Articles with intriguing headlines open. How to Write Effective Headlines

Denis Savelyev

Before publishing an article, review, slideshow, or video, be sure to take a few minutes to make sure you choose the best headline. A good headline is a matter of life and death in content marketing. As the internet becomes more and more of a seething cauldron of chaos, you have less and less time to capture the attention of your audience.

By choosing a good title for the material, you instantly get a response from the reader. A headline helps your readers quickly determine whether they need your article or presentation, why they should buy, download, or open a page of your content, and what benefits they receive by clicking on the relevant link.

By choosing a bad title, you make your article, presentation, or other content invisible to most of your audience. The title is the most important element of Internet pages, advertisements, video materials. It draws the audience's attention to the content. Content goes unnoticed if you use a dull and unattractive title.

This article will introduce you to the main characteristics good headlines. It includes 10 questions, by answering which you will learn how to create high-quality and “catchy” headlines. You can also use the title rating table, which is a handy tool quick definition their qualities.

The examples discussed below are primarily related to books. The names of the authors of most of them have become brands, and the books remain bestsellers, thanks in part to successful titles. However, these examples remain valid for content of any type - and, above all, for web content.

1. Does your headline promise the audience a benefit?

Choose a title that clearly communicates to readers the benefits and benefits they will receive from your product or service. The best headline solves a problem or helps the audience achieve a desired goal.

Compare the following titles:

  • Graphic design tools and techniques.
  • Master Your Design: A Guide to Basic Tools and Techniques.

The first heading tells the reader about the content of the article. The second title describes the benefits that the reader will receive after reading the article.

2. Does your headline contain specific details that highlight its relevance and value?

Specific details in the headline, such as exact numbers, draw extra attention to your content. Numbers structure information, as can be seen in the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. Imagine the title of this book without the numbers: Habits of Highly Effective People. Doesn't sound very convincing, right?

The numbers in the title also help you “eat the elephant one piece at a time.” It's about about the step-by-step achievement of any complex goal. For example, pay attention to the title of Terry Orbach's book "6 Steps to ideal marriage" Another example is Damir Khalilov’s article “100 main skills of an SMM specialist” (although, in our opinion, the round number sounds a little forced, as if the author adjusted the results to a “round” number; it would be much better to title the article “97 or 102 skills... ").

Moreover, numbers can make your content more relevant by giving the reader a specific deadline or timeline for achieving a goal. What do you think of the title of the book, Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days, used by the authors Jay Conrad Levinson and Al Lautenslager? But the title, Lose 21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha Vineyard Detox Diet, sounds even better. The title of this book shows the reader exactly how many pounds excess weight it will reset and for what period. Buyers of books about diet and other methods of weight correction probably want to know the exact results of using the described methods.

Another example on the topic of numbers is designer Yana Frank’s diary book “365 days of a very creative person.” But, as you already understand, there are a lot of examples of successful headlines using numbers. The main thing is the ability to beat these numbers.

3. Does your title take into account the target audience the content is intended for?

Identify the target consumers of your content using the title where possible. This makes your content personalized. You can identify your target readers by naming them directly or by highlighting their key characteristics. The more obvious this is made, the better.

C.J. Hayden's book, Attract Customers: A 28-Day Marketing Course for Professionals, Trainers, and Consultants, defines the audience by occupation. Heidi Muroff and Sharon Maisel use the title "What to Expect When You're Expecting" to point out the book's target buyers by describing the circumstances in which they find themselves. A similar technique is used by the author of the book “Survival Guide for Single Moms,” Patrice Karst.

Jay Conrad Levinson remains a recognized master of targeting specific market segments. It was he who published the book “Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days.” Levinson then adapted his ideas for consumers in different niches. This is how the publications “Guerrilla Marketing for Writers”, “... for Financial Advisors”, etc. appeared. In addition, Levinson wrote a separate book describing the use of his approach in the online sphere - “Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet.”

Some authors manage to define the target audience by saying who the readers are not. For example, Robin Williams created the guide “Design for Non-Designers” (English: The Non-Designer's Design Book, literally “Book about design for non-designers”).

4. Does your title help position your content?

The series of books “... for dummies” is one of the successful examples of positioning content using a title. For example, the book “Red Wine for Dummies” is unlikely to interest experts and fine connoisseurs of this drink. However, if you want to get basic knowledge about red wine, the said title will quickly grab your attention.

The title can position your content by directly indicating the method used to solve the problem. “Cancer prevention through natural means” is an example of this approach.

