Comments on: GRAB Your Reader’s Attention and HOOK them into your blog http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/ Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: shannon http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-4725040 shannon Thu, 28 May 2009 17:41:56 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-4725040 Its always easier to keep a reader than find a new one. great tips. shannon mktg web http://www.eighthorses.com/ Its always easier to keep a reader than find a new one. great tips.

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]]> By: make money online http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-4136870 make money online Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:36:37 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-4136870 Titles are really important and you have made good points. I sometimes use controversal questions to encourage readers. Titles are really important and you have made good points. I sometimes use controversal questions to encourage readers.

]]> By: Mike at Business Writing Courses http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-4087153 Mike at Business Writing Courses Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:02:46 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-4087153 Very important topic There is always a fight between getting a great headline that sucks people into reading a post, and a headline that will see some search engine love... I think it is always worthwhile to search out a long tail expression for your niche, with some traffic but not excessive competition, then try to work it into the headline. Some of the golden oldie headlines work... Do you make these mistakes with (niche expression?) Very important topic

There is always a fight between getting a great headline that sucks people into reading a post, and a headline that will see some search engine love…

I think it is always worthwhile to search out a long tail expression for your niche, with some traffic but not excessive competition, then try to work it into the headline.

Some of the golden oldie headlines work…

Do you make these mistakes with (niche expression?)

]]> By: Chris Wood http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-4008064 Chris Wood Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:55:56 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-4008064 A good example works wonders too. One thing I found, when I was an English teacher, was that offering some intriguing tidbit, explaining it and then bringing its relevance to the fore was a very effective way of grabbing their attention. PS Please visit by blog - it's only been up one day! A good example works wonders too. One thing I found, when I was an English teacher, was that offering some intriguing tidbit, explaining it and then bringing its relevance to the fore was a very effective way of grabbing their attention.

PS Please visit by blog – it’s only been up one day!

]]> By: Patricia http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3989750 Patricia Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:19:59 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3989750 Thank you to all the folks who let me know where to find the 404 error page and I am very happy to say - I have already taken care of that problem on my blog. It is so good to learn something new everyday Thank you to all the folks who let me know where to find the 404 error page and I am very happy to say – I have already taken care of that problem on my blog. It is so good to learn something new everyday

]]> By: Peter http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3986198 Peter Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:36:11 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3986198 Great Post. It seems that some old marketing ideas schould be transfered to blog posting. Lets try Great Post. It seems that some old marketing ideas schould be transfered to blog posting. Lets try

]]> By: Patricia http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3983671 Patricia Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:55:03 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3983671 Paula, This was a good article and I thought you were brave to delete your posts if you thought it necessary. I was also intrigued by your referral to the 404 error page as invaluable...but I can't find it to discover if it might assist me? could you? Paula,
This was a good article and I thought you were brave to delete your posts if you thought it necessary. I was also intrigued by your referral to the 404 error page as invaluable…but I can’t find it to discover if it might assist me? could you?

]]> By: Paula http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3980021 Paula Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:32:52 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3980021 You've made me think (and no it didn't hurt) about my blog and how it doesn't really grab attention at a blog level. I think some work needs to be done. And just in addition to your post above, I also think you need to grab your visitors attention through your 404 error page as well. It is often neglected but a well drafted page can keep your visitors from clicking away. I just did a post all about this today as I just recently deleted all of my posts (yes, on purpose) so I had to ensure that the 404 page was as good as it could be. A lot of people will be hitting that page for at least a while until Google deletes all of my old pages from their search engine so I don't want them running away. You’ve made me think (and no it didn’t hurt) about my blog and how it doesn’t really grab attention at a blog level. I think some work needs to be done.

And just in addition to your post above, I also think you need to grab your visitors attention through your 404 error page as well. It is often neglected but a well drafted page can keep your visitors from clicking away. I just did a post all about this today as I just recently deleted all of my posts (yes, on purpose) so I had to ensure that the 404 page was as good as it could be. A lot of people will be hitting that page for at least a while until Google deletes all of my old pages from their search engine so I don’t want them running away.

]]> By: Patricia http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3967100 Patricia Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:09:35 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3967100 arthurficial, mix this post with the how to make your blog "sticky" and I think you will find your answer and the expounding you are looking for in your comment. arthurficial,
mix this post with the how to make your blog “sticky” and I think you will find your answer and the expounding you are looking for in your comment.

]]> By: arthurficial http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3964307 arthurficial Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:24:08 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3964307 whilst the post is most informative, i think the title of this post actually grabs the attention, but fails to deliver on the HOW..? i would think that is the first and maybe even ONLY reason anybody would continue to read the post. Some expounding would be appreciated. whilst the post is most informative, i think the title of this post actually grabs the attention, but fails to deliver on the HOW..?

i would think that is the first and maybe even ONLY reason anybody would continue to read the post.

Some expounding would be appreciated.

]]> By: Andre Thomas http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3962033 Andre Thomas Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:04:04 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3962033 Awesome tips. I love the "how to make your blog sticky" post and the list of tips. Cheers. Awesome tips. I love the “how to make your blog sticky” post and the list of tips. Cheers.

]]> By: Justin Levy http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3958232 Justin Levy Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:50:02 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3958232 Thank you for such a great post! This article and the one about how to make your blog sticky are among my two favorite because of both are tips to help improve your blog/writing. By doing both of these things it will help build your reputation. I think that having a strong reputation helps the reader choose to select your blog out of their reader among the host of other blogs they subscribe to. I know there are blogs (like this one) that I read as soon as I see a new post and others that I choose for when I have some free time. This is usually based on the fact that I know I am going to get to read great content which is focused, well written, insightful and helpful. Again, thanks for another helpful post! -Justin Thank you for such a great post!

