Make Money Blogging - Step 2 - Choose A Good Blog Title

<< Step 1 - Research Your Topics <<

Now that you have an idea as to what topics you want to write about, you need to come up with good titles or headlines for your blogs.

A good title will get clicked more often in search engine results, so you need to spend a little time choosing one.

What you decide to title your blog will play a big role in the amount of traffic you get.

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Blog Title Basics

Your blog title should essentially be a one sentence summary of what is in your blog; you want it to be more than just one or two words, get descriptive.

You DON'T want to make your title a riddle and have people guessing what your blog is about. Not many people will click to read a blog with a confusing title.

You DON'T want to be deceptive and promise something with your title that isn't going to be in your blog. Otherwise your readers will end up skimming through and then quickly closing the page.

When someone glances at your blog title it should entice them to want to click it to read more about that topic. Your body text expands on what your title says.

You also want your readers to be able to tell what is going to be in your blog before they even click the blog title to read more. If your reader knows what to expect then they'll more than likely completely read your blog after they click through.

What good is a title if it doesn't bring you any traffic, right?

Here's a simple process you can go through to ensure that your blog will get traffic.

• Go to Google's Keyword Tool with one of your blog topics in mind. What would you type into a search engine to find a blog on this topic?
• Type in a few keywords and keyword phrases that you yourself would use to find a blog on the topic that you're about to write. Make sure that you enter your keywords and phrases one per line and then hit the "Search" button.
• When you get your results, click the "Global Monthly Searches" tab up top to reorganize the results. That way the keywords that get the most searches per month will be up top.
• With your blog topic AND the blog title basics we just went over in mind, browse through these keywords from the top down. Are there any keywords or keyword phrases up near the top that you could include in a very descriptive title for your blog topic?
• Choose to include a keyword phrase in your blog title that gets a lot of monthly search engine traffic. That way you know that A LOT of people are looking for information on that topic every day and they're searching with the exact words that you're going to include in your title.

If you word your title to include a VERY commonly searched for keyword phrase it'll do two things for you.

1. People will realize that you have exactly what they are looking for. This means you're supplying what people demand.
2. Some of the text in your title will be in bold in the search engine results. This means that you will stand out. 

• When you're using Google's Keyword Tool, go to the top right and click the "Views" drop down menu and select "Customize Columns".
• Select "Estimated Avg. CPC" and then click "Save". (CPC = Cost Per Click)
• Go ahead and search your keywords like I outlined above.
• Now when you select your highly trafficked keyword phrase you can check and see how much it's worth. This is how much advertisers are willing to pay to use that keyword.

Now you can be sure that your blog is one that people will want to read, will get a lot of traffic and is a highly valued topic.

So go ahead and get started.

Choose a few blog titles for some blogs that you'll be writing in the near future.

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