Viral Content Buzz is a web site brainchild of Ann Smarty and Gerald Weber.
Both Ann and Gerald are very experienced on the internet and especially SEO. They have spent hours using social sharing sites themselves and found a few things that they wanted to improve to create a social sharing platform that fits the influential social media savvy user, as well as those just starting out. The result? ViralContentBuzz.comwas born.
Gerald Weber and Ann Smarty (weather permitting) will join the #SocialCafe Twitter Chat on Wed, October 31, 2012, at 3pm EDT / 8pm GMT to discuss Viral Content Buzz and answer questions. Also, you can enter to win 100 free credits at Viral Content Buzz. Click on #SocialCafe, above.
What is a Social Sharing Platform?
A social sharing platform allows the user to login to a web site and choose content to share via social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Stumbleupon, Pinterest, etc. There are also collaboration groups that do this on their own, via Facebook groups, Skype groups, etc. Some other examples of social sharing platforms include the quality sites of Triberr.com, EasyRetweet.com, JustRetweet.com, SocialBuzzClub.com. There are also community type sites like BlogEngage.com and BlogInteract.com and many more.
Many social sharing platforms serve as a collaboration tool where you can choose to share content and when you share content, you get points or credits that you can give others when they share content. At first glance, it appears like you are bartering the sharing process, and to some extent, in a legalistic manner, that may be the case. However, for many social media savvy users, it provides a platform the shows what other bloggers have available to share. For those people who are selective in the content they share with their audience or following, it allows them to “see what is out there” and choose the content that they would share anyway, even without the platform. There are always going to be people who share everything to get the most credits and that is fine, as well, since they, in turn have credits to provide others.
The key thing about a social sharing platform is that there is content, sharing options, and a choice on what is shared and what is not shared.
Not all social sharing platforms are alike and this is what Ann and Gerald found, when they tested these platforms extensively. They identified features that they wanted to change or add/subtract, and came up with ViralContentBuzz.com.
What Makes Viral Content Buzz Unique?
One of the key things that stands out about Viral Content Buzz, is the article quality guidelines process. The idea that Ann and Gerald had was that they wanted to limit the quantity of “spammy articles” and become a social sharing platform that is known for quality articles.
Many times, users are in a hurry and a headline may look good, but the article may not have the quality standards that the user is expecting. With ViralContentBuzz, Ann and Gerald applied similar guidelines and standards as what is used at Ann’s MyBlogGuest.com before a guest post can be made available in the MyBlogGuest.com article gallery.
Another thing that sets ViralContentBuzz.com apart from other social sharing platforms is the weighted credits for social influence. It is true that those who have more of a following, say, on Twitter, get more credits, but, at the same time, the new user with only a few followers is not left out of the game and is still able to participate wholly in the social sharing platform. As the new user gains more Twitter followers, the social influence increases and so do the credits at Viral Content Buzz.
Gerald Weber discussed ViralContentBuzz.com during a MyBlogGuest Hangout. You can see what he has to say about their project, queued up, in this video:
One of the best things about ViralContentBuzz.com is that it is free and certainly worth trying out. If you are already sharing articles via Facebook and Twitter, you will find an easy-to-navigate web site presenting quality articles for you to share. It is a win-win when the content that you share is valuable for your followers and it provides you an opportunity to share your content with other audiences.