Is Your Blog Title Catchy Enough?

Do Not:  Caress the Broom.  Do Not: Fondle the Broom

In Denver, there is a huge, 35 foot, sculpture of a broom and dustpan called the Big Sweep.  The plaque in front of the sculpture states what is appropriate behavior around a giant broom and dustpan. 

You may be asking yourself: 1) If you can't fondle the broom, what can you do with it?  2)  What does this broom have to do with real estate blog titles? 

Answers:

1) You are allowed to take pictures of the broom. 

You are also allowed to blame the broom for the degradation of contemporary morals. 

To prove I am not making this up, see:   (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kostaspagiamtzis/4867930790/in/photostream/)

2) Our blogs posts don't get plaques.  However, they do get titles.   The unexpected wording on this plaque made this art exhibit truly memorable.  It generated discussion.  In fact, four days later, I'm still talking about that broom sculpture.   I personally would like some of my blog posts to be read and to generate discussion. So, I think we have to ask ourself: 

Is the title to our blog post grabbing the reader's attention?   As I considered the posts on Active Rain that I read yesterday, I noticed that the titles were either really engaging or that the titles clearly described something I wanted to know more about. 

For example: 

• The Newspaper is Not Dead.....It Just Needs Your Help by Bob Stewart - This catchy title piqued my interest especially since I have a pile of unread newspapers in my kitchen. 
• Do you remember your first time? by Alan May- Do I remember my first time of what?  Catchy title.  Catchy post. lol 
• Tann Starr Sketchbook Chronicles: Angelina Jolie 16x20 pen and ink by Carolyn Tann Starr - Her title made me want to see her drawing.
• Do You Respond In Near Real Time To Your Customers?   by Gary Woltal:   His title made me ask myself, "Should I be?" 
• 130 E. Willamette Ave. Colorado Springs, Colorado--Turn of the Century Charmer by Rebekah Radice.  I rarely, rarely have any desire to read about a stranger's listing on Active Rain.  However, this title told me immediately that it was on a street of particular interest to me. 
•  A Wordpress Plugin To Import Your ActiveRain Posts by Jeff Turner - This descriptive title promised to tell me how to do something that I wanted to do. 

As you can see there are a number of ways that titles can be written to catch a readers attention. 

Note:  The sculptors of the Big Sweep are Cossje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg.

Photographed,

written and posted by

Sondra Meyer CPA/Real Estate Broker

Star View Ranch, Real Estate & Financial Advisory Services

979-575-2700