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How To Create News Headline
How To Create News Headline
How To Create News Headline
headlines
1. Use numbers to give concrete takeaways
2. Use emotional objectives to describe your reader’s
problem
3. Use unique rationale to demonstrate what the reader
will get out of the article
4. Use what, why, how, or when
5. Make an audacious promise
1. Use numbers
People love numbers, especially in headlines.
Don’t overuse numbers .
Use emotional objectives to describe
your reader’s problem
Here are some examples:
Effortless
Painstaking
Fun
Free
Incredible
Essential
Absolute
Strange
3. Use unique rationale to demonstrate
what the reader will get out of the article
If you’re going to do a list post, be original. For example consider the
following:
Reasons
Principles
Facts
Lessons
Ideas
Ways
Secrets
Tricks
4. Use what, why, how, or when
These are trigger words.
persuade or enable someone
5. Make an audacious promise
Promise your reader something valuable.
What you want to do is dare your reader to read
the article.
Be dangerous. And then deliver what you
promised.