5 Ways To Write Compelling Headlines People Want To Read




Try These 5 Powerful Headline Writing Tricks Now And Increase Your Traffic By 250% !!!

Creating a content without a compelling headline is just like writing an amazing book with an awful back cover. Your headline is the first thing your potential reader will come across, if it doesn't crave for their attention you may never get a click. 
So, how do you write headlines that get maximum clicks??
In this article, I’m going to share with you some amazing tips to write a good headline for your blog posts. 
I will also show you how to capture the attention of your potential readers and make them read your content.

How to write catchy headlines 
#Strategy 1 - Include Numbers in Your Headline
People are naturally attracted to numbers and lists because they can be easily processed by the brain. When people see an headline with a figure, it assures them that the post will be easily digested and they might eventually click to read. Also, a study by Conductor revealed that headlines with numbers get more clicks than headlines without numbers. 
In addition to this, a recent survey by www.howtionary.com.ng shows that headlines with odd numbers outperform the ones with even numbers. 
Examples of powerful headlines with numbers:
17 Things You Should Never Say During An Interview 
15 Powerful Strategies To Skyrocket Your Blog Traffic In One Week 
5  Facts About FIFA World Cup That You Didn’t Know
#Strategy 2 - Make use of emotional adjectives 
Human beings are emotional being. Your ability to use emotional adjectives in your headlines will tell whether they will click to read or not. 
Example of emotional adjectives:
Free
Easy
Effortless 
Amazing 
Incredible 
Shocking 
Strange 
Essential 
Unbelievable 
Headlines with emotional adjectives:
7 Strange Facts About Coca Cola 
21 Essential Blogging Tools You Should Start Using Now
15 Amazing Health Benefits of Garlic 

#Strategy 3 - Create a Sense of Urgency
No one loves to be left out, let your headline convey a sense of urgency. It should create in your potential readers a fear of missing out of something great. If your headline lacks a sense of urgency, people may not really consider reading your content. 
Examples of headlines with urgency:
Read This Before It Got Deleted!!! 15 Things You Didn't Know About Lionel Messi 
Free Webinar On "Getting Google Adsense Approval". 3 Slots Left! 
21 Internet Slangs You Should Stop Making Today 

#Strategy 4 - Promise A Solution In Your Headline 
People are not searching the internet for searching sake, they are doing so to get solution to their problems. You can give your headline a higher click through rate by promising a solution in it.
Examples of headlines with a promise of solution 
Get Rid of Pimples Once and for All
"Low Website Traffic" See How I Solved It In 30 Minutes. 
How I Increased My Website Traffic By 250% (Step-to-step guide)
Using example 1 as a case study, assuming Someone who's searching for "how to get rid of pimples" stumbled upon it, won't he click on it? Of course he will! Because he wants to permanently get rid of pimples .

#Strategy 5: Keep your headline short and simple 
Writing a confusing headline will generate zero click for your content. Make sure your is as brief as possible, and also avoid using  using "big grammar" that requires checking the dictionary to understand. The truth is that you may have a great content, but if your potential readers can't really digest your headline, they will bypass yours for a more understandable one.

Consider these two examples:
Headline 1: 21 Proven Ways To Gain A Lot Of Weight Without Having To Stress Yourself 
Headline 2: 21 Proven Ways To Gain Weight Without Stress 
...
If you came across the two headlines, which one will you click first? Of course the second one. (Because it is straight to the point)...
Therefore, keep  your headline short and simple. 

Do you have any questions about writing a catchy headline? Let me know via the comment box...
Thanks. 

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