Tag: Hooks & Openings
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Borrow Tarantino’s Storytelling Method to Create Magnetic Content
I saw Pulp Fiction on opening night in 1994, and I remember two things with perfect clarity. First, the audience burst into applause after the opening scene, not the ending, the opening. I’d never seen that before. Second, I spent the next two hours with a question humming in the back of my brain like…
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Twenty-Two Proven Headline Templates You Can Rely On
You already know the headline is the most important part of your article. You know it because every writing teacher has told you, because your own behavior proves it (you skim headlines and click the ones that grab you), and because the data is unambiguous: eight out of ten people will read your headline, but…
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Six Essential Ingredients Every Engaging Article Needs
Ask most people what their content marketing strategy is, and after you cut through the jargon, it boils down to something roughly translated as: “More eyeballs. Please. Any eyeballs.” This is not a new impulse. The quest for attention is as old as commerce itself. And it does matter, ask anyone trying to build a…
