Want to grab your readers attention with some compelling headline titles for your small business blog?
Are you tired of brainstorming for headline ideas for your content?
Do you want something you can grab straight away and start working on immediately?
Well, you're in good hands, my friend.
Below I've compiled a list of 100+ powerful blog post headline ideas for you to freely use.
Oh, and these aren't just silly titles pulled out of thin air either.
Nope, these are titles I've experimented with using the wonderful Thrive Headline Optimizer plugin, and so I've selected only the finest click-worthy headline title ideas for you.
So what are you waiting for? Pick a few you like and make something magical happen for your next blog post.
Replace the [X] with numbers, for example: 23 Bloggers Share The Methods For Promoting A New Blog Post.
For your tutorial posts / methods posts
- The No-Brainer's Guide To: ________
- All You Need To Know About: ________
- Your One Stop Guide To ___________
- How To Do ________ The Smart Way
- The Definitive Guide To ________
- The Ultimate Guide To ________
- A Step-By-Step Guide To ________
- The Only Guide You Need To ________
- How To Drastically ________ In [X] Easy Steps
- How To Drive ________ Without ________
- How To Create ________ The Most Simplest Way
- How To Skyrocket Your ________ The Smart Way
- How To Reach Your ________ Without Having To ________
- How To Leverage ________ To ________
- The Practical Guide To ________ For ________
- How To Catapult Your ________ Using ________
- How To Increase ________ And ________ Quickly
- How To Quickly ________
- The Complete Beginners Guide To ________
- An Advanced Tutorial On ________
- Taking Your ________ To The Next Level Using ________
- How To Use ________ To ________
- How To Make ________ When ________
- Rock Your ________ Using My ________
- How To Really ________
- The No-Nonsense Guide To ________
- The Simple Guide To ________
- [X] Ways Investing In ________ Can Make You _________!
- [X] Monster Ways To ________
- [X] Most Effective Ways To ________
- [X] Most Creative Ways To Boost ________
- The Best Guide On The Web For ________
- [X] Best Ways To ________
For your quick tips posts
- [X] Simple Ways To ________
- [X] Actionable Tips For ________
- [X] Really Simple Things You Can Do To ________
- [X] Quick Ways To ________
- [X] Killer Tips For ________ For Bloggers / Businesses / Entrepreneurs
- Simple Ideas To ________ Quickly
- [X] Things You Can Do Right Now To ________
For your list posts / expert roundup posts
- [X] Smart Ways To Take ________
- [X] Top Bloggers Share Their ________
- [X] Industry Influencers Reveal Their ________
- [X] Amazing ________ Every Blogger Should ________
- [X] ________ You Need To Know Now
- [X] Reasons Why Your ________ Sucks
- The Ultimate Checklist For ________ For ________
- [X] Brilliant Ideas To Help You ________
- [X] Marketers Tell You How To ________
- [X] Mommy Bloggers Want To Teach You How To ________
- [X] Savvy ________ Explain How To ________
- [X] Reasons To ________
- [X] Pieces Of Evidence To Prove ________
- [X] Telltale Signs That ________
- [X] Incredible Resources For ________
- [X] Must Have ________ Every ________ Should Use / Have / Own
- [X] Essential ________ For ________
- The Badass List Of ________
- [X] Epic Ways To ________ Without ________
- [X] Most Inspiring ________ You'll Ever See / Read About
- [X] Amazing Facts About ________
- [X] Savvy ________ Tips For Bloggers / Marketers / Entrepreneurs
- [X] A List ________ Reveal Their Best Kept Secrets About ________
- [X] Mind Blowing Ideas For Promoting ________
- [X] Things To Consider Before You ________
- [X] Things To Do Before You ________
- [X] Things You Should Do After You've ________
For your case study posts
- How I Increased ________ By An Astonishing ________ Using ________
- How I Trippled ________ By A Massive ________. And How You Can Too
- [X] Real World Data On ________ Every ________ Should Know About
- [X] Statistics On ________
- Hard Evidence That ________
- What _________ Can Teach You About ________
- You Will ________ According To This ________
- This Simple ________ Proves That ________
For your question type posts
- Are Your Tired Of ________?
