What is in an Effective Blog Title Anyway?
A LOT! First off boring blog titles are exactly that…boring! People don't care about generic and vanilla. If the title doesn't rope them in they will just move on and not read what you wrote…which could be really great stuff and something that could educate your audience and bring more value to you. So…make and effective blog post title that catches people's attention…"The 1 Thing that can help you…Why you should…How to…What will happen if…Top 5 Reasons to…" All of these titles are interesting and are "Calls to Action!" They are asking and promoting for people to do something and find out the answer to what you are saying. Also, people ask Google and Yahoo questions like they are a person so creating an effective blog post title that Answers those questions is a must.
I don't control the search engines but I do understand(for the most part) how they work and rank content. If you are new to blogging and content marketing do yourself a favor and find out HOW the search engines consider you relevant. You get that part down and you are in a good shape. What I do know that you need to identify WHO you are trying to found by and found for in your blog title. For instance my Key Phrase for this blog is "Effective Blog Post Title." I'm trying to be ranked and found for people searching about How to create…what is in…what is…and around the phrase Effective Blog Post Title…could also be Effective Blog Post…Effective Blog…Blog Post…make sense? So make your blog post title engaging BUT also get your keyword/phrase into your title. It is must for the search engines and getting found online.
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