19Aug
Great Resource for Writing Article Headlines
Condomunity has an excellent article about writing good headlines and includes a cautionary tale about the cost of writing a dull headline (hint: lots of lost traffic).
The exhaustive article pretty much covers everything you need to know on this subject, including:
- Why headlines are important
- Tips for headline writing
- Writing headlines for social media web sites
- Headlines, title tags and SEO
- Keywords and research
- Correct writing style for headlines
- Where to find headline inspiration
- Tools for writing headlines
- Considerations for graphical headlines
- Headline resources
Great stuff!
Posted on: August 19, 2008 | 5 Comments
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5 Comments Posted (Add Yours)
Thanks for following up so quickly! Be well, Simon
1. Posted by Simon on August 19, 2008
Nice article,very important to know how to write articles in the correct way. Thanks for you post.
2. Posted by software blog on August 19, 2008
Some good pointers, very helpful.
3. Posted by Web Design Evan Skuthorpe on August 22, 2008
Very useful this. Thanks!
4. Posted by Mathew on September 01, 2008
Great info -very handy :)
5. Posted by Chris on September 02, 2008