Comments on: How to Craft Post Titles that Draw Readers Into Your Blog

By: Stephen Baugh

Stephen Baugh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:37:18 +0000

Thanks Darren.

Awesome, I am doing my best to apply.

Thanks

Stephen Baugh

By: uwak

uwak — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:29:31 +0000

thanks…far sharing the technics above…..very useful and good strategy……..always open the success secret…

By: Laura Benjamin

Laura Benjamin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:51:37 +0000

Great stuff as usual! I’ve learned a lot by following your blog posts religiously. You’ve significantly expanded on what I learned somewhat by accident on my website regarding titles, keywords, subheadings, etc. Still learning and still experimenting so I really appreciate your insights on this topic. I particularly like seeing how you cross-link between your existing posts and will start doing more of that on my blog right away!

By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:30:12 +0000

Great tips – I will try these out when I start my own blog shortly.

By: Jenny Herrick

Jenny Herrick — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:47:24 +0000

Remember you want a title that will immediately get the readers attention and draw them in like a magnet.

I use:
- Exaggeration
- Alarming aspects
- Far fetched ideas
- Stupid/Goofy humor

I try to clown around and leave people smiling and laughing in every aspect of life.

For example – my book “You Laugh I’ll Drive” instantly sparks an interest and guarantees to spark curiousity regarding what is between the pages. The title is an immediate attention grabber!

Check out my website for more examples:
http://www.allkiddingaside.biz

By: zim

zim — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:26:14 +0000

Well, at least for me it worked, because I’m here! I came to know what would make my blog more popular. Nice article, thanks

By: Robin (PENSIEVE)

Robin (PENSIEVE) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:35:18 +0000

I’m drawn to witty and tongue-in-cheek titles, but I’m not too savvy on what optimizes SEO (which is why I’m reading you more often…to learn the tricks of the trade).

Some of my favorite, and imho best, post titles are for photographs: ”A Pair of Pear Pairs”, “How Troll!”, “Fly boy”, but they probably don’t bring increased traffic to my blog. Self indulgent perhaps, which doesn’t always serve the blogger well.

I have been more intentional of late @ titling, realizing their power; your series confirms that.

By: USA Guide

USA Guide — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:34:14 +0000

Yeah blog titles are extremely important, but I tend to go for more keyword-optimized titles..

By: David

David — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:35:28 +0000

this is an excellent post on an important topic. Page titles are crucial in SEO , so it is worth spending some time just deciding what your blog post title is to maximise your returns on each post

By: Niamh Kiernan

Niamh Kiernan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:49:19 +0000

Hi Darren,

Perplexed about those pictures of great headlines. Always thought you were in Australia but all of those seem to be from UK newspapers?

By: elegantcelebblogger

elegantcelebblogger — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:11:39 +0000

Ooops! Please delete the first comment. It was meant for the Title Creation Skills post.

By: elegantcelebblogger

elegantcelebblogger — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:09:55 +0000

My shot at the post titles:

1. When a Sister Dies
2. Teens Can Help Your Online Marketing Advantage
3. Pregnant Sistah, Check Your Blood Pressure
4. Poor Women Die Earlier From Breast Cancer
5. IM Party Benefits Two Children’s Charities

By: Kara

Kara — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:38:05 +0000

These are excellent tips. Thanks so much Darren….I’m going to especially try out personalizing using “you” more often. Every bone in my body resists that given the teaching I’ve received on scientific writing but even that’s going in the more personal direction too! As always, I appreciate your work.

By: ashok

ashok — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:53:50 +0000

Just got your twitter message. I have plenty of long-winded posts with even worse titles. Perhaps the worst is “Computers and Education:”

http://www.ashokkarra.com/2007/09/computers-and-education/

By: zakka life

zakka life — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:52:18 +0000

I try to use key words. Because I own a craft site and I post a lot of “How To” projects I usually will write something like this “How to Make a Transformer Birthday Cake”. But then I wonder if I should write something clever instead. *Sigh*

Enjoyed reading this post and it gave me some new ideas to work with. Thanks

jessica

By: Istioselida

Istioselida — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:39:20 +0000

excellent post! sometime we don’t give the necessary importance to the title, and its truth that is crucial for the reasons that you said!

By: Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:32:41 +0000

Writing titles is a real challenge, I find. But I can tell you this, it’s a challenge I WANT TO succeed in, because I really do believe that a good title is paramount for good blogging.

By: Glenn Abel

Glenn Abel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:40:24 +0000

As a decades-long headline writer, I’d point out that “Police Arrest Batman” is active, but buries the element people care about. “Batman nabbed by cops”

Google likes that better, too. Great movie.

By: Keral Patel

Keral Patel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:23:20 +0000

Great explanation. Using keywords as well as getting the attention of users both should be well balanced in the title. It should be catchy but it should contain keywords and if it does contains keywords then it should be catchy ;)

By: Shamelle - TheEnhanceLife

Shamelle - TheEnhanceLife — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:30:35 +0000

I can relate from experience that is difficult (um… sometimes impossible!!!) to come up with a title that is “attractive” which
scores well with SEO.
For example, if we fill the title with “power” words it is likely that the key word might not end up in the url.

I am amazed at how you managed to do it. I mean in this post – “post title” and “draw readers” … right on the money I would say.

I suppose finding the right balance between SEO and a “attractive” title takes a lot of patience and practice :-0)