My first viral Facebook post - 5 million + reach

by AYCE
33 replies
Update: It's been over month since my first viral post on the page. I've had 3 or 4 viral posts since I posted this and just hit 70,000 likes on my Facebook page just a few minutes ago. It feels like it's taken forever to get to this point but in just over a month, I managed to multiply my audience nearly 6x. And suddenly I realize that I've gotten more likes in one day than I got in the first 9 months that I ran the page. I far surpassed my goal before I even realized that I was there!

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Haven't posted here in a while. I normally only post when I hit a goal / achievement, this post is just about that. I am going to be completely transparent with my entire page.

The goal of this post is to share my recent success in having a post go viral as well as help anybody interested in running a Facebook page & getting engagement. I encourage you to bounce any questions you have & things you would like to know / learn off of me.

I love social media / social media marketing. I run an entertainment Facebook page on the popular Netflix original series "Orange Is The New Black". I enjoy the show and decided to create a funny / meme / new information / quizzes type of atmosphere around the page.

It currently only has 13,640 likes about 850 of those are from the passed 24 hours.

It is rapidly approaching 1 million reach ( currently 968,000 ) with 5,300 likes, 3000 comments & 7500 shares. As the post began to greatly surpass my usual numbers. It grew at an exponential rate. Normally my posts last for about 6 - 8 hours then die off. This one was different. Around the 400 share mark, it began grow at an incredible rate compared to what I was use to seeing.

The post is getting anywhere between 10 - 70 shares per minute (High and low points) and around 5 comments a minute.

I am extremely excited to finally publish my first viral Facebook post and anticipate more in the future!
#facebook #post #viral
  • Profile picture of the author sujit1717
    We want to know, how did it happen? What was the post?
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  • Profile picture of the author AYCE
    The post was a funny image about the show that made a joke out of the new season release day (June 12th). And it kind of just "happened". Viral posts do seem to need a great piece of content, but it's also a bit of luck paired with if Facebook feels like placing my post high in edgerank.
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  • Profile picture of the author Member8200
    Would be nice if you can share it here. How can we learn and make comments if we dont know it? Mind you that we can also help improve it based on experiences of some people here that makes viral programs too
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    • Profile picture of the author AYCE
      Originally Posted by Member8200 View Post

      Would be nice if you can share it here. How can we learn and make comments if we dont know it? Mind you that we can also help improve it based on experiences of some people here that makes viral programs too
      I wanted to wait until the reach hit 1 million before posting the screenshot. Woke up this morning to 1.5 million reach and 11k shares & counting!

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      • Profile picture of the author sellonlinee
        Originally Posted by AYCE View Post

        I wanted to wait until the reach hit 1 million before posting the screenshot. Woke up this morning to 1.5 million reach and 11k shares & counting!

        Thanks alot AYCE. One of the most transparent posts I have ever come across on WF. And yes my belief in Facebook viral posts has regained. Thanks once again and hope you will try to help someone from WF 😊. All the best
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  • Profile picture of the author AYCE
    My aim is to be transparent. People aren't going to learn or feel inspired when info is hidden from them. Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have. I'm here to help!
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    • Profile picture of the author AYCE
      UPDATE: Now at 2 million + reach and rapidly approaching 20k shares!
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  • Profile picture of the author sellonlinee
    182 views and only 7 replies.I don't know what's wrong with people but anyways I am just happy to reply again �� .
    Have sent you a private message. Do reply please
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    • Profile picture of the author AYCE
      I was hoping there would be some more interaction but I will keep updating here anyway so that even if people don't want to respond they can read and get some info. Thanks for sticking around

      Awaiting your PM!
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnnyPlan
    Wow, this definitely looks nice, and don't mind me saying but what a post to have all that engagement it's crazy with what you can hit the jackpot. Congratz for it anyway, really curious if you can replicate this - let us know if you do.
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    • Profile picture of the author AYCE
      Originally Posted by yordanov View Post

      So how I advertise your post at the beginning?
      I don't quite get what you are asking. Try rephrasing maybe?
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  • Profile picture of the author AYCE
    Update: 5 days since I posted this on Facebook and it's finally starting to slow down. It has reached over 5 million people and for my first viral post, the numbers feel astronomical. Take a look below.

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    • Profile picture of the author aboldsoul
      This is amazing by the way. I'm curious, how are you monetizing this page?
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      • Profile picture of the author AYCE
        Originally Posted by aboldsoul View Post

        This is amazing by the way. I'm curious, how are you monetizing this page?
        Just as of late am I getting really good growth and engagement on this page. I wanted to only provide great content before I even though about monetizing fully.

        Up until this point, I have made around $7 from adsense on a website that I have connected to the Facebook page. Mind you, I haven't optimized the website to get the most of out adsense, I just wanted to get a feel for it as I haven't used it on any websites before this one.

        I also wanted to test MyLikes, So I posted a MyLikes link on my page that had to deal with the TV show. This has generated me about $4 from that single link posted once.

        I plan on monetizing with physical products presented in a creative manner. I.E T-shirts, Mugs, etc. Basic retail items. I am also part of a Facebook group of 10,000 + die hard fans of this show who I interact closely with via personal FB page and through my fanpage.

        It's a slow but sure process but I feel I have quite a valuable asset that I can make something out of.
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      • Profile picture of the author pabrigowar
        Originally Posted by aboldsoul View Post

        This is amazing by the way. I'm curious, how are you monetizing this page?
        Funny... I was going to ask the same thing... was thinking maybe posting affiliate product links related to the demographic target of OITNB fans?

        Sure would luv to hear other peeps' opinions on how to monetize an opportunity like this..

        but, nevertheless, I think this is so cool! way to go, AYCE!
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  • Profile picture of the author AYCE
    Thank you, pabrigowar! Personally I do not like any promotion dealing with affiliate links, especially for an entertainment based audience. I prefer to promote physical products and drive traffic and let the fans decide what they would like to partake in / purchase.
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    • Profile picture of the author accom05
      great post!
      Anyway i would like to go deeply asking you few things.
      As we know a viral post has to originate from a good and quite big audience to have the ball rolling as happened to you. Would you mind telling us how big was your page when this all started.? What kind of engagement you had on average?
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      • Profile picture of the author AYCE
        Originally Posted by accom05 View Post

        great post!
        Anyway i would like to go deeply asking you few things.
        As we know a viral post has to originate from a good and quite big audience to have the ball rolling as happened to you. Would you mind telling us how big was your page when this all started.? What kind of engagement you had on average?
        This page had around 13,800 likes at the time. Just broke 16,000 moments ago. Engagement is OK, Facebook tends to work in waves. Sometimes your posts get amazing engagement and sometimes it gets dismal numbers.
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  • Profile picture of the author Excellance
    Congratulations. Great post on here. I like how simple your content is. Goes to show that not a big budget needs to go into virality but a little creativity will go a long way!
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  • Profile picture of the author shastaarenburg
    I also want to reach as more people as possible for my FB page: https://www.facebook.com/bachelordegrees . Can you please help me to figure it out, how can I reach more people? I really need this. I want to spread out my fb page.
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  • Profile picture of the author Teesane
    Fantastic job AYCE!!!! Boy we would love to have you as a seller!

    Can I ask, did you use any paid promotion for this post?

    Your page says it has 16k likes right now. How many did it have when you originally posted this?
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    • Profile picture of the author AYCE
      Originally Posted by Teesane View Post

      Fantastic job AYCE!!!! Boy we would love to have you as a seller!

      Can I ask, did you use any paid promotion for this post?

      Your page says it has 16k likes right now. How many did it have when you originally posted this?
      When I see a post taking off. I will throw a few dollars behind it to accelerate it even further. However for this post, i only spent about 28 cents before the ad was disapproved for having more than the allowed 20% text. I knew this but decided to give it a try anyway because i have gotten by the system in the past.

      When I posted this, the page had around 13,600 likes I believe
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      • Profile picture of the author Teesane
        Originally Posted by AYCE View Post

        When I see a post taking off. I will throw a few dollars behind it to accelerate it even further. However for this post, i only spent about 28 cents before the ad was disapproved for having more than the allowed 20% text. I knew this but decided to give it a try anyway because i have gotten by the system in the past.

        When I posted this, the page had around 13,600 likes I believe
        What would you say is the #1 reason your post took off? I have seen pages with twice as many likes post stuff that just goes nowhere. Do you regularly talk to your audience? How many times do you post a day?
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        • Profile picture of the author AYCE
          I'm still not quite sure what caused the post to take off. Still thinking about it over a week later and I have no real answer. I can only assume that a mix of content & timing is what helped escalate the post. I engage with the audience regularly, everyday. I try to post once an hour but normally I get about 3 - 4 posts in a day.
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  • Profile picture of the author sellonlinee
    Yes you are right. Imagine one of the products reaching. 5 million views
    Faint.
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  • Hello AYCE,

    very, very, very congratulations!!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author maxweb
    Great job. You had a really good timing! Thanks for these contents, pure inspiration! Keep it up and best of luck buddy
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  • Profile picture of the author AYCE
    Thank you very much! I will be posting here when I have more valuable content to share. The only way to understand and get an idea of what is working and how it works it to be transparent!
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  • Profile picture of the author fdmarketers
    Wow, congratulations excellent result.
    You were magnificent.
    Thanks for the info.
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  • Profile picture of the author AYCE
    Glad you found it useful. Is anyone here currently running a Facebook fanpage for entertainment as well?
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  • Profile picture of the author AYCE
    Update: It's been over month since my first viral post on the page. I've had 3 or 4 viral posts since I posted this and just hit 70,000 likes on my Facebook page just a few minutes ago. It feels like it's taken forever to get to this point but in just over a month, I managed to multiply my audience nearly 6x. And suddenly I realize that I've gotten more likes in one day than I got in the first 9 months that I ran the page. I far surpassed my goal before I even realized that I was there!
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  • Profile picture of the author ahounddog
    Great going! Hope to hear about more milestones. Have you found a good way to monetize it yet?
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