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Kick-Butt Author and Publishing Tips & Ahas January 09

 

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Headlines count … whether it’s the phrase that an On-Air personality uses or something in print … headlines count. The question is: are you using them? Your  headline is the first thing anyone sees or hears.

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1.      Does your headline have words that reflect something about “affect” or “pain” or “solution” that the reader will connect with?

2.      Keep it short—get to the point quickly—the reader/listener/viewer knows that there is more to follow in the content.

3.      Be precise—it you are creating a head scratcher … trash it, it’s the wrong headline.

You can play with headlines at AMInstitute.com (headline analyzer) and gives you an emotional ranking; Portent.com is quirky but fun; (https://www.portent.com/tools/title-maker); or TweakYourBiz.com gives you an emotional ranking (http://tweakyourbiz.com/tools/title-generator/).

~Happy Writing … it will pay off!~

 

 

 

 

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