Need a headline that draws attention? The 40 examples below are templates: fill in the blank with your topic, and you have a headline that makes people want to read your article or blog post.
It is not easy to write the perfect headline for your article. The perfect headline introduces the different types of headlines, and the perfect headline in 5 steps gives you a method for writing your own. If you are still stuck, start from one of these templates. Where a template offers a choice, such as more/better/faster, pick the word that fits your content.
- The secrets of _____
- How _____ made _____, and how you can do it too!
- Finally! _____
- What you can learn from _____
- Create/build/make a _____ you can be proud of
- How to get more/better/faster/cheaper _____
- Everything wrong with _____
- You think you know everything about _____? Think again!
- What _____ can teach us
- No more _____! Learn how to _____
- The secret of _____
- Top 5 steps to _____
- Here's a way that helps _____ to _____
- How _____ can help you _____
- Newsflash! _____
- How to be as successful/perfect/good as _____
- Check out these 10 awesome _____
- Millions of _____ have _____. Why don't you?
- Never make the same mistakes again: _____
- Everything you should know about _____
- Do you make these _____ mistakes?
- _____ 101
- How to be/gain/get more _____ in 10 easy steps
- Top 10 brilliant ways/methods to _____
- A _____ guide to _____
- Watch how _____. You will never guess what happens!
- Did you know? _____
- Little-known ways to _____
- 10 things people hate about _____
- Now you can have/make _____ too!
- Learn how to _____
- Who else needs/wants _____?
- 100 ways/methods/strategies/formulas to _____
- A simple formula/method to _____
- Get rid of _____ forever/once and for all!
- _____ shares their secrets about _____
- Attention! This is how you avoid _____
- 10 tried and tested methods to _____
- Breaking news: _____
- Here's the number one way _____ can _____
A template is only a start. Use a real number when your article has one, and make sure the article keeps the promise its headline makes. And don't forget to check your headline for spelling mistakes before you publish.