102 Proven Social Media Headline Formulas

by Chris Garrett

If you want to get more clicks and bookmarks then you will need to be able to create killer headlines.

Download this free PDF that contains 102 fill-in-the-blanks, tried and tested headline formulas.

Enjoy!

Download 102 Headline Formulas PDF

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{ 46 comments }

Mari Smith August 7, 2009 at 6:33 am

Way to go, Chris — awesome compilation. This is really helpful for blog posts, email marketing and tweets!! ;)

Cheers,
@marismith

Chris Garrett August 7, 2009 at 6:35 am

Thanks Mari I will be looking out to see if you use any on your blog ;)

J. Michael Thurman August 7, 2009 at 6:44 am

Thanks for the resource! Oh…and thanks to Mari for Tweeting the link!

Best,
Michael
@jmichaelthurman

Bob Jones August 7, 2009 at 6:44 am

Thanks Chris, I could have really used this,oh, about 30 minutes ago! :)

Hendry Lee August 7, 2009 at 6:46 am

I’m snatching one to see if I could add to my repository of headlines…

Thanks Chris.

Lisa Marie Mary August 7, 2009 at 6:48 am

Oh this is great, Chris – thank you so much!! :)

Alan Petersen August 7, 2009 at 6:56 am

Now You Can Get 102 Proven Headline Formulas For Free! Nice, it works. :-) Awesome list! Great addition to my swipe file. Thanks for sharing.

–Alan

Ajay August 7, 2009 at 7:13 am

thanks a lot for sharing this!

Ching Ya August 7, 2009 at 7:33 am

Thanks for sharing the magic potion, Chris. Be prepared for more commentators thanking your way. ^^

@wchingya
Social/Blogging Tracker

Chris Garrett August 7, 2009 at 8:03 am

@J. Michael Thurman: Glad you like it and thanks for spreading the word :)

@Bob Jones: Sorry to have just missed the timing ;)

@Hendry Lee: Glad to be of service :)

@Lisa Marie Mary: You are welcome :)

@Alan Petersen: See, you are using it already ;)

@Ajay: No probs :)

@Ching Ya: Bracing myself :)

Brian Hancock August 7, 2009 at 8:04 am

Great work on this – very creative ways of wording headlines differently to hit various hot buttons!

Christine Gallagher August 7, 2009 at 9:55 am

Awesome Chris, this will be great to share with my clients. Appreciate you doing this and Mari for tweeting it:)

Celes | The Personal Excellence Blog August 7, 2009 at 10:42 am

This is terrific Chris! I’m downloading this now and going to apply it right away.

bradley hebdon August 7, 2009 at 10:53 am

great resource… keeps one in check.

Jill August 7, 2009 at 11:39 am

Fantastic resource Chris – thanks so much.

I have some of these scattered around in notes – but it is SO helpful to have them all together. Of course your pdf has a lot more than I had.

Will sign up in a sec so you can keep your content coming my way.

Thanks

Andre T. Fraser August 7, 2009 at 2:54 pm

Hi, thanks for sharing the excellent article. I will put these to use on my blog

TweetNirvana August 7, 2009 at 10:08 pm

Very nice sir! Will these work on dating sites I wonder? HA!

Ben Foster August 8, 2009 at 6:47 am

Funny…I read this on my mobile quickly, then found a need for it today. I couldn’t remember how I found it…but did remember “102 Proven”

And sure enough….the title brought me back.

Michael A. Stelzner August 8, 2009 at 6:55 am

Chris – Really awesome!- Mike

John Duncan August 8, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Awesome. Thanks so much. I’ll be rewriting my headlines soon!

Neal @ WealthPilgrim.com August 8, 2009 at 11:05 pm

You are the maestro of (new) media. Thanks for a great report!

KB August 9, 2009 at 6:38 am

Thanks for a fantastic resource :)

Jennifer Abernethy August 9, 2009 at 12:53 pm

I raise my champagne glass to you! This will add to everyones personal Sales Style! Thanks for sharing your expertise with us.

Cheers,
Jennifer Abernethy
America’s Sales Stylist(tm) to Ultra Hip Professionals
The Sales Lounge.com

Dustin Hodgson August 9, 2009 at 1:19 pm

Thank You! I’ll be following you on twitter!

