Your headline is the first part of your articles your readers see. And it may very well be the last part they see. That’s why a catchy headline is not nice to have, it’s essential. Without it your article may as well not exist because nobody will read it. But how do you write a headline that’ll capture your readers’ attention and bring thousands of visitors to your blog? Hint: headline analyzers are definitely not the answer.| Grow With Less
Copywriting legend David Ogilvy once said that “on the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” That’s great news because it means a great blog post title has the power to attract lots of readers to your blog and to help you build your business. Unfortunately, it also means that nobody will read your article if the blog title sucks.| Grow With Less
After reading about the huge conversion boosts many bloggers got after A/B testing their headlines, I assumed A/B testing the headlines of 73 articles I have published on my language learning blog French Together would be a no brainer. I could already picture myself writing a triumphant article showing how A/B testing my headlines helped me double my traffic and get an extra 3 million visitors a year. Unfortunately, the magic never happened and the article you are about to read will instead s...| Grow With Less
Headline analyzers are a popular way to come up with great headlines and try to predict their effectiveness. All you need to do is write your headline and the tool will give it a score telling you how effective it’s likely to be. But can these free headline analyzers accurately predict which headline will perform best? Or are they yet another tool that keeps us busy and prevents us from focusing on what matters?| Grow With Less