Comments on: Titles Must ReTweet Well http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm The Mobile Web From A Desktop Perspective Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jlbraaten http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113635 jlbraaten Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:05:10 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113635 It's like doing a e-mail subject line. Draw them in! It’s like doing a e-mail subject line. Draw them in!

]]> By: Los Angeles Travel Deals http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113629 Los Angeles Travel Deals Sun, 31 May 2009 03:33:55 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113629 Thank you so much for this post! It's incredibly annoying to have to go through and have to look for ways to shorten someone's title in order to retweet! :) Thank you so much for this post! It’s incredibly annoying to have to go through and have to look for ways to shorten someone’s title in order to retweet! :)

]]> By: website copywriting trainer http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113627 website copywriting trainer Sat, 30 May 2009 22:31:46 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113627 Thanks Barry for an excellent piece. To my mind an important aspect of capturing your reader's attention is to be fresh, original and a little different. If your headline, or for that matter, any text you write, reads like something we've all read a hundred times before, it is unlikely to do the job. One of the tricks I do when stuck for a strong headline is to first think up some weak headlines - ones that are, for example, obvious, boring or clichéd. This gets all the bad ideas out of my system. Then I know what to avoid and can start to look for something a little more attention grabbing. It tends to work for me, and hopefully it might work for some of your readers. Thanks Barry for an excellent piece.

To my mind an important aspect of capturing your reader’s attention is to be fresh, original and a little different. If your headline, or for that matter, any text you write, reads like something we’ve all read a hundred times before, it is unlikely to do the job.

One of the tricks I do when stuck for a strong headline is to first think up some weak headlines – ones that are, for example, obvious, boring or clichéd. This gets all the bad ideas out of my system. Then I know what to avoid and can start to look for something a little more attention grabbing.

It tends to work for me, and hopefully it might work for some of your readers.

]]> By: Cool Modified Cars http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113595 Cool Modified Cars Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:58 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113595 I always try to write headlines that "kick people right in the Johnson" just to elicit a reaction. You have to put yourself ahead of all the competition out there on the net! I always try to write headlines that “kick people right in the Johnson” just to elicit a reaction. You have to put yourself ahead of all the competition out there on the net!

]]> By: Jeet http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113594 Jeet Wed, 27 May 2009 17:28:12 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113594 @Barry: LOL! I really like the call to action you have put in the end. I agree that people barely get 70 characters to get reader's attention. I liked the 'smash a brick' thingy :D Great headlines/titles are essential for linkbaits, retweets and diggs. @Barry: LOL! I really like the call to action you have put in the end. I agree that people barely get 70 characters to get reader’s attention. I liked the ‘smash a brick’ thingy :D

Great headlines/titles are essential for linkbaits, retweets and diggs.

]]> By: wilhb81 http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113590 wilhb81 Tue, 26 May 2009 07:09:49 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113590 Barry, in this case, we must analyze it in a long term. If the retweeting stuff can really bring much traffic to one site, it's nothing wrong to try it; Or else, it's better to leave the website/blog alone... Barry, in this case, we must analyze it in a long term. If the retweeting stuff can really bring much traffic to one site, it’s nothing wrong to try it; Or else, it’s better to leave the website/blog alone…

]]> By: WebDeveloperNews - For Professional Web Developers http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113545 WebDeveloperNews - For Professional Web Developers Fri, 22 May 2009 13:21:07 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113545 [...] Comments [...] [...] Comments [...]

]]> By: David Leonhardt http://www.staygolinks.com/titles-must-retweet-well.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113524 David Leonhardt Thu, 21 May 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.staygolinks.com/?p=583#comment-113524 Really, this is doing what journalists have long known. It's why they have special headline editors at major dailies whose sole job is to make in-your-face headlines. Really, this is doing what journalists have long known. It’s why they have special headline editors at major dailies whose sole job is to make in-your-face headlines.

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