It can be done. You just have to be willing to dip your fingers into the gray hat area of seo. With that being said, I don’t find anything wrong with what I’m about to say. Obviously or else I wouldn’t write it, right?

1. You need more than one account on any of the major social bookmarking/networking sites. Namely Youtube, Stumbleupon, and Digg. Let’s focus on those 3 for right now.

2. The reason you need more than one account is so you can give any of your own stories at least one more vote besides the initial one. That gets the ball rolling.

3 Get all of your friends (yes, all 5 of them) to digg, stumble and favorite anything you put out, a story, video, picture, blog post. Get them to leave some kind of half ways smart comment on the viral piece.

4. Here’s the crucial part: Email anyone you have in an email list, and tell them about the post. Get any list of people you can, log into any and all forums, and post the link in there. I run this paid business PR3 directory, but I send out emails to anyone who submits their site, with my affiliate links and new stories.

5. Conclusion: You can’t “buy” or spam your way into being viral, and I’m not promoting that idea. The idea is to send the quality content to as many people as you can in a short amount of time and hope you get some traction from it.