This article and the one about how to make your blog sticky are among my two favorite because of both are tips to help improve your blog/writing. By doing both of these things it will help build your reputation. I think that having a strong reputation helps the reader choose to select your blog out of their reader among the host of other blogs they subscribe to.

I know there are blogs (like this one) that I read as soon as I see a new post and others that I choose for when I have some free time. This is usually based on the fact that I know I am going to get to read great content which is focused, well written, insightful and helpful.

Again, thanks for another helpful post!

-Justin

]]> By: christopher http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3957763 christopher Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:22:13 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3957763 Wow that was a great article now i know what i need to do to my blog. Wow that was a great article now i know what i need to do to my blog.

]]> By: Simon Stapleton http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3956961 Simon Stapleton Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:30:25 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3956961 I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WROTE THAT .. as well as you did. This is the old marketing trick, and it works for sure! Newspapers use it all the time in their mastheads. As long at the hook doesn't dupe the reader, then it's fair game I think. I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU WROTE THAT

.. as well as you did. This is the old marketing trick, and it works for sure! Newspapers use it all the time in their mastheads. As long at the hook doesn’t dupe the reader, then it’s fair game I think.

]]> By: Robert L Gisel http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3954581 Robert L Gisel Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:11:24 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3954581 As I'm primarily a playwrite I too have been inspecting this conundrum: how do you, in the title and one sentence max, blow up the oil facilities, discard the scuba gear, dry suit and have an imaculate tux underneath to join the elite party, all punctuated by the most exciting Rolling Stones theme song. You used to get 20 minutes now you only have 10 to grab a persons attention in a movie. Actually it is 10 pages where each page equates to a minute of movie, and that is the time you have to tempt the reader to continue reading the screenplay. No movie gets made unless some potential filmmaker reads the script and likes it, thinks it is a winner and that it will make money at the boxoffice. The top film producers at Ken Rotcops Pitchmart will only promise to read the first 10 pages and only will they continue reading if they are hooked into interest by then. This is down from the 20 that was acceptable as late as a decade ago. Evidently society is now media wise, catch on fast or get bored quickly. The net has such impossibly high volumes of data and trafficers to it I'm sure it is the same in the blogosphere, no one has time to be bored when there are so many fast and exciting impressions available. This post caught my attention with the picture of the wicked block and tackle. That's a well done hook. As I’m primarily a playwrite I too have been inspecting this conundrum: how do you, in the title and one sentence max, blow up the oil facilities, discard the scuba gear, dry suit and have an imaculate tux underneath to join the elite party, all punctuated by the most exciting Rolling Stones theme song.

You used to get 20 minutes now you only have 10 to grab a persons attention in a movie. Actually it is 10 pages where each page equates to a minute of movie, and that is the time you have to tempt the reader to continue reading the screenplay. No movie gets made unless some potential filmmaker reads the script and likes it, thinks it is a winner and that it will make money at the boxoffice.

The top film producers at Ken Rotcops Pitchmart will only promise to read the first 10 pages and only will they continue reading if they are hooked into interest by then. This is down from the 20 that was acceptable as late as a decade ago.

Evidently society is now media wise, catch on fast or get bored quickly. The net has such impossibly high volumes of data and trafficers to it I’m sure it is the same in the blogosphere, no one has time to be bored when there are so many fast and exciting impressions available.

This post caught my attention with the picture of the wicked block and tackle. That’s a well done hook.

]]> By: Meandering With Marilyn http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3953445 Meandering With Marilyn Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:28:56 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3953445 Great Post. I have to admit that your posts are the first I read when I sit down at my computer. Thank you for all the information. Glenda Great Post. I have to admit that your posts are the first I read when I sit down at my computer. Thank you for all the information.

Glenda

]]> By: JQK http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3951694 JQK Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:03:19 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3951694 Darren- You bring up an important point, which may be simplified, condensed and paraphrased in a single sentence. (If you neglect to bait your hook when you fish for your dinner…you are destined to go hungry!) JQK Darren-

You bring up an important point, which may be simplified, condensed and paraphrased in a single sentence.

(If you neglect to bait your hook when you fish for your dinner…you are destined to go hungry!)

JQK

]]> By: Is Link Building with Directories Dead? http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3951012 Is Link Building with Directories Dead? Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:47:51 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3951012 Great tips Darren, and nothing works better than making a controversial or intriguing statement right at the beginning of a post, works for me and works great when writing article for article marketing as well. Thanks, JR Great tips Darren, and nothing works better than making a controversial or intriguing statement right at the beginning of a post, works for me and works great when writing article for article marketing as well.
Thanks,
JR

]]> By: ITrush http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3950575 ITrush Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:08:51 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3950575 Another great tips, thanks for sharing. Another great tips, thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Rosabel http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3948779 Rosabel Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:13:46 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/02/grab-your-readers-attention-and-hook-them-into-your-blog/#comment-3948779 Thanks for your tips. I do follow those guidelines while writing my articles. However, I'm still struggling to get in more readers. My blog is just two months old but readers are just few..I wonder if anyone can tell me what have gone wrong with my blog... Thanks for your tips. I do follow those guidelines while writing my articles. However, I’m still struggling to get in more readers. My blog is just two months old but readers are just few..I wonder if anyone can tell me what have gone wrong with my blog…

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