Comments on: Blogging: 10 Things To Do with A Bad Headline

By: On Twitter, A/B Analysis, and the Art of Headlines

On Twitter, A/B Analysis, and the Art of Headlines — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:36:07 +0000

[...] Headlines are critical. I’ve noted that, with some frustration (I’m not so good at headlines) on this blog before, here. [...]

By: Gisli

Gisli — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:23:06 +0000

Writing headlines is like Haiku: terse, colorful, bold. Talk to the inner child, the guts
If you write the whole article in headline-speak you better call it a “poem”.
Writing articles is a different things for different people. For me its structured, orderly, logical. I do technical documentation. But I enjoy reading motoring/sports/food journalism for the way the writers handle excitement. Don’t get much of that in a technical specification for a network protocol.

By: ALex

ALex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:31:48 +0000

Thanks so much Tim! Great post. Not only did it have sprinkles of humor, the tips are all applicable to various types of articles.

By: Tim Berry

Tim Berry — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:34 +0000

There, see? Headlines are so tough, but so important, and it takes talent. To Free or Not to Free would have been way better. Thanks Steve!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:25:10 +0000

Headlines are hard. It is really rare when a publication uses my headline – they almost always change it. And I know from feedback that my blog post headlines are not good.

I’ve been getting headline advice from a friend who is a newspaper editor, but I don’t seem to be getting any better.

BTW, I liked your post on Ideas. Interesting mix of opinions and sources. How about “To Free or Not to Free?”