Steem Secret #1: Focus on Headlines and First Sentence!
Half of upvoters only read the headline and the first sentence!
Easiest way to get more upvotes?
- Spend extra time focusing on the title and then the very first few characters which will appear in the home feed and anywhere else the post shows.
View the difference on new posts and trending posts!
- Trending posts consistently make sure to have a clear headline and sell reading the rest of the post in the first sentence. https://steemit.com/trending
- Many authors seen in the new posts section at https://steemit.com/created make almost no effort to clearly communicate the entire value of the post in the title and first sentence which acts to sell a potential reader on clicking or upvoting!
Communicate the entire value of the post within the headline and the first sentence to optimize posts!
- If sharing photography or a video, take the first sentence to sell a viewer on what they will see instead of either leaving the rest of the post blank or shared unrelated messages or anything that is not helping earn an upvote from users just browsing.
- Review the title and first sentence of the post again before posting.
- At least 80% of rewards earned on a post will be a function of the headline and first sentence because readers both vote directly in the feed or decide whether to read based on the title and text.
- Spend at least 20% of the time creating the post on the title, text, and thumbnail or that may be all readers ever see!
Thank you for reading this Steem secret #1!
Would you please upvote this if you want me to make more posts like this because you will feel good about expecting more of these and know that you are a key reason why I made it?
Love,
Jerry Banfield
Hey Jerry, this is something that many people on Steemit underestimate. Well done for pointing it out.
What is your opinion about Smileys in posts? I think I have never seen them in yours. But according to various studies they are super beneficial. On Steemit you can even put emojicons and icons into your title. Check out how I use smileys for my different post categories. A great source for emojicons is https://emojipedia.org/
Thanks for sharing this! I used the instructions on the Markdown Styling Guide but couldn't get it to work the way they described it. With the site you linked I can just copy and paste which is a lot better. So, now I can put emoji's in my posts too, thanks! 👍
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It is really easy with that website. For the titles you need the small icons but for your posts check out the large alternatives on the bottom of each subpage. I really like the Samsung emojicons best.
Great question flauwy, I'd like to know Jerrys answer as well.
Great point, most of time i do only read the first few.
I´m about to start posting , I need all the advice I can get... and this is a great one...
That's almost scary... but thanks for the tip. I have a personal complaint -I hate time sensitive posts that need to be opened before the date of posting can be found. Steemit tips and bitcoin are the worst offenders, and it's made worse by the fact that any post older than twelve months is simply shown on the post as being "more than a year ago", a statement that will obviously mean less and less as time passes. I'll be looking out for more tips...
Easier said than done.
Deffo and eye catcher! This is what I do so I assume most others do also. But when ya new this is a valid point to geg recognition but this does take time and continued efforts! Valid poins here Jerry!
thanks
great advise
Having a great blog title is key :D ... :)
It's so simple but many tend to not focus on the title, which is very important! Agreed! 💪🏼🙌🏼💯
very helpful . thanks for always sharing helpful content