5 Proven Headline Formats That Capture People’s Attention
Want More Views? Apply These Headlines.
Headline is the single most important part of any post.
In this attention economy, the average attention span of a person is about eight seconds.
It doesn't matter whether you write sales copy, landing page, articles, or newsletters, your headline should be attention-grabbing. if your headline is not appealing then your whole content is worthless. That’s why writing a great headline is very important, and you should master this craft ASAP.
So how you can grab people’s attention?
Here are the top 5 proven headline formats that grab people’s attention.
Format #1 — Dollar Signs
People love dollar signs. God knows why! but they Do.
Our psychology works in a way that whenever we read, listen or watch dollar signs content we get inspired, motivated, and energized, maybe for a few minutes, hours, or days.
Let me give you some proven examples so that you can believe that I'm not lying to you.
Examples —
- I Made $10,000 In The First Month Of My Writing.
- How This Guy Is Making $2,459 Per Day By Just Making Memes.
- How To Make Your First $1 Million On The Internet.
- How I Lost $24,983 In Just 3 days.
- This 13 year Old School boy Made $7 Million By Creating NFTs.
Format #2 — Listicles
The 2nd format is listicles, and this works so well, you may have seen this type of article everywhere, and most online guys use this format because everyone knows these formats work.
Examples —
- 5 Proven Headline Formats That Capture People’s Attention.
- 5 Ways To Make Your Writing better.
- 13 Ways To Make Money Online.
- 7 Productivity Hacks You Should Try At Least Once.
- 9 Ways To Boost Your Income By 23 Percent.
Format #3 — Big Numbers
I love big numbers and maybe you too. Don't you?
Maybe you never tried it before, but trust me this format work like hell. I've tried these formats in some of my medium posts too.
Examples —
- 21,307 People Bought This “Zero Value” Products, Here’s Why?
- 79,584 Instagram Followers Account Got Suspended Because Of This One Tiny Mistake.
- How 53,000 people Lost Their Life Savings In This Bull rally Of The Stock Market.
- How 4,739 Innocent People Died Because Of This Unnoticeable Disease.
- 69,700 People Got The Same Job In The Same City, Here’s How?
Format #4 — Success Story
Success — who doesn't want to listen to success story? don't you?
Success stories inspire people to work harder.
Examples —
- How these 2 middle-class guys built a multi-billion dollar company within 2 years.
- How This Guy Who Can’t Move His Face Made $67 Million In Stock Market.
- How I Went From Nothing To Making $10,000 Per Month As A Writer.
- My Best Friend Built A Simple Useful App And Became Millionaire By 20. Here’ How?
- This Guy Is A Lazy Man But Make Millions, Want To Know? Read This.
Format #5 — Credible Names
Credible names are the peoples that have accomplished some sort of fam, name, or credibility in the market.
Examples —
- Here’s Why Will Smith Is Not A Good Person.
- Why 90 million people Love MrBeast AKA Jimmy Donaldson.
- Elon Musk Morning Routine.
- Why Bill Gates Read Too Many Books, And You Should Too.
- What The Billionaire Investor Warren Buffet Says About Day Trading.
Make Sense?
I’m not saying, do clickbait with your audience — Nope!
But if you apply these same formats, chances are you will get more views than average. because these headlines work.
Period.
If you have any questions related to Medium growth and writing tactics, feel free to contact me on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/har-narayan/
Keep Writing.
