Thanks Alex. This is just one of many, but yeah, attention grabbing headline is what you need in order to get “read”, otherwise people would go elsewhere.

Thanks for sharing and best of luck with your future blogs.

kind regards;

Alex

Hey Matt. You really want to give the focus to the headlines. There is often times the decision made if the reader will spend time reading your post or goes elsewhere. Also keep in mind the lead and the overall experience. People usually like to read the post if they are hooked, so try to make every sentence worth of their attention. I know it can be challenging, but hey. In the end your competition is 1/10 of the earth population, you have to stand out. Cheers

Hey there, Dereck. I am happy I could provide you with some value within my post. The headlines indeed can make difference in your readability. Cheers

Hi Tatiana. You are right, that 1000 words can seem sometimes like not enough. But, it can be part of the “blogging challenge” to make your point within this frame. On the other hand, keeping it short does not have to be just in relation to content itself, rather than the sentences. Your readers won’t mind reading to the point post, that is longer. They would mind reading long sentences.

The 4Us are hit on my face because sometimes I forget them in my writing and write about what I want to tell to my readers, rather than what they want. So thanks a lot for reminding me to provide what my readers really want from my articles, and I am sure it’s the key to boost my traffic if I revise old posts and implement these in my new article writing. 🙂

Cheers,
Matt

Indeed, we all like to keep talking often times. The thing we have to remember when putting the ideas on paper, that people have “no time” to read these days. Especially online where everyone gets distracted so easily. That’s why, we all bloggers, need to work on keeping it to the point and as short as possible. I am happy that you see the advantages of answering people’s questions. To your success.

I also am going to jot down the 4 U’s! I’ll use this in my editing to make sure I covered each one and see where I can tweak things here and there.

I’ll keep tip #5 in mind. I tend to ramble on sometimes but could work on answering more of the question in the post instead of getting carried away with my own wants.

Thanks a ton!