From a viral story, I don’t mean a medium-staff-picked or boosted story.

The Average Writer’s Guide to Going Viral

I am getting started on Medium, and English isn’t my first language. I have only published 7 stories so far, but I have made 3 of them viral. I want to share my secrets with you so you can do it too!

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I’ve been there; trust me, I used to publish stories and send their links to my friends, asking them to stay for more than 30 seconds and clap. But ultimately, seeing them die. I was struggling to reach a total of 100 views in 30 days.

But my three viral stories changed everything. From 101 views to 1,835 views in the last 30 days and 69 new followers. These viral stories were neither staff-picked nor boosted. So how did they go viral?

I used a copywriting strategy to write them. Follow this strategy, and your next story can go viral too.

Step 1: Find the pain points