Grip Your Readers With These 7 Knock-out Opening Sentences

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News Source: http://www.problogger.net
Published: Nov 07, 2007 - 11:12 am
Story Found By: DoshDosh 1659 Days ago
Category: Social Media

To be effective, every great headline — like the punch of any legendary boxer — needs follow-through.In this post, I want to suggest seven tried-and-tested methods to craft a gripping opening sentence. This could mean the difference between someone reading your post from start to finish or skipping to the next item in their feed reader.

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from SearchBuzz 1659 Days ago #

Votes: 1

I like how she used one herself...."You might not want to hear this, but a killer headline simply isn’t enough"

from bwelford 1657 Days ago #

Votes: 0

The key seems to be that the opening sentence must engage the reader’s interest and involvement, rather than just be an intro to the rest of the piece.

from Kimota 1657 Days ago #

Votes: 0

Brilliant post - with points that just can’t sbe said enough these days with so many bland blogs out there.

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