How To Turn Your Product Into A Viral Sensation

Removing the guesswork from the question of “how to go viral?”

Aidan Kenealy
The Startup
Published in
5 min readJan 6, 2021

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We all see them. Those companies with products that seem to sell themselves… They have a secret sauce; something that’s going on that just makes their products so much more engaging than our own.

These companies make us jealously look at our own products and wonder “How?”

How do some products seem to take hold in the market and spread effortlessly, while others don’t? It’s a good question and one worth answering. Let’s take a moment to dig a little into the subject of product virality and impart some pertinent insights that will help you turn your products into viral sensations.

First off, there is a definite science behind product virality. It comes down to a few key points.

  1. The viral coefficient formula
  2. The strategies and frameworks
  3. How to leverage these for viral growth.

Let’s first explore the concept of the viral coefficient and what this means for virality.

A viral coefficient is a number that describes how many new users a company’s existing users are bringing to the company. It’s a KPI that allows companies to quantify, track, and control for…

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Aidan Kenealy
The Startup

Professional startup advisor for founders of high growth startups. More details @ https://aidankenealy.com/