Jeremiah Hoyet August 9, 2009 at 5:52 pm

Thanks for giving us this! Sounds like a fun list that I’ll have to peruse through tonight! :]

Donna Payne August 10, 2009 at 4:51 am

U Rock! Thx – I’m always looking for “over the top” resources to share with my clients and followers.

Donna Payne, The Web Coach
@thewebcoach

Desmond @ ImQuittingMyJob.com August 10, 2009 at 6:20 am

Great Stuff….I was looking for different headlines I could use…perfect timing.

Desmond

Linette August 10, 2009 at 6:28 am

Great list of headlines! My favorite type of headline is for lists, Top 10’s, Best 5, Worst, etc. Those always seem to get the traffic.

Mark Peesel August 10, 2009 at 9:11 am

Thanks! I’ll be using one of these this afternoon!

Bamboo Forest - PunIntended August 10, 2009 at 10:50 am

This is fantastic, bro!

I’ve started reading the Digg homepage every day to better ingrain into my psyche headlines that simply work.

I am indeed in the Brian Clark camp of how important they are for blogging. I will download this little gem. Thanks!

James Sun August 10, 2009 at 10:54 am

Great job Chris! Where did I put my list of “102 Proven Blog Comment Formulas”? :-)

James Sun
@jamessun

Denise Wakeman August 10, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Chris, just catching up after a few weeks on the road and stumbled on this gem of a resource! This list makes writing headlines really simple for those of us who struggle on this front! Thanks for your generosity.

Blog on!

Kim August 10, 2009 at 1:40 pm

This is fantastic, thank you so much.

But… wait… I believe you forgot to include two timeless classics: “Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride” and “Is Your Hair “‘Disturbingly Healthy’”? — http://bit.ly/8Fhrn

Not affiliated with Brylcreem. Use at your own risk. Results may vary.

Janice Crago August 10, 2009 at 3:53 pm

I’m re-gifting this one — holding on to my own copy first of course!

matt haines August 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm

Funny how these all seem to be pulled from covers of Cosmo. :) But they ARE very compelling!

Now where did I put the August issue of Cosmo? It’s around here somewhere.

Nick Tako August 12, 2009 at 10:43 am

Thanks Chris!

I can’t wait to incorporate these into my businesses as I sometimes get writer’s block!

As a previous poster mentioned, they seemed to be pulled from Cosmo – well after attending many seminars, Cosmo and other grocery check out magazines are often sited as good sources for headlines. Try explaining that to the others in line while you check out Cosmo, The National Enquirer, etc! :)

Nick
@NickTako

Tshombe August 13, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Brilliant. I can’t wait to use this wonderful, practical tool Chris. Thank you!

Nick Stamoulis August 14, 2009 at 6:42 am

Headlines are why people click and read. the power of words will always be important.

Alane Anderson August 14, 2009 at 9:07 am

Chris, always great content. Thanks for the tips will use them for upcoming book. Nothing like a great cheat sheet to move things along!

Wendy Kenney @23Kazooz August 15, 2009 at 8:41 am

Thanks Chris, for all of your hard work on this. Great info!

Ethan August 18, 2009 at 7:41 am

I’m always amazed at the stigmatization of headlines as “linkbait.” To me, something only qualifies as linkbait if the content provided under the headline isn’t really useful or written poorly, or if the headline is misleading.

I know some people who won’t read an article with headlines like the examples you provided on principle. It’s weird that they critique headlines that bring people in without quality content, even though they’re judging the article based on the headline themselves. Can’t win ‘em all, I suppose.

Brent Thomas August 19, 2009 at 6:31 am

Thanks for the great information Chris. You Rock.

Dave Doolin August 19, 2009 at 7:32 am

1. Thanks for all the work and information.
2. You darn internet guys just stay one step ahead… I’ve got a whole series of posts on titles I wanted to ebook! Darn it! Just means I need to be smarter and faster.

Naomi August 19, 2009 at 12:14 pm

I love the list headlines. Top 5, Top 100 Entrepreneurs, etc. People are really interested in the list. Thanks for the great headlines! :)

Charles Bohannan August 19, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Thanks, Chris — I live and breath writing but not copywriting. This is such a simple but powerful resource. I really appreciate it.

Miguel August 20, 2009 at 7:04 am

Fantastic List, lots of good ideas here. Great work putting it all together.

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