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Stop wasting hundreds of hours while creating content - Title tips

A quality Title is something that allows your content not to drown in the ocean of modern content.

I analyzed about 100s of excellent Titles from IndieHackers and grouped them into categories. Hope you find it useful.

Show that the article contains a lot of material on significant problem

Quantity gives the feeling that everyone will find something for themselves

The number indicates that a lot of time has been invested in the content

ALot

Promise a great story with an open ending

We react deeply to stories because they communicate information in a primal, intuitive way.

Plus open ending sparks curiosity
Story

Promise to save the time

Since we Can't Manipulate Time,
time-saving tips always attract

SaveTime

Confuse with contradiction

Controversy sparks interest

And the desire to find out why this is so = read the article

Contradiction

Stand out with colloquial language

Spoken words make a headline stand out due to a different tone

Spoken

Strengthen questions with problems

Strengthening kind of makes us ask a question

Problems

Hook Reptilian brain

It is impossible to resist food, sex or danger. Our “animalistic nature” will always notice these things.

Reptillian

Harsh truth that stimulates discussion

Such titles quickly respond to the reader. Literally forcing you to find confirmation of the title in your text.

Harsh

Arouse curiosity with an anti-trend

When we encounter something unusual, we build assumptions and become curious as we predict what it might be and wait to see if we are right.

Antitrend

Say that you will breakdown metrics/ milestones e.t.c

how you achieved certain numbers engages the reader - with valuable lessons learned from experience

Breakdown

Power up Milestone with a time limit

The time limit allows for a correct rate of the milestone

Making milestone tangible

Timelimit

Support with experience

Your experience on a complex problem have a unique ability to build connections because brain places you inside the story

Experience
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    Omg this is amazing.

  2. 1

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing this @romiva 🔥

  3. 1

    Thanks for the help with this article. I now realize that one of the reasons why good articles suffer is because of poor titles. Now i have something to have in mind every time am about to publish.

  4. 1

    Just what I needed! I stumbled upon this in the IndieHackers Newsletter.
    I’m going to work on improving the headline of my landing page using these tips!

    Thanks a ton!

  5. 1

    Thanks for sharing, writing for me is one of the hardest things out there haha, those are really good tips to instrument and have a methodical way to approach the title

  6. 1

    Amazing content, thanks! I'm gonna save this and re-read it whenever I create posts for Reddit, Twitter and IH, for real!

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