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Scoop.it!
How do you get your headlines to inspire a click? I’ve created a cheat sheet that spells out nine effective tips based on the word H-E-A-D-L-I-N-E-S. Via janlgordon 
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Scoop.it!
I selected this piece by Patricia Redsicker for Social Media Examiner for two reasons -
**It's a great review of Lee Oden's new book Optimize: How to Engage Your Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing
**The book is timely and relevant it's about optimizing content for customer and user experiences, rather than for search engines which is becoming increasingly important
Here's what caught my attention:
Chapter 1: Setting the Stage for an Optimized State of Mind
**Use words that matter most to your customers in titles, links and body copy in order to inspire your readers to take action
Chapter 9: Content Isn't King, It's the Kingdom - Creation vs. Curation
**mix curated content with original content. In fact, curating is a great way to extend your own site, but only in addition to—not instead of—your original content
So many great tips on types of content to curate, here are just a few:
**Content created by influential people who are important to your target audience
**Aggregating the best comments from your own or others's blogs
**White papers, ebooks and case studies
**Tips, how-to's and best practices
Chapter 11 Social Networking Development - Don't Be Late to the Networking Party
**Listen, participate, create optiized content and understand the triggers that will inspire sales or referrals
**It's important to know which specific social networks are relevant to your customers
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://tinyurl.com/cycs5g4] Via janlgordon
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This article is by Feldman Creative on a topic that is near and dear to my heart - the headline.
As we all know there's so much content flying by especially on Twitter, being able to grab someone's attention is key. Learning how to craft a headline that draws the reader in is a must.
There are great tips in here
Here are a few that caught my attention:
E is for empathy.
Jay Baer, author of the great marketing book “Youtility,” points out in social media today, your messages are delivered alongside those of your reader’s friends and family. To earn their attention and trust, you too have to achieve friend status. The best way to accomplish this is to show your reader you understand their problems and care.
"You’re Going to Love These Free Analytics Apps"
S is for success
The oldest and most proven approach to headline nirvana is delivering a little bundle of success. Of course, you need insights into how your readers define success. When you have them, speak to them.
"Nine Headline Tricks Sure to Boost Your Leads"
A is for ask
The question headline is enormously effective—provided you ask a question your target audience wants to know the answer to.
"How Do You Write More Magnetic Headlines?"
Selected by Jan Gordon for Curatti covering Curation, Social Business and Beyond
Read more here: [http://bit.ly/Jc464j]
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Useful list, good reminders. And there are headline evaluators out there using the emotion principle. Here's one:
http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/
~ Deb