5. Are you trying to arouse curiosity among potential readers with your headline?

As we are told by all kinds of books on literary analysis and nature literary creativity, interest in the text (it is clear that the word “interest” here is very conditional - it is a set of feelings that are evoked in the reader by the text) is born when the text exceeds our internal expectations from it. And this happens thanks to certain techniques that “break” the general paradigm of the text, the usual picture of the world.

There are three such methods:

  • Metaphors. They make names more understandable and memorable. They create images that remain in the reader's memory. Metaphor is a transfer of meaning, the use of a word in figurative meaning. Examples of metaphorical titles: “How I ate a dog” by Evgeny Grishkovets (I didn’t eat it!), “I’m burning Paris” by Bruno Yasensky (I didn’t burn it!), etc. Coming up with a metaphorical title is very easy. But it is important not only to come up with it, it is much more important to play it out in the text. The headline is the bait, the hook. If you disappoint the reader's expectations by not "acting out" the headline in the text, you will lose confidence in your next headlines.
  • Alliteration is another way to make the name memorable. It involves the repetition of homogeneous or identical consonants in the words of the title. Alliteration is a technique more characteristic of poetic speech. But composing headings, believe me, is closer to versification than it might seem at first glance. As an example, we can name examples of books “ M Aster and M argarita" Bulgakov, " N very n Ezhna" by Fitzgerald, etc.
  • Contradictions or unexpected expressions also arouse the curiosity of readers. They remain winning against the backdrop of trivial headlines. Pay attention to the title of the fairy tale, “How Ivan the Fool Outwitted the Devil.” The emerging contradiction between “fool” and “outwitted” makes the reader wonder how Ivan outwitted the devil. The title of Tim Ferriss's book, The Four Hour working week" is an example of using an unexpected phrase. Many buyers do not believe that it is possible to work only four hours a week, so they are interested in the book. Another example: “Goal: A Process of Continuous Improvement” (a goal is not a finishing point, but a process over time) by Elia Goldratt and Jeff Cox. Well, the most eloquent example of a contradiction is “The Man Who Was Thursday” by Gilbert Chesterton.

6. Does your headline engage in dialogue with your audience?

Pack the title of your book or article with a promise made simple and in clear words. Best Headlines retain an almost naive obviousness characteristic of everyday dialogues ordinary people. Please note the following examples:

  • “How to Finish What You Start” by David Allen.
  • « The easy way Quit Smoking by Allen Carr.
  • “I don’t know how to lose weight” by Pierre Dukan (the dialogue then easily continues: - do you know how? - no, unfortunately, I don’t know how either...).
  • "Before your teenager drives you crazy" by Nigel Latta, etc.

Choose regular verbs, creating headers. Also use verbal nouns. They form the attitude you need towards the product on the part of the reader.

  • Incentive verbs are one of the most successful forms for a title. They direct readers to a specific action. "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill is one example of the use of motivating verbs in the title.
  • The verbal nouns used in the title describe ongoing actions. The book “Walking through torment” by A.N. Tolstoy demonstrates the possibility of using verbal nouns in the title.

7. How short is your title?

Let's say the obvious: short headlines attract more attention from your audience. Remember than less words you use in the title, the more each of them is remembered by the potential reader.

Author Malcolm Gladwell is considered the master of the short headline. Pay attention, for example, to the title of his book “Geniuses and Outsiders” (English: The Outliers) - succinct and short.

8. Do you use subheadings?

A subheading is a reinforcement of your headline. Combine short headings with longer subheadings that provide some detail. Here's an example of a bestseller with a two-word title and a 14-word subtitle: "Skinny Bitch: The Powerful Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Junk and Look Hot." English version The subtitle consists of 17 words and contains profanity.

Garr Reynolds uses a multi-word title to draw attention to his book. And the subtitle gives readers additional information. Reynolds' piece is called "The Zen Presentation: Design, Development, Delivery, and Examples."

Well, another example that we could not ignore. The book by Michael Stelzner, which is translated into Russian as “Content Marketing: New Methods of Attracting Customers in the Internet Age,” and in the original the title is even shorter and the subtitle is even longer - Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition.

9. SEO: Does your title include popular search terms?

Naturally, we could not ignore this issue. Web content needs to think about driving traffic. The most important traffic generators are search engines. But here you need to find a middle ground and not be led by “bare SEO”. The main thing is relevance to the content, and then “tailoring” it to search engines. Let's illustrate with the example of this article. We wrote the article itself, we already had a title in our heads - simple and succinct. The only thing we did was check which query was more frequent: “How to write a title” or “How to create a title.” Although I personally prefer the verb “create” in this context (it is closer to the nature of the action of coming up with headlines than the verb “write”), nevertheless, the final version of the title was coordinated.

