Why Catchy Blog Titles Are More Tempting Than Cinnabon

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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.

1. Control of your
2. your own business
3. work for you
4. the introduction of
5. what’s new in
6. could you be
7. the effect of
8. X simple things
9. best for you
10. the nature of
11. how to move
12. how much will
13. the risks of
14. into the future
15. back to normal
16. you should use
17. on a budget
18. don’t forget to
19. that actually work
20. 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

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.

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• My First Blog Post

You might be wondering what’s wrong with those, they sound ok to me. The reason the titles are not attention-grabbing is that these titles have no value to the reader.

When you create a blog post, I learned this from Michelle of Making Sense of Cents, you have to let the reader know “what is in it for them.”

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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.

1. Great
2. Awesome
3. Super
4. Cool
5. Secret
6. Sexy
7. Rock-solid
8. Best
9. Top
10. Better
11. Quick
12. Fast
13. Real
14. Ultimate
15. Effective
16. Efficient
17. Excellent
18. Amazing
19. Shocking
20. Warning
21. Crazy
22. Must have
23. Essential
24. Important
25. Proven
26. Explosive
27. Extreme
28. Unbelievable
29. Unending
30. Viral
31. Spice
32. Exciting
33. Dangerous
34. Current
35. Weird
36. Interesting
37. Enticing
38. Fascinating
39. Funny
40. Love
41. Ever
42. Unique
43. Eye-catching
44. Superb
45. Guarantee
46. Easier
47. Strange
48. Special
49. Fresh
50. 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.

1. actually
2. heart
3. see
4. awesome
5. here
6. social
7. baby
8. more
9. world
10. beautiful
11. right
12. year
13. a
14. her
15. these
16. about
17. how
18. what
19. after
20. this
21. your
22. and
23. why
24. 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!