- Do You Know How To ________?
- Is Your ________ Trying To Tell You Something About Your ________?
- Should You Really ________?
- Are You Sure You Want To ________?
- Is This The ________?
- Is Your ________ Hurting Your ________?
- Are You About To ________ Without Knowing It?
- Do You Feel As If You ________?
- Can You Tell If ________?
- Will ________ Help You To ________?
- Are You Making The Most Of ________?
- Are You Taking ________?
- When Is It The Right Time To ________?
- Are You Thinking Of ________?
For your comparison posts
- ________ VS ________: Which Should You Use / Invest In / Try / Buy / Trust /
- ________ VS ________: Which Is The Best For ________
- Why More People ________ Than They Do ________
- [X] Reasons Why ________ Is Better Than ________
- Why I Think ________ Is Better Than ________
- Why You Need To Use ________ And Not ________
- ________ VS ________: All You Need To Know About These Two ________
- ________ VS ________: How Do They Compare?
Click-bait title ideas
- [X] ________ You Need To Avoid At All Costs, Unless...
- How ________ Almost Killed Me!
- If You Are Doing ________ You Will Fail At ________!
- This Is The One Single Reason Why Your ________ Will Fail!
- If You Can Create A Compelling Enough ________ I Will Eat ________!
- [X] Things No One Has Told You About ________!
- [X] Ways Your ________ Will Kill You!
- [X] Reasons Why Your ________ Sucks!
- [X] Sickening Things About Your ________!
- [X] Reasons I Think ________ Sucks!
So there you have it, a list of compelling headline post ideas for you to use on your small business blog.
You can also use some of these on your personal blog too, by the way.
I will be updating this post in the future, as and when I find more compelling, conversion focused titles to add.
4 Quick tips on creating click-worthy headline titles
Here are some quick tips to help you create the kind of titles that will captivate your readers, and get them clicking to read your content.
- Keep them short and descriptive. Ensure your headline's fit nicely inside a tweet.
- Make sure your titles are relevant and never misleading in any way.
- Use effective emotional words (Emotional Value Marketing)
- Use Adjectives to provoke thoughts and interests.
- Avoid using too many difficult to read or understand words. Keep things simple.
You can check out what tools I'm currently using and recommend for creating catchy headline titles here.
I also recommend you learn more about one of my favorite tool's, the Thrive Headline Optimizer plugin.
Right, that's it from me, enjoy.
Wow Fabrizio,
This is a keeper! It is so kind of you to do all this work for us. I always get stuck on headlines. Although I want to keep it congruent with my content, they are not sexy ... quite boring sometimes.
I'm keeping this list as a reference for my next blog. You came up with wonderful topics and I like the way you segmented them.
Thanks so much!
-Donna
Hi Donna, thanks and you're most welcome. I'll admit there have been times when I've struggled to come up with some cool headlines. But practice makes perfect I think.
I'm glad you enjoyed this list, yes please do bookmark this for the future, I'll be adding more as and when I do some more split testing and experimenting.
Have a great rest of the week Donna, great to see you here again 🙂 - Fabrizio
Hey Fabrizio,
Great list of suggestions here. I really like number 13 under the tutorials. Sometimes we feel limited and it's great to know that there are other options and this headline will perk up our attention.
Thanks for the list! Have a good one!
Hi Fabrizio
What a brilliant series of lists you've got here. I'm forever dreaming up new headline ideas - it's a hobby of mine. But your list makes it so much easier, especially if our mind is blank and we've lost our inspirational spark.