In general, all of us, working with content and hand in hand with specialists in optimization and promotion of websites on the Internet, must keep in mind the frequency and competition for those requests that somehow coincide with our headlines. It is clear that not every request can be “pulled” to the top of search results only thanks to content. But if the page does not have textual relevance to the intended query, then the query will never make it to the top.

But the authors printed books You should also remember about Yandex and Google. Your works will be found faster on the “shelves” of online stores Ozon.ru, Books.ru, Amazon.com if their titles and subtitles contain popular queries.

10. Mixed Approach: Do you use more than one of the techniques listed above when creating your headlines?

Authors use two or more of the techniques described above to come up with compelling and popular headlines. For example, alliteration and metaphors can be combined well with subheadings that detail information.

Thank you for reading this far. As a thank you, we want to tell you this. In fact, the nature of good copy—and the headline as part of it—is very contradictory. You can create a great headline that completely rejects all of our recommendations above. The geniuses of the pen will do it. And even talented copywriters with a “full” hand. But we are talking about the mechanics of creating texts, and not about the nature of talent. High-quality copywriting is the sum of the technologies that the author uses, learning from his own and others’ mistakes. And in this article we talked specifically about technologies, trying to analyze successful, in our opinion, headlines and generalizing their properties, leading these generalizations to some conclusions.

Speaking about the technological effectiveness of creating headlines, we can also recommend using the following technique.

Use the rating chart to determine the quality of titles for articles, books, blog posts, and social networks and other content marketing products. Consider the best quality option, dialing greatest number points.

Four header functions. A successful headline has 4 important functions:

  • Attracting attention.
  • Audience screening.
  • Transmits the entire message.
  • Creating reader interest in the text. Most people skim read, so your headline only has a moment to grab the reader's attention.

Don't use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. We have learned to recognize the “shape” of words on an unconscious level. Words printed in capital letters appear as RECTANGULAR PRINTED BLOCKS, so the person viewing the page will miss the entire message.

Simple and clear. Do not use abbreviations, jargon or difficult words. A well-written title with body text should be easily understood by a 7th grade student.

Don't underestimate the client's intelligence. The decision to spend your hard-earned money is never easy. People need exact facts and guarantees that they receive best offer. Today's consumers can't stand even a hint of airs, dances, tricks and songs from salespeople.

Target your audience. Try to immediately outline the audience in the title. If you try to reach everyone, you will end up with uncertainty and no one will be impressed. When selling a cure for kidney stones, mention kidney stones in the title.

Accuracy. Don't write blind headlines that don't make anything clear about your offer. The title should be self-sufficient so that the reader does not have to read its meaning into the text. He still won't read the text.

Engage your senses. Engage maximum quantity senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) to captivate the reader’s imagination. Remember, “Sell the taste, not the steak.” It is important to imagine not a piece of meat, but the aroma of seasonings, the juice sizzling on hot coals, the smell of the most tender tenderloin and the stains of barbecue sauce on the chef's new apron.

Captions that spark curiosity. Add entertaining captions under each photo. People are always looking at images, and good photo with an intriguing caption will definitely attract the reader's attention.

Get ready! Gather all the information you can about your product and target audience to find a “click” to use in your headline. The best headlines come to mind during the process of researching information when writing an ad. Good text and a successful headline are not possible without effort and preparation.

Use a thesaurus. When writing your title, look up each of your words in a thesaurus to find the most accurate synonyms.

Sand until shiny. Rework the title, rearrange the word order, and come up with several versions, never stopping to think about a better option. Choose the best one. A good headline takes more time than the body copy. Look from a new angle, in a different direction, or scroll various options, trying to see your title through the eyes of the reader so that it is not boring and can intrigue.

