10 Sure-Fire Blog Title Formulas that Attract Readers

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Are you having difficulty getting your business’ blog off the ground? Do you write great content, and wonder why your readership is struggling? Recent studies show that while 80% of people will read headline copy, only 20% will read the rest. This is the hidden importance of great titles, and why getting them right is so vital to a successful blog. In this article I’ll break down 10 strategies for writing great blog headlines, giving you concrete examples from some of the most successful content marketers in the biz. I’ll also give you examples you can use for your business, no matter what that business is. Read more at: blog.wishpond.com

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10 Sure-Fire Blog Title Formulas that Attract Readers

10 Awesome Blog Title Examples

New! Never-before-seen Insights into [your Job]!

Exclusive Strategies from [a Sector Expert]

10 Things you Need to Know in Order to Succeed

The Secret Trick to [Achieve a Goal]

How [Your Field] is Like…

How I [Did Something Unbelievable]

Amazingly Awesome Things you Should Read About

Are you Making this Mistake that’s [Leading to a Bad Result]?

How do you do [Activity]?

10 Ways to [Improve in your Role]

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New! Never-before-seen Insights into [your Job]! 1

New! Never-before-seen Insights into [your Job]!

New Phone App Makes Home Delivery a Breeze

New Micro-Durable Fiber Changes Winter Jackets Forever

New Technology Makes your Blue-Prints Obsolete

A Real-life Example from Alex Sobal on SocialMediaToday’s Blog

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How you can do it:

Exclusive Strategies from [a Sector Expert] 2

Exclusive Strategies from [a Sector Expert]

10 Tips for Keeping You Looking Young (from the Health Guru)

How I Brought my Restaurant Through the First Year

Staying Sane in your Cubicle (by a 25-year Middle-Manager)

A Real-life Example from Ritika Puri on Unbounce’s Blog:

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How you can do it:

10 Things you Need to Know in Order to Succeed 3

10 Things you Need to Know in Order to Succeed

10 Strategies for Surviving a Call Center

The Retailers Guide you Need to Read

10 Examples of Failed Cafes (and How you can Avoid their Fate)

Real-life Example from Jeff Bullas’ Blog

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How you can do it:

The Secret Trick to [Achieve a Goal] 4

The Secret Trick to [Achieve a Goal]

The 10 Secrets For Keeping a Non-Profit Afloat

15 Corporate Law Secrets you Weren’t Taught at School

The Secret Behind Apple’s Success (and how you can do it too)

A Real-life Example from Brandon Anderson on Social MediaToday’s Blog

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How you can do it:

How [Your Field] is Like… 55

How [Your Field] is Like…

How a Restaurant’s First Year is Like the NFL

How my Internship with Google was Like a Vacation in Mexico

How PR work is like Middle School

Here’s a Real-life Example from Barry Ricks on SocialMediaToday’s Blog

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How I [Did Something Unbelievable] 6

How I [Did Something Unbelievable]

How I Made my First Million from Investing in Light Bulbs

How Our Gym Revolutionized Cardio for Women

How I Went Bankrupt and Brought it all Back

A Real-life Example from Julia Campbell on JCSocialMarketing’s Blog

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Amazingly Awesome things you Should Read About

10 Amazing Strategies to Ensure your Pet Store Succeeds

5 Life-changing Choices to help you Run Without Pain

How the (Incredible) Ultra-Comfort Mattress Saved my Marriage

A Real life Example from Lindsey Kirchoff on Unbounce’s Blog

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How you can do it:

Are you Making this Mistake that’s [Leading to a Bad Result]? 8

Are you Making this Mistake that’s [Leading to a Bad Result]?

Are you Making the 5 Mistakes that Cost your Business Sales?

Have you Fallen into the Shoe Store Trap?

Avoid Bankruptcy by Following these 5 Accountancy Rules-of-thumb

A Real-Life Example from Henneke Duistermaat on Unbounce’s Blog

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How you can do it:

How do you do [Activity]? 9

How do you do [Activity]?

How do you Balance your Checkbook?

How do you Ensure your Architect Knows what They’re Doing?

What Kind of Website Works Best for Retailers?

A Real life Example from Alyssa Kritsch on HootSuite’s Blog

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How you can do it:

10 Ways to [Improve in your Role] 10

10 Ways to [Improve in your Role]

10 Ways to Make You a Great CEO

50 Tips to Maximize your Marketing Ability

10 Rules-of-thumb to Make you an Accounting God

A Real-life example from Stefanie Grieser on Unbounce’s Blog

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