This is definitely a fab reference page. I've added it to my bookmarks and shared the post
Kim
Ah Kim thanks a bunch for commenting and sharing this one mate. Glad you've bookmarked it for the future. And I can totally relate to hitting a blank mind at times when thinking of some creative headline titles. This list will certainly grow. Have a great weekend buddy.
Hi Fabrizio,
First time here 🙂
Awesome list you've put together.
I'll admit I don't focus much on titles. This is so helpful.
I like to keep things simple, and this will be a huge asset not only to me, but others as well.
Great post here. Glad I found it. Pinning and sharing.
Hi Dana, great to have you here and welcome to the blog. I'm so glad the post made an impact and you enjoyed the titles here.
I must admit there was a time when I didn't pay much attention to the headline. It wasn't until I read a couple of eye-opening case studies about how much of an impact headlines can create. So I started working on my own, improving existing titles as well as doing split testing.
I'm now obsessed with creating better headlines for not just my blog posts, but also landing pages, email newsletters etc.
Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment Dana. Hope to see you here again soon.
Hi Dana, great to have you here and welcome to the blog. I'm so glad the post made an impact and you enjoyed the titles here.
I must admit there was a time when I didn't pay much attention to the headline. It wasn't until I read a couple of eye-opening case studies about how much of an impact headlines can create. So I started working on my own, improving existing titles as well as doing split testing.
I'm now obsessed with creating better headlines for not just my blog posts, but also landing pages, email newsletters etc.
Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment Dana. Hope to see you here again soon.
Hi Fabrizio,
Great list you've put up here, I really like "The Difinitive Guide-----".
I have seen it effectively used and very often by Neil Patel and I think is really working for his type of blog post and niche.
The case study headline formula is my second favorite, though this type of headline formula is best used when there is actually an experience to share with your audience, not just mere opinion or perceptive.
Thanks for sharing, I'll be bookmaking this page for feature reference.
Hi Adeshokan, thanks, yes I've seen this title used many times too. In fact I used it a few years back with an eBook called "the definitive guide to smarter blogging" which is now obsolete. But the book was a popular one. There is a lot of authority weighed into the word "definitive", and if it's going to be used in a post title, it's really got to deliver right?
Have a great rest of the week mate, thanks again for dropping by.
What an absolutely awesome real world checklist of explosive, eye catching headline templates,
you have provided for free Fabrizio!
Man, this could have just as easily been, either a free seven day "how to" write results generating headlines video course.
Or a free lead generating ebook giveaway!
Or truth told, you could have just as easily given away the first 15 proven templates and charged us for the rest and shared them in a paid webinar, and they would be worth every penny!
I'm definitely bookmarking this page and sharing it across my various social media sites too!Thanks!
Hey Mark, thanks so much for stopping by. Wow, so many ideas there you've got my head exploding with possibilities now, thanks for that. You know what, I may just keep some of your suggestions for the next thing I'm working on. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this too, have an awesome week ahead Mark 🙂
You're most definitely man! Because I'm telling,
this one blog post, is a paid webinar series, you could easily
record and charge us for!
And it would definitely be well worth it!because there is literally a ton of extremely
practical and proven power headline an sub headline generating templates!
That absolutely, positively will never ever go out of style!
Twenty five years from now and beyond, someone will easily be able to tweak
some of your awesome headline templates and definitely have some sort
of proven winner! Thanks man!
I can't wait to see what yo come up with next!LOL!
Hi Fabrizio
This post recalled me an ebooklet of a famous blogger about creating killer headlines and now I found this one has same level of value and much more to improve headlines and get notice by all.
I wonder if you also have compiled it in a PDF with an offer for email subscription. I am sure readers would welcome your offer and you would get a good number of new subscribers.
Creating a simple and powerful headline is the heck of the task. If we keep it simple it gets weaker and in an effort to make it stronger it gets a little complicated.
The way you suggested that much examples is awesome and one can get them for free for creating the headlines of his next 100 blog posts if he follow a strategy to adopt each one of them.
Many thanks for sharing this precious resource.
You rock guy !