Comments on: How to write brilliant article titles http://www.benlocker.co.uk/how-to-write-brilliant-article-titles/ Just another WordPress site Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tonja http://www.benlocker.co.uk/how-to-write-brilliant-article-titles/#comment-18 Tonja Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:16:08 +0000 http://benlocker.co.uk/?p=626#comment-18 I'm only almost a week late in commenting - sorry about that! Thanks so much for responding to my question. Very helpful things to remember. My two biggest problems are keeping them relevant and memorable. As I'm brainstorming to keep them memorable, I make too many leaps in logic and then they are no longer relevant. A follow-up question, if you don't mind ... I've got the smallest start to a blog and I wrote a horribly irrelevant title for a previous post. (It's actually what led to my original question to you.) Knowing what I know now, do I A) ignore it B) change it C) use it as fodder for another post that points out how I could have done it better? Keep in mind that my posts, like yours, are intended to help people make better choices in their communication. Thanks again! I’m only almost a week late in commenting – sorry about that!

Thanks so much for responding to my question. Very helpful things to remember.

My two biggest problems are keeping them relevant and memorable. As I’m brainstorming to keep them memorable, I make too many leaps in logic and then they are no longer relevant.

A follow-up question, if you don’t mind … I’ve got the smallest start to a blog and I wrote a horribly irrelevant title for a previous post. (It’s actually what led to my original question to you.) Knowing what I know now, do I
A) ignore it
B) change it
C) use it as fodder for another post that points out how I could have done it better?

Keep in mind that my posts, like yours, are intended to help people make better choices in their communication.

Thanks again!

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]]> By: Ben Locker http://www.benlocker.co.uk/how-to-write-brilliant-article-titles/#comment-16 Ben Locker Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:10:38 +0000 http://benlocker.co.uk/?p=626#comment-16 I agree, but simple needn't be dull or ineffective. I agree, but simple needn’t be dull or ineffective.

]]> By: Leon Paternoster http://www.benlocker.co.uk/how-to-write-brilliant-article-titles/#comment-15 Leon Paternoster Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:26:09 +0000 http://benlocker.co.uk/?p=626#comment-15 As for online, it's pretty dull. Nielsen says <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980906.html" rel="nofollow">readers only scan the first few words</a>, so the meat has to be at the beginning. Avoid puns, humour or anything clever. I guess if you have a loyal readership who are on your wavelength then you can indulge in a bit of creativity. As for online, it’s pretty dull. Nielsen says readers only scan the first few words, so the meat has to be at the beginning. Avoid puns, humour or anything clever.

I guess if you have a loyal readership who are on your wavelength then you can indulge in a bit of creativity.

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