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By: Chris Peterson

Chris Peterson — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:08:13 +0000

Great suggestion of using sub headline… Thanks for providing valuable post and useful tips.

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Free Nclex Questions — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:13:20 +0000

John Cow, this is great, I have never realized the full potential of what you said, but that title and subheadline really got my attention. I realized that people even myself would not read that topic that long and I would really need to be ‘engaged’ first before I put my eyes on the topic on the net. Thanks a lot. I will apply this now in my webpages.

By: Vance Sova

Vance Sova — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:36:36 +0000

Hi John,

I’m really glad I found your site and this post.
I tend to write long posts which may turn off some readers. I do try to break them into paragraphs but based on what you say I will make them even shorter.

One thing I may have been doing right is the length of titles. And I did that in spite of some e-book in which it was advised to keep the titles short.

I have used sub titles on occasion but after reading your post I’ll use them more often.

Thank you for providing such a great content packed with good advice. I just downloaded your e-book and look forward to reading it.

Vance.

By: Jason Berkes

Jason Berkes — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:26:59 +0000

Jason you keep making some great post dude.

Thanks

Jason Berkes

By: Vincent Yee

Vincent Yee — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:24:33 +0000

Hi Jason,
Thank you for another valuable post. I asked myself the same question few weeks back. I may use your suggestion on the sub headline. Great idea to attract targeted visitors too.

By: Mark B

Mark B — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:17:27 +0000

Thanks, good advice and certainly food for thought.

By: sean

sean — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:11:19 +0000

Thanks Jason a little refresher on writing was just the ticket as I’m composing my GoGVO stuff!
The idea of structuring a post… like an ezine article submission with a header and subheader was something I had forgotten!

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:42:17 +0000

This is a great post. I sometimes struggle with titles and arranging content in a way that will make people want to read it. I am going to implement this immediately. Thanks.

By: Lee, Blogger's Workshop

Lee, Blogger's Workshop — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:16:32 +0000

Some excellent points here. Writing for your readers (instead of yourself) is an art form. It requires knowing who your readers actually are! I see quite a few bloggers who never even take the time to find out who they’re writing for.

Lee

By: Tom Harvey

Tom Harvey — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:28:54 +0000

John

Great point regarding sub-headings, will be experimenting with those in my posts. First time I too have seen it mentioned and I think its a really useful tip.
Thanks

Tom

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By: Nicki Harper

Nicki Harper — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:24:30 +0000

People with money are busy earning it.

People with time to read long posts rarely have money to buy what you’re selling.

By: Tony Alverio

Tony Alverio — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:58:58 +0000

John,

Great post! One thing I learned was the sub headline and as you say this answers the readers question of how.

Thanks,

Tony

By: Prince Ade-Johnson

Prince Ade-Johnson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:54:32 +0000

Thanks John Cow. Your post is very helpful. I have never taught about the sub-title answering the question at the main title. This will realy help my post.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:43:09 +0000

I usually have pretty catchy titles, but don’t use subtitles–but I will now!

By: Ms. Freeman

Ms. Freeman — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:38:30 +0000

Being that writing is not my strong suite this post is of great help. I definitely need to start using sub-headlines when writing as well as keep a ‘Get to the Point’ mentality. I have a tendency to add unnecessary fluff.

By: Carl Ocab

Carl Ocab — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:14:41 +0000

Great post Jason.

I’d like to add this mistake I often do before though…

I assume.

When I write stuff (articles, emails and blog posts), I write as I speak to myself – which I believe is wrong because most often I assume that people “understand” what I’m saying.

For example, some people might know what “SEO” means but some won’t.

And a good way that I’ve found to prevent this is to reread my article and to have someone critique it.

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By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:14:37 +0000

I’ve seen so many great articles on sites that just over do it with the length alone. It’s a shame because even though they have the other keys (attention grabbing headline, and good sub heading) these articles will almost never be fully read.

Just knowing my own reading habits, I can tell you I’m a skimmer and the 2 most important parts of an article/blog post (besides the headline) is numbered items/bullet points and the use of bold lettering. My eyes just naturally focus directly on those items first.

Steve

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