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By: James

James — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:56:17 +0000

Sorry, this did not register correctly with my phone. Post number 9 Overall good points. Have to share that the slang, although popular, is still offensive at times. So in my niche, and experience, you have to be careful and use them sparingly. You have brought good points again. Thanks for the article. Regards.
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By: James

James — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:22:17 +0000

Overall good points. Have to share that the slang, although popular is still offensive at times. So in my niche, and experience, you have to be careful and use them sparingly. You have brought good points again. Thanks for the article. Regards.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:05:02 +0000

i agree with you on this. Using a slang or not depends on whether you have an audience that will take it positively or not. for some audiences, slags help making a connection with the audience and for some it might be considered offensive.

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By: Mukundan Srinivasan

Mukundan Srinivasan — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:00:52 +0000

Writing catch titles is always important to attract readers. I love the slang words u have used.
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:28:54 +0000

Sandra,
Let me know what results you get out of it an share with our readers. It i always good to test a strategy in all types of blogging niches
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By: Sandra Lee

Sandra Lee — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:12:46 +0000

Thanks. These tips will really help pep up my titles. I think I was on the mark with the last one by using the word “irresistable.” I will be applying these tips for sure.
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By: goldmap

goldmap — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:51:48 +0000

yeah..this is very nice post. great title is very important to make our visitors read full article and make some action as we want.
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:35:58 +0000

I love your idea of using stars for inspiration. I heard one article being retweeted by a celebrity because the article revolved around him. So, if you catch the celebrity’s attention, you will be able to catch other people’s attention/

Numbers do fire up your instincts and make you believe that there are riches behind those articles. Riches of great info.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:30:11 +0000

I think I missed out on how to’s but somehow i find them not being very popular for me.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:19:09 +0000

How To works for me but i have not seen them working to a level of being awesome. Do you have had the feeling of awesomness

By: Gautam

Gautam — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:46:42 +0000

Hey Aaron if you want i can have more of these words compiled up in list. These words are just a small collection out of a big bunch. But remember to use them along with mind blowing content. All of them added together will help you get more attention to your articles

By: Aaron Lee

Aaron Lee — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:43:15 +0000

Ohh! i forgot How To’s works for me too =D people love how to’s as they can connect with them easily or feel its something they should learn =D
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By: Aaron Lee

Aaron Lee — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:42:25 +0000

Great blog post mate,
I agree with most of them as I’ve tried a lot of them before. The best that worked for me was with the word “mind blowing” in it. I use mind blowing in two different blog post and they went viral.

Will try the others that you gave.

Thanks!
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By: KS Chen

KS Chen — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:05:11 +0000

Hi Gautam! I totally agree with you that the title is a main factor to attract people to further read our article. I prefer to write the articles with “How to” and “number”. Those titles can really attract people to read.
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By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:14:31 +0000

Hi Gautam,

All great tips here, thanks for sharing. I agree with the number titles fully……they seem to resonate with the reader because the human mind craves order and what says order more than a clear cut number.

Sometimes I draw parallels to current/past cultural icons. Like “How Seinfield Can Make You A Better Blogger” or “How 50 Cent Teaches Us A Lesson In Persistence.” Stars are usually attention grabbers and drawing a parallel between stars and how they can help you usually adds Title Star Power.

Ryan
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:28:49 +0000

Nabeel,
I gave examples so that readers are able to see that I am offering genuine advice. I have used these tips and they have helped me get greater attention to my blog.

People use keyword phrases for titles so that they can benefit from seo. As people are actively searching for it, so, they might be wanting a solution to a particular problem and therefore, you article can help in finding out the solution. But in my opinion you should write for the reader and atleast rephrase the title to make it more appealing

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By: Nabeel | Create Your First Website

Nabeel | Create Your First Website — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:08:53 +0000

Whoa nice tips you give there.

I love how you actually gave examples of your own articles! As they say, ‘lead by example’.

All of your tips are great. I think all of them deserve equal value, as you have already mentioned the importance of a title by the example of a clothing store.

Some people also use the help of keywords and try to have keywords (through keyword research) in their title (sometimes the entire key-phrase!). What are your thoughts on that?

Nabeel