If you think that making a video go viral is just luck, you’d be wrong. Of the videos that go viral on YouTube and other video sites, most were created for just that purpose. The people behind the video used just the right tools and took all the right steps to get the desired outcome, and you can too.

The content of your video obviously plays a major role in getting it to go viral. It has to be entertaining and something out of the ordinary- either laugh-out-loud funny, or something that will make viewers say “wow!” The video quality doesn’t necessarily have to be great as long as the content makes people want to share it with their friends. Ideally, you want your video listed on YouTube’s “Most Viewed” page, as that will make your views grow quickly.

Ideally, you don’t want your video to be very long. Thirty seconds is a good length, and while it can be longer, you may lose viewers to anything that’s too lengthy. Choose your title carefully; a great title is where you will get the most interest. If you have to, use a title that misleads viewers and gets them clicking your link. Use plenty of appropriate tags with the video that will get it to show up in more searches. Most importantly, make it embeddable so it can be posted and reposted on as many sites as possible.

Once you have uploaded your video, you have a window of opportunity to get is seen. Start by emailing it to all your friends and ask them to forward it along to their friends. Next, share the video on your social networking sites. Post it to your friends profiles so that it can be seen and watched by all their friends. Also, post the video in forums and blogs if you can; the more exposure it has, the better.

A great way to a video noticed is to create controversy. Use several YouTube accounts to leave comments and start a dialog, an argument even. Very few viewers will leave comments, but many will read them, and the more comments your video has, the better. Get people interested and make them want to share the video.

YouTube posts thumbnail screens shots of your video as a preview. You will have three from which to choose. One of the screen shots always comes from the middle of your video, so make sure there is something in the middle that can be used to grab a viewer’s attention. Once you get your video out there and get people watching and sharing it, you can get it to go viral.

Now Try : Viral Videos

Stumble it!