  • Try to touch the reader’s selfishness on an emotional level. A high-quality headline should contain an element that has a motivating effect. These may be the following emotions:

    • fear
    • need
    • wish
    • curiosity
    • real news or interesting statistics
    • nagging question
  • Learn from the masters. Creating a working title from scratch is not easy. Successful copywriters use proven formulas that get results by rewriting classic models that have stood the test of time. The following is a list of successful headlines that can be used as a foundation for almost any situation:

    • “Lord, give me strength to move on” (fear/curiosity/selling insurance)
    • “God give my children the strength to survive this”
    • “How to get people to talk about your food” (vanity/curiosity)
    • “How to Save Up to 15% on Car Insurance Before November 20th” (accuracy/timing/incentive)
    • “How to increase your pension by 14.55% by the end of the year” (accurate statistics)
    • “How to Reduce Home Insurance Costs by 28%”
    • “How to quickly relieve strain on tired eyes” (an exact solution to a common problem)
    • “How doctors quickly get on their feet” (expert revelation/curiosity/authority)
    • "How to retire in 15 years when you're 40" (hard numbers and facts)
    • “How to quickly pump up your abdominal muscles and make others envy you” (hurt vanity)
    • “Do you know the 7 most common mistakes in the advertisements? (curiosity)
    • “7 mistakes on the first date” (curiosity)
    • “Is your husband proud of your culinary talents?” (vanity)
    • “How to win arguments and convince people” (double benefit)
    • “Quick test for pregnant women” (attracting a specific audience through curiosity)
    • “At first they laughed, but then I started playing...” (curiosity, interest)
    • “This face cream made me jealous even best friend"(vanity/curiosity)
  • “Headlines determine the success of any text and are the key factor that determines whether the reader will pay attention to the text or not. It is the headlines that trigger the first stage of the AIDA marketing model, and therefore require special approach from the copywriter side."

    History is replete with a lot of brilliant examples that had truly fabulous success. Today we will look at what techniques are used to create the most effective, most effective and most catchy headlines, and we will also try to explain why they have such an effect on the reader.

    Legendary header examples.

    If you want to get acquainted with real examples of headlines that have reliably written themselves into the history of world marketing, then the trilogy will be useful to you.

    Effective headlines: principle of operation.

    Before we start, a little digression. For real effective headlines influence the human psychosomatic system through so-called psychohooks. In other words, such headlines evoke a psychological reaction in a person, which is expressed in increased brain activity and evocation of the emotions desired by the author. If the headline does not catch a person (does not contain psycho-hooks), then no changes in the reader’s state occur and, as a result, the impact is reduced to zero.

    Techniques for creating headings.

    List of techniques for creating headings:

    1. Question.
    2. Solving the problem (answering the question).
    3. Personal experience.
    4. Mystery, secret, intrigue.
    5. Numbers.
    6. Accents.
    7. Instilling fear.
    8. Guarantees.
    9. Non-standard approach.
    10. "Salt in the wound."

    So let's get to the point. Now we will look at several techniques for creating headlines, examining in detail what psychohooks are used in them, and what effect they have on a person.

    1. Question.

    The question in the title forces a person to answer it. Subconsciously. The highlight is that in order to answer a question, you need to comprehend it, let it pass through yourself. This means that regardless of whether he wants it or not, the reader pays attention to your text.

    Questions can be rhetorical, they can be specific, they can be abstract. However, they always have one thing in common: directly or indirectly, they indicate that the answer lies in the text, but for this you need to read the text.

    Heading examples:

    • Why are you feeling dizzy?
    • Why can't you afford a holiday in the Maldives?
    • How much time a day do you spend killing yourself?
    • Where is your conscience?
    • Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
    • How much does an hour of your work cost?

    Different questions evoke different reactions and focus the reader's attention on different aspects.

    2. Solving the problem (answering the question).

    People, by nature, are terribly lazy creatures. Of course, I am generalizing and exaggerating, but, in essence, that’s how it is. If it is possible to get a ready-made solution actual problem Instead of looking for the answer yourself, most people will take advantage of this. The answer to the question is a Klondike for any copywriter in terms of influencing the audience. The trick is simple: choose a problem, give its solution in the text, and in the title let the reader know that the solution is in the text.

    Heading examples:

    • How to stop worrying and start living.
    • Where can I get a lot of money at once?
    • How to get rid of back pain.
    • How much does freedom cost?

    The most popular titles are those that begin with the word “How.” The general stereotype suggests that behind the word “how” there is, by default, practical guide, which is very, very useful, which is why readers have special confidence in this word.

    Notice how people enter search queries when they are looking for lessons on something: “How to make a mask”, “How to send a boss”, “How to seduce girls”, etc.

    3. Personal experience.

    People always have more trust in those who have already done something, rather than in those who simply talk about how to do something. Demagoguery and results are completely different things. Compare the two headers:

    1. How to earn $1000 in a week.
    2. How I earned $1000 in a week.

    Which one do you have more interest and trust in?

