How To Go Viral On National TV

Writing by Nick Stamoulis Tweet

Rand Fishkin, one of the leading search engine optimization experts and owner of SEOmoz, recently went viral in a way most online entrepreneurs can only dream of. He appeared on Oprah.

It started when Rand proposed to his girlfriend Geraldine on her favorite show, Veronica Mars. Then Oprah found out and invited both of them to be on her show prior to Valentine’s Day to talk about love. The story has been all over the Internet for the last couple of days.

So what’s the story here? If you want to go viral you need to get a name like Rand Fishkin? No. That’s not it.

How about this: Do something outrageous. Like propose to your girlfriend on her favorite show and videotape it for the entire world to see. That will get some attention. Especially if you’re already famous for doing something that few other people have done.

We congratulate both Geraldine and Rand Fishkin. Can you be that outrageous? Go viral.