{"id":22103,"date":"2019-10-05T05:02:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T02:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/?p=22103"},"modified":"2019-10-05T05:02:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T02:02:20","slug":"5-easy-ways-to-open-your-blog-post-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/5-easy-ways-to-open-your-blog-post-with-a-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Easy Ways to Open