lot of money and time. I call it the simple way because you won't need to buy a domain name, a hosting service or even a WordPress theme.

Make sure to read both sections before you start following the instructions, and then decide which way will fit you better. If you already have some knowledge or a little experience in WordPress, then you can skip those two sections and head directly to Section 4.

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