    Heading examples:

    • How I lost 20 kilos in 2 weeks.
    • How I dismantled the toilet in the State Duma.
    • How a pack of Marlboro helped me in a fight with 5 hooligans.

    In addition, the title may include not only personal experience the author, but also a third party. The more authoritative and well-known this person is, the more trust you can inspire in the reader.

    Heading examples:

    • How Bill Gates made his first million.
    • What does Schumacher do when he gets a flat tire?
    • How bankers make money on exchange rate dynamics.

    4. Mystery, secret, intrigue.

    People simply love secrets and mysteries, especially if these secrets will allow them to gain certain advantages. People also love other people's secrets, even just like that, without advantages. By playing on human curiosity, you have a very high chance of attracting readers' attention to your text.

    Heading examples:

    • Money that you walk on without noticing.
    • Nero's secret secret that made him great.
    • The secret of getting double profits as an entrepreneur in Ukraine.

    5. Numbers.

    The numbers in the headings act as a conditional quantitative indicator of the saturation or ease of assimilation of the material. In other words, numbers are a measure that allows a person to a priori assess how much benefit he will get from reading a particular text, and how easy it will be for him to perceive the information offered. The higher the number, the richer the material, and this attracts with its volume, while the smaller the number, the simpler and more practical it is, and attracts with its lightness and transparency. By introducing such certainty, the copywriter can manipulate the audience, for example, by mixing useful information with a commercial layer.

    Heading examples:

    • 100 and 1 ways to become the life of the party.
    • A book that will make you a superhero in 20 minutes.
    • 5 surefire ways to find inspiration.
    • 24 vices of beginning programmers.

    6. Accents.

    Accents give headlines qualitatively new properties, strengthening them several times. By themselves, accents may be ordinary, inconspicuous words, but when combined with a headline, they increase its effectiveness. Distinctive feature accent is that it always points to something.

    Heading examples:

    • THIS rake will make your neighbors jealous.
    • NOW…! You will begin to predict the future!
    • Who ELSE wants to earn $1000 a month without any effort?
    • Buy our alarm system, and the thieves of your car will ALWAYS be behind bars.
    • You are losing hundreds of dollars a year due to ignorance of THIS nuance.

    7. Instilling fear

    Fear is a very strong motivating factor. If you fill your headlines with fear, they encourage the audience to read the main text. It's simple. A person instinctively tries to protect himself from everyone negative factors. If there is at least some chance that he will find salvation in the article and protect himself, then the person will read it.

    Heading examples:

    • You're losing $3,000 every year without this skill.
    • Mixing these products disables the stomach within a day.
    • Just one word can save your marriage from destruction.

    8. Warranties.

    Guarantees, in essence, are a derivative of fear, only served with a different sauce. When a person feels protected, he becomes more loyal to the text he reads.

    Heading examples:

    • 24 hours and your skin is glowing! Otherwise we will refund your money!
    • You will forget about your problems forever!
    • You will never lack for anything!

    9. Non-standard approach

    In most cases, people have a filter on many headlines because people basically know what to expect. Non-standard or controversial solutions attract attention and are able to break through this filter.

    Heading examples:

    • I will put you in a trance while you read this text!
    • Take your money!
    • Don't you dare read what is written here!
    • A full house in the midst of a severe fiasco.

    10. “Salt in the wound”

    Finally, the most strong headlines- these are headlines that precisely and strongly hit a person’s most painful place: pride, pride, fears, problems, etc., which are relevant for this person. In this case, the success of the headline sharply exceeds the 90% mark.

    Heading examples:

    • Forget about losing hair!
    • How long will you continue to work “for your uncle”?
    • Tired of fighting weeds?

    Conclusions

    “People are interested, first of all, in their problems and their needs.”

    If your headline is directly or indirectly related to these needs, then there is a very high probability that a person will start reading the main text. Of course, in each specific case the title will have its own unique specifics, however general principles The audience impacts outlined in this article can help you increase the impact of your headlines several times over with just one or a couple of words.

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    They help with this. But without an attractive and competent title, all your work will disappear into oblivion. You may have high-quality text, but who will see it if the title is not catchy and does not encourage further reading?

    The headline should not only attract attention and encourage the reader to click on it to read the entire article, but also reflect the essence of the material and be relevant to its content.

    In this article, I will talk about the basic rules for creating a title that will help attract an audience, including from search engines.

    1. Use keywords correctly

    You don’t need to insert a bunch of keywords for , one or two are enough. The keyword in the title helps Google and Yandex systems understand what the article is about and for what queries it should be shown to users.

    Do not forget that it is important to reflect the essence of the article in the title. If the title and content are radically different, search engines (not to mention readers) will definitely not appreciate such a sneaky move. They will “bury” such an article in the depths of your site. It will never be ranked in search results and there will be no talk of any visitors.

    According to Copyblogger research, out of ten people, only two will study the entire article after reading the headline. Just think about it, 8 people will ignore the material.

    There is only one attempt to attract attention. A strong and attractive headline will help with this. I recommend using unusual, emotional words. For example, “How to avoid getting fined 70,000 rubles...”, “Are sales falling? 5 steps to correct the situation..”, etc.

    3. Write clearly and to the point.

    The title of the article should be clear and not misleading. You devote so much effort and time to building trusting relationships with your audience that you simply must meet their expectations.

    For example, the title of this article allows you to understand exactly what the material will be about. In the text itself we reveal the essence and do not write about anything else.

    If you deceive the reader and indicate something that is not covered at all in the article, this will lead to the person leaving the site. The bounce rate will increase, and search engines will trust your online resource less.

    Do you know what your audience really cares about? What problems does she have? The best headlines are those that answer the client’s questions and help solve problems. The headline should answer the main and painful questions that concern your users.

    Create a portrait of your client (or several), conduct an analysis - what problems concern these people, what tasks they face. This will greatly help in creating the right “messages”.

    Below is one of our client portraits:


    5. Use numbers

    Numbers attract readers; they give a clearer idea of ​​what will be “inside” the article. For example, “3 ways to attract more clients” or “5 healthy foods that you should eat for breakfast." It is immediately clear that the article will contain a list of 5 foods that you should eat. And it’s immediately clear whether this article is long or not. How more points, the longer the text.

    According to Outbrain research, odd numbers attract on average 20% more readers than even ones. Here's an interesting fact.


    Add strong adjectives and adverbs to your keywords. For example, “free”, “easy”, “new”, etc. Try using these words and you will notice how your audience will begin to grow.

    Another way is to use phrases that indicate urgency, specificity, and uniqueness. Everyone wants to find out the latest information faster than others.

    7. Keep it short

    Also, if you are engaged in email newsletters and announce articles, a short title is perfect. After all, you must force the subscriber to open the letter. What should you write in the subject line of the letter? Exactly, the title of the article. And that's all email clients It is recommended to use no more than 40 characters in the subject line. Otherwise, the name simply won’t fit completely.

    Of course, the above list is not the holy grail. Use and test various strategies and hypotheses that you come across along the way. But incorporating this practice into your regular content creation strategy is essential.

    Hello everyone, guys!

    Do you think it's really important to know how to write headlines? Most likely, your answer will be positive. And I have no right to argue with this, because this part of the text is of great importance.

    Absolutely all novice copywriters are very concerned about this issue. Today we will learn how to create great headlines for selling texts and informational articles.

    What to do before writing a title?

    Every action has a beginning. Writing a headline begins with a trivial analysis of the target audience. That is, before you start writing an article, and therefore a headline, you need to find out what the audience wants.

    Everyone’s favorite Wordstat () will help you find out what the audience wants. Let's look at it with an example. Let's say I want to write an article about how to cook borscht. We enter this query into Wordstat and look at what else people are looking for for this query:

    Pay attention to the queries that I highlighted in red: + how to cook delicious borscht and + how to cook borscht step by step recipe with photo. Having done such a small action, we have found what our target audience needs and can safely use it in the title, but more on that a little later.

    Advice: copywriting on the Internet is primarily about sales and promotion search engines. So use statistics keywords Wordstat for more accurate targeting of the target audience, as well as for better promotion in search engines.

    Writing a title

    Great! We know what people are interested in target audience. Now you need to learn how to write a headline correctly.

    • Question. The title consists entirely of a question. In our case, the entire key phrase will serve as the title. Example: How to cook delicious red borscht? Step by step recipe;
    • Availability of numbers. Numbers make the headline more attractive, effective and specific. Example: 3 recipes for delicious red borscht;
    • Intrigue. For most members of the human race, especially feminine, it is important to know all the secrets. The interest in such things is just off the charts. Why not use this in headlines? Example: Secret way cook delicious red borscht;
    • Appeal. Reaching out to people also works well. Example: Do you know how to cook delicious borscht?;
    • Problem. It’s quite possible to put pressure on the readers’ sore point. Example: Not tasty borscht? Recipe for delicious red borscht;

    You can also play with combinations of the above methods.