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Now that we are clear on the importance of improving your blog post titles, here are some tips to help you.

1. Ask for an opinion – send it to one of your co-authors or blogger friends and ask for their comments, suggestions, and ideas.

2. Edit old titles – if a title is not properly suited for your content or not delivering appropriate traffic for your post you may want to consider editing it. However, to be safe you should keep in mind how the URL change will impact your traffic.

3. Write well – a post that is high in search engine ranks and keyword optimization but is poorly written is of little value to readers.
Be loyal to your passion and to your readers, provide them with excellent well-written content.

4. Strive for short and to the point – I have found that the best titles are short and concise.

5. Find your strategy and stick with it– once you have found your chosen style it’s o.k. to stick with it. The more experience you have the better you will become. Be aware of repeating the exact same title more than once.

6. Don’t promise what you can’t provide – you don’t want to create a title that your post is not worthy of. If you promise something that you fail to deliver you will only disappoint your readership.

7. Make use of lists – I am always excited to read a post that uses the list method. Your readers will know the amount of points in your post and this is certainly a “tried and true” method.

8. Take your time – as with your blog posts you should take your time with writing your title. Personally I acknowledge my occasional desire to quickly name a post and not give it enough thought. Since you are putting a considerable amount of time and effort into your post content make sure you pick the best title you can.

9. Utilize “How-To” – sometimes a simple how-to beginning will be what you are looking for.

10. Take a side – perhaps you have an opinion on a controversial topic and would like to share it with your readers. A simple “vs.” will do the job.

11. Customize to your personality – give the reader a sense of your personality while making it sound interesting.

12. Use strong words and phrases – examples include best, easy, fast, free, hidden, hot, killer and secret.

13. Indicate worth – properly written titles indicate the benefit of reading your post.

14. Polls/Questions – these types of titles are great for generating comments and interest in your content.

15. Use keywords – properly used keywords in your title can create high volumes of traffic.

16. Make true claims and promises – it’s o.k to make a promise just be sure you can actually follow through on it as mentioned before.

17. Use humor (with caution) – occasionally you may want to throw in a pun or something of that nature but you want the majority to be clear and project the meaning of the post.

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