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12 more fill-in-the-blank headlines for your articles, blog

Suffering from headline writer’s block? If so, don’t sweat it.

Over the weekend, I stopped at my local bookstore and scanned the covers of the June issues of several dozen business and consumer magazines and found these 12 headlines which you can tweak and turn into your own:

Turn the _______ You Have into the _______ You Want

A _______’s Playbook for Winning the _______ War

The Best _______ for Anything, and Where NOT to _______

Inside America’s Best-Run _______; What Smart, Principled and Effective _______ Looks Like in 2010

Worst _______ of the Year

The 100 Most Brilliant  _______ on our Radar

Managing _______: How to Do It and When to Do It

The 7 Myths of _______; Know the Truth

The Worst Advice I Ever Got About _______

6 Symptoms of _______ You Should Never Ignore

25 _______s You Can _______ in One Day

What You Need to Know Before You _______

What fill-in-the-blank or formula headlines are your favorites?

by Joan Stewart on June 12, 2010

Filed Under: Content Creation Tagged With: Blogging, Writing Articles

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Comments

  1. Ken Burgin says

    June 15, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    I always get a good response fromt the classic ‘6 Common Mistakes about __________ ‘

    Reply
    • Joan says

      June 16, 2010 at 12:19 pm

      Ken, that’s a great one. I love headlines that include a “fear factor” and keep people from making mistakes.

      Reply
  2. Michelle Nichols says

    June 22, 2010 at 12:04 am

    Joan,

    What a great resource! Thanks.
    Your friend and fan,
    Michelle Nichols

    Reply
  3. Ponn Sabra says

    March 9, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Nice list Joan, thanks!

    Reply

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