Two tips for you today … both connections to goose your headlines and titles for articles, blogs … and yes, books. Headline writers make big bucks for the tabloids, magazines, newspapers and other forms of media. They use adjectives that pull in the emotional, empatheticl and spiritual strings on the reader. It’s a “gift” some say to be able to do that … and here’s my gift to you … they are both freebies.
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The American Marketing Institute created it’s headline analyzer to give you a percentage score on emotional, intellectual and spiritual. It’s website is AMInstitute.com.
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CoSchedule has a great blog post headline analyzer will score your overall headline quality and rate its ability to result in social shares, increased traffic, and SEO value. Very cool indeed. It’s website is CoSchedule.com.
Judith Briles is a book publishing expert and coach. She empowers authors and is the Founder of Author U, a membership organization created for the serious author who wants to be seriously successful. She’s been writing about and conducting workshops on publishing since the 80s. Judith is the author of 33 books including Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms (ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year), Snappy Sassy Salty: Wise Words for Authors and Writers and a speaker at publishing conferences. Book #33 will be published in June: The CrowdFunding Guide for Authors and Writers.
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