Do Your Article Titles Suck?

I think my article title still sucks..

A Warrior member(forgotten his/her name) here recommended this site :Advanced Marketing Institute - Headline Analyzer which analyzes the title. What do you think of this?

However, do you write title for the same article that is to be posted in your site and article directories differently or same?

Thank You.

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I'd say 60% of my titles were really good and 40% pretty poor. I'm going to be completely honest and say I didn't 100% grasp how to consistently come up with good titles that would compel my readers to click on my articles.

What happened a couple of weeks ago that changed all this? I bought Tim Gorman's Article Marketing Lifeline package He made me truly understand what does and doesn't work, and in terms of titles - he actually demonstrates by going through the EZA homepage and saying what he thinks of the titles he comes across.

My point is, if you are a new article marketer, or one that isn't as successful as you like - you need to listen to and learn from people like Steven and Tim(and many others here too). Why? Because they have been there and done it and know exactly what they are talking about. Steven - I read pretty much every article you submit and always take something away from every single one

It really is true - people are drawn to dramatic and even shocking titles. If you can incorporate exactly what they are going to get from reading your article into your title, you're going to be onto a winner more often than not too. Add this to a compelling summary that connects with the reader, and you've gotten off to a great start with them before they have even read the article

Thank You Steven I need to work on my article writing.
This gave me a few ideas.

Hilarious... I have heard of the ezine articles title suggestion part and Thank goodness I never used it. Especially if it is going to suggest things like "How to avoid butt acne."... YIKES!!

What I usually do for my article titles is this. Once my articles are complete, I skim through each one, picking out phrases or entire sentences that jump out at me. I then try to sensationalize them a bit by adding an extraordinary word or two. This method seems to be working. Especially if I outsource the articles. Since I did not write it, whatever I see in the article that immediately catches my attention, that is what I use as my title.

I don't do this because some of the 'most viewed' lists are manipulated by people buying traffic and sending it to their articles. Instead, I look at the top 3-5 authors in the niche I am writing in and take some inspiration from them. You often see them using very similar groups of words within their titles, which tells you that they must be effective if they keep using them

Another thing I like to do is to simply type in a phrase to do with the niche into Google and see what the suggestion tool comes up with in terms of 'completing' your query. Example - if you type in 'how to lose weight', it will bring back:-

How to lose weight in a week
How to lose weight fast at home
How to lose weight in your thighs
How to lose weight without exercise

...and more.

These are actual queries people are typing in to Google, are usually great starting points for titles and in some cases you can hit the jackpot in terms of little competition amongst the top 10

I could not agree more. I think the title should tell the reader WHAT they want to know. It should convince them to read the article, because the solution to their problem will be in the article. It should be catchy, BUT direct.

I always recommend to people to write the title after the article has been written. Believe it or not, the result will always be, a better, more attractive and eye-catching title.