Article Marketing: 3 Keys to Magnetic Article Titles That Boost Your Traffic
Posted on May 27th, 2009 in Marketing Strategy, traffic | 4 Comments »
Articles really can catapult your traffic. But only when your prospects actually read your articles.
Because if they like what they see, there is a much larger chance for them to click through the link in your resource box to join your list.
And the best way to insure they read your article is to craft a title so compelling, so magnetic its almost painful for them to leave the page without reading.
And here are three terrific tips to boost the octane and effectiveness of your article titles, and explode the traffic you site receives from them:
1. Urgent Interest
Miss this one, and failure is virtually guaranteed. The focus of your title (and article) must be one your audience is urgently interested in.
Their interest can’t be casual.
Casual interest may lead your prospect to check out your article. But there is no hunger. There is no impulsion to find resolution. No reason to engage you and your business further.
And when this is the case, your prospect will rarely accept your invitation to opt into your mailing list to collect your bonus bribe.
Be sure the topics you select for your articles are topics that respond to a pre-existing urgent interest in your reader. So your title can then hook them, without mercy.
2. Curiosity
Is there any chance you will miss the season finale of your favorite TV show?
Television relies on one primary human emotion – curiosity – to insure you continue to tune in week after week.
If it works for a billion dollar industry, why not for you?
Be sure your title creates such intense curiosity in your prospect, it is almost painful for them click away from your article without reading it.
3. Embedded Benefit
No one cares what YOU want to write about. (Sorry, but its true).
I only care about what I want to find out. When you write about that, you got me.
So when choosing your title, imply a powerful benefit buried somewhere in the article that your prospect will have to read the article to discover.
Because once I read your article, if the payoff from your promised benefit hits the spot, there is a much larger chance I will follow through on your invitation to discover more great secrets by joining your mailing list.
And that*s the massive payoff that makes writing articles one of the BEST things you can do for your business!
4 Responses
Brilliant article, Rob!
I think you nailed it here with these three points. It’s crucial to address at least one. But if you can include all three, you’ve got something true prospects simply cannot ignore.
Thanks for sharing this.
Doug
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Hello Rob
Great article on compelling titles! This is equally valuable for titles to talks, speeches and presentations.
Sandra Zimmer
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I took the 90 Articles in 90 Days last year. Learned alot and am in the process of following it right now. I agree with the importance of titles and what you say. I’ve also found you often don’t know what is going to work and therefore it becomes a numbers game to find what does. I suggest people do what you can to write compelling titles, but only after you’ve uploaded 10, 15, 20 articles can you see what draws people. From there, it’s easier to write articles on keywords people used to find you.
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