Comments on: How to Turn Blah Headlines into Eyeball-Grabbing Powerhouses

By: Oh no! I have a blog post to write! » SEO Copywriting

Oh no! I have a blog post to write! » SEO Copywriting — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:01:08 +0000

[…] Headline list: Brainstorm a list of potential blog post headlines. Well-written headlines can give you a great start to a post. […]

By: Jennifer w Regal Affair

Jennifer w Regal Affair — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:13:18 +0000

Great! Great! List! I was able to take just one of these and develop a series of posts. Thank you for this post.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:49:15 +0000

Isn’t it nice when you find out that you’ve been doing it “right” all along? :)

Thanks for your post!

By: Scott Salwolke

Scott Salwolke — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:24:33 +0000

Great post. I think what the success of SEO will eventually focus not just on rankings, but the response of visitors to the site. Too many SEO people look at the title or the H1 tag as a place to incorporate keywords. This is probably necessary, but they should focus on whether people respond to the h1 tags and especially the title tags. Not just when they are on the site, but just as importantly when they come across the listing in the search results.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:14:56 +0000

Hi, Gabriella!

Good question. When you say that it’s affected you client’s “page rank” – are you referring to their conversions (that is, people may see a bad result on the search results page and not want to contact your client’s company?)

Glad the post helped – hopefully, you’ll be dry-spell free and not have to reference it for awhile. :)

By: Gabriella Sannino

Gabriella Sannino — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:28:40 +0000

Great ideas and thanks sharing this article. [it’s bookmarked for my next dry spell:)] I have a question regarding bad press that has affected a clients page rank.

Should they consider writing a rebuttal press release? What can they do other than what I would consider some effective steps? Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:08:33 +0000

Hiya, Marilyn!

What works for me is stream of consciousness writing. I’ll spend a set amount of time (say 15 minutes) writing whatever headlines come to mind. Some are good – some are horrible. :) No matter what, I won’t let myself edit during that time…no matter how much I want to.

Then, after I take a break, I’ll come back and see what I’ve done. In most cases, one headline will stand out over the others. That’s the headline I’ll focus on, massage and edit.

Sometimes the process will take me 20 minutes. Sometimes, two hours. The more I do it, the less time it (typically) takes me.

Thanks for your post!

By: Marilyn Schwader

Marilyn Schwader — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:10:09 +0000

Great list to spur ideas. Do you suggest stream of consciousness writing, developing a list of words, or some other method to take one of these ideas and expand it? Can you give an example?
Thanks!