Did you write a great blog post that you felt should’ve gotten more engagement? Was your blog title not catchy? Imagine being able to ignite your traffic and increase your social shares.
Well, guess what you can. And I’m going to tell you how!
I have written plenty of blog posts and pins for Pinterest that I just knew they had the potential to go viral. But none of them ever did.
A few months into my blogging journey, I realized why I wasn’t attracting readers to my blog.
My blog titles were not catchy, to be honest, they were outright bland and boring.
Maybe, this is the problem you have with your blog post as well. You could have great content, but if you aren’t grabbing people’s attention, then all of your hard work to create that fantastic blog post was in vain.
A recent study by Buzzsumo showed that blog titles that contained these phrases were the worst-performing headlines.
- Control of your
- your own business
- work for you
- the introduction of
- what’s new in
- could you be
- the effect of
- X simple things
- best for you
- the nature of
- how to move
- how much will
- the risks of
- into the future
- back to normal
- you should use
- on a budget
- don’t forget to
- that actually work
- simple way to
If you have any of these phrases in your blog post, you might want to tweak them to ensure they are more appealing to potential readers.
How to Write a good Title
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Today, we are going to learn to create scroll stopping, kick-ass blog titles, that will increase your blog’s page views.
First let’s look at a couple of titles, that are considered less that click worthy.
- How to Make Money
- My First Blog Post
You might be wondering what’s wrong with those, they sound ok to me. The reason the titles
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Good Blog Titles Use These Words
As I’ve stated numerous times within this blog, you must create catchy headline titles to get people to click through to your site.
So what makes the best blog titles?

The best blog titles are those that have the right word balance. A mixture of words that evoke emotion, words that display power, common and uncommon words that your readers can relate to.
Power words can increase your click-through rate.
- Great
- Awesome
- Super
- Cool
- Secret
- Sexy
- Rock-solid
- Best
- Top
- Better
- Quick
- Fast
- Real
- Ultimate
- Effective
- Efficient
- Excellent
- Amazing
- Shocking
- Warning
- Crazy
- Must have
- Essential
- Important
- Proven
- Explosive
- Extreme
- Unbelievable
- Unending
- Viral
- Spice
- Exciting
- Dangerous
- Current
- Weird
- Interesting
- Enticing
- Fascinating
- Funny
- Love
- Ever
- Unique
- Eye-catching
- Superb
- Guarantee
- Easier
- Strange
- Special
- Fresh
- Perfect

Words that invokes emotion
1.immediately
2.limited
3.simplistic
4.powerful
5.big
6.popular
7.exclusive
8.valuable
9.how to
10.endorsed
11.unlimited
12.discount
13.fundamentals
14.under priced
15.suddenly
16.perspective
17.launching
18.skill
19.reduced
20.better
21.shrewd
22.enormous
23.spotlight
24.useful
25.survival
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26.largest
27.colossal
28.now
29.unlock
30.fortune
31.authentic
32.announcing
33.huge
34.gift
35.introducing
36.practical
Keep in mind, that you still want to use SEO keywords when crafting your blog title.

Let’s look at common and uncommon words, that we want to intertwine with our power, and emotion provoking words.
- actually
- heart
- see
- awesome
- here
- social
- baby
- more
- world
- beautiful
- right
- year
- a
- her
- these
- about
- how
- what
- after
- this
- your
- and
- why
- things
Now that we have a list of words we should use in our headlines, let’s look at a blog title that has the potential to generate traffic. These headlines can also be used on lead magnets to help you to build your email list.
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Once I create a title that I’m on the fence about, I like to run it through, Coschedule Headline Analyzer or Portent
Final Thoughts
Now that you have the tools to create amazing headlines, go back and update your old post, create different Pinterest pins for those blog post, and watch your click-through rate increase.
Do you think bad headlines is hurting your traffic? Reply below and let me know!

I’m going to try some of these suggestions – I always get compliments on my writing, but have trouble attracting click throughs on Pinterest. Thanks!
You’re welcome! I hope these help!
Thank you so much for this post. I love the word lists and will be saving them and referring to them regularly. I know I need better titles and this is going to help a lot.
You’re welcome! Let me know if you need anything!
OMG This is so helpful!!! This is definitely something I struggle with. I’ll definitely be coming back to this for future reference. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome!!
Now, I’m off to create some pins using your tips! Thanks
You’re welcome! Let me know if your click through rate increases
Great info and header!!
Thank you!
Totally need this! Thanks you sharing. Will definitely improve my article headlines 👍
No problem!
I always thought if you are using SEO words in your title they had to be straight forward rather than creative. Thanks for the tips.
You can make your blog title creative and still incorporate the SEO keywords. My keywords were blog titles, and I incorporated power words into the blog title. Creativity and uniqueness is key to boost your click-through rates
I can’t wait to try some of these suggestions. Thank you so much for sharing. I agree. You must have unique and engaging blog titles to capture the Readers’ attention.
I’m a new blogger and love this post. I struggle with catchy titles. Bookmarked and pinned girl
Hey Erin! Oh thank you! If you need any help let me know! I understand the struggle when you first start blogging lol I still struggle myself!
Super helpful, glad I found you and this post! Will for sure save this for reference and later user
Thank you! I’m glad this was helpful !