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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

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I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed. His words, “we find things on Sunday morning that will be on the Today show on Tuesday morning.&#

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Why Titles Matter a Lot if You’re a Blogger

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I often will write, “7 Tips for …” (emailing busy people, building relationships with journalists, getting access to VCs, whatever). data has confirmed it and BuzzFeed has built an entire business around it! 10 Tips from BuzzFeed on How to Make Content Go Viral ” See what I did there? Startup Advice'

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Assignmint: Freelance Work Available | Founder Interview, The Future of Journalism & The LA Startup Scene

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Assignmint is a web-based platform to list freelancing work for employers and help writers find the right freelance job for them and standardizes the paperwork between the two parties. Standardizing the paperwork is our goal to help free up everybody to work on what matters. I believe we can help do that. Digital media?

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Why Most Online Video Companies Will Fail

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Usually I tell them to study Upworthy & Buzzfeed. When they get your email they earn the right to share more videos with you in the future and they already know something about your interests. And if they can’t get you to give up your email address they will encourage you to share the video on Facebook or Twitter.

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Snapchat 101 for VCs and Old Folks

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But since Snapchat uses the frequency above your hearing range it’s nearly impossible to “get” without help. It has Vice, Tastemade, Vox, ESPN, Comedy Central, BuzzFeed and more. Click on the top right tool button and you’ll see your settings with your user name, birth date, email account, etc.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate. Or perhaps you think Donald Trumps assessment that BuzzFeed is a “ Failing pile of garbage is correct?” Back then there were “email forwards.” Others are skeptical, “Ha!

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