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You can:

1/ Make it appeal to the senses.

Like this headline from The United Fruit Company:

“Tastes Like You Just Picked It!” — — —

2/ Make it a question.

Like this headline by master copywriter, Gary Bencivenga:

“Has This Man Really Discovered the Secret of Inevitable Wealth?” — — — 

3/ Make it inspirational.

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Like this headline from Rolls Royce:

“To The Man Who Is Afraid To Let His Dreams Come True” — — — 

4/ Make it dramatic.

Like this famous headline by copywriting great, John Caples:

“They Laughed When I Sat Down At the Piano — But When I Started to Play!” — — — 

5/ Make it metaphorical.

Like this headline from The Pears Soap Company: 

“Banishes Acne!” — — — 

6/ Make it inherently valuable.

Like this headline from Merrill Lynch: 

“What Everybody Ought to Know About the Stock Market” — — — 

7/ Make it address the prospect directly.

Like this headline from The Newspaper Institute of America: 

“To People Who Want to Write But Can’t Get Started” — — — 

8/ Make it hyperbolic.

Like this headline I wrote a few years ago for a VeryGoodCopy Micro-Article: 

“Don’t write another headline before reading this”

By the way…

In that article, I analyze several of the headlines above, explaining exactly why they work. 

If you’re interested, feel free to read it now (or you can bookmark it for later). 

Enjoy!


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