The term “meme” is easy to experience but difficult to describe. Basically it is a disease we catch in our culture and society. It is nothing physical but causes a serious alternation in our mentality. Its effect of grouping people into one container can easily be identified in the social media world. Here are 7 qualities possessed by some top rated websites.
1. Nice Content
No body wants to visit a page with neither style nor substance. Your content can be highly original and super-cool or juvenile but fun to read. But they ought to be relevant to people. And remember, nobody but you are the content creator. Be true to yourself and write the way that best represents you.
2. Light-heartedness
People go to the Internet for a good laugh more than some grand philosophies. So keep your content as delightful to read as you can.
Interaction on your website should be as simple as the content. Don’t make the administration system complicated, for it will drive you nuts as more and more visit your websites. Hire someone or try a platform that saves up your resources on all those website constructions.
3. Emote
People will love your site for their being related to its content. Choose a topic with which people can associate themselves, whether it is about family or pets. It will then be much easier to gather people who feel the same way.
4. Own Your Space
What do sites like Texts from Last Night, Urban Dictionary, My Mom is a Fob, and FML have in common? They’re all masters of their own space. They’re original concepts unattached to any other properties, and by virtue of that, their owners can do things like make T-shirts, produce iPhone and iPad apps, and even develop TV shows (Shit My Dad Says landed a TV deal with CBS not too long ago and its slated to star William Shatner). Then there are a those other sites that are inherently related to some third party “black box.” Sometimes that third party has no problem with what you’re doing (Remember Rick Astley Rickrolling the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?), sometimes they do. Avoid any potential messes by working on something completely unique and independent.
5. Share It
As with all things on the ever-growing social web, memes live and die by the ability to share content. If your content isn’t bite-sized and isn’t surrounded by some controls to share: Like, Tweet, Stumble, Digg , or something else, you’re doing something wrong. “Your content should be instantly identifiable no matter where it ends up on the web,” says Ben Bator, co-founder of Texts From Last Night. “Humorous material is meant to be shared, so don’t limit the possibilities.” My personal favorite sharing control is the “share by e-mail” function found on ICanHasCheezburger. Remember how crazy cat ladies love that stuff? Guess what else they love to do - that’s right, forward everyone they know those pictures, so why not have that right on the site? Brilliant, though unfortunate for the rest of us. If you’re using a blogging service like Wordpress or Tumblr, make sure that that sharing via third party services (Facebook , Twitter ) as well as controls like AddThis are enabled. At the launch of your project, you should also make sure that there are appropriate avenues for discussion, sharing, and fandom on third party services. Get yourself a Facebook Fan page, add certain pages to Stumble Upon, register appropriate Twitter handles, and popularize the hashtags you want to use. Being in control of your content outside of your site is important.
6. Protect Your Content
Because you’re working on the Internet, there’s a good chance that your content will spill out everywhere besides your website. Set Google Alerts for your site’s name and even for popular content (if it’s text-based) so that you can be alerted to copycat websites or apps. You should have an attorney send any copycat sites cease and desist notices immediately to the owners of those sites. You don’t absolutely need an attorney to do this for you, but you’re usually guaranteed better results. Most copycats will stop immediately once they hear from you if you’ve done the job properly. In addition, you should protect yourself from potentially angry users by creating a bulletproof “Terms of Service” page. “[It] should be the first page you complete. Make your intentions clear, otherwise you will just piss off your users (and possibly lose out on a book deal),” says Bator. Unless you’re an oracle, it’s unlikely that you know what direction your site will follow as it grows. “Launch with a broad but legit terms of service and take it from there,” suggests Jessica Amason, co-creator of This Is Why You’re Fat and Viral Media Editor at BuzzFeed.
7. Listen
True, you need to listen to your heart but it is also necessary to listen to the audience. Give what they want. Feed them with their kind of snack. Then, you’ll win.
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