How To: Optimize Your Blog Post Titles

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With content marketing becoming increasingly popular among agencies and internal marketing departments, the skill of creating appealing headlines and desirable copy is in demand. A blog post could be expertly written with earth-moving, problem-solving content, but if the title fails to communicate a value proposition or urgency, the writing will be obfuscated to the world. Look to these strategies for writing successful blog titles and watch the web traffic rise!

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BLOG POSTOPTIMIZATION

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLES

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TITLES MAKE OR BREAK YOUR

BLOG POSTS

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESBest Practices

1. Write your title before you write your post

2. Don’t include “Slingshot SEO” in the title

3. Keep titles below 151 characters in length

4. Show value, show value, show value – What’s in it for the reader?

5. Solve a problem

6. Think of titles as tweets

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION

THE ART OF TITLES

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLES10 Types of Titles

1. News Jacking

2. Popular Culture

3. Humor, Absurdity

4. Bold, Declaration, Controversy

5. Ego Stroke

6. Breaking News

7. How-To

8. Top “X” List

9. [Bracket] Title

10. Thought Leadership

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESNews Jacking

“The Dems to the GOP: Saving Big Bird One Tweet at a Time”

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESPopular Culture

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESHumor, Absurdity

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESBold, Declaration, Controversy

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESEgo Stroke

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESBreaking News

“Google Algorithm Update Just Announced – The EMD”

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESHow-To

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESTop “X” List

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESThought Leadership

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLES[Bracket] Title

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION

Title Writing FormulasFrom CopyBlogger

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESTitle Writing Formulas

1. Who Else Wants [blank]?

Who Else Wants the SEO Secret Weapon?

2. The Secret of [blank]

The Secret of Killer Inbound Marketing

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESTitle Writing Formulas

3. Here is a Method That is Helping [blank] to [blank]

Here is a Method That is Helping Bloggers Write Better Post Titles

4. Little Known Ways to [blank]

Little Known Ways to Hack Google’s Algorithm

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESTitle Writing Formulas

5. Get Rid of [problem] Once and For All

Get Rid of Your Non-Converting Website Once and For All

6. Here’s a Quick Way to [solve a problem]

Here’s a Quick Way to Make Your Inbound Marketing Clients Happy

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESTitle Writing Formulas

7. Now You Can Have [something desirable] [great circumstance]

Now You Can Have Fun Blogging and Drive Even More Conversions

8. [Do something] like [world-class example]

Build Your Personal Brand Like Rand Fishkin

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BLOG POST OPTIMIZATION for TITLESTitle Writing Formulas

9. Have a [or] Build a [blank] You Can Be Proud Of

Have an Inbound Marketing Campaign You Can Be Proud Of

10. What Everybody Ought to Know About [blank]

What Everybody Ought to Know About PPC

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Let’s Write Some Titles!!!Send 5 to 10 original examples of

any style to:

steven.shattuck@slingshotseo.com

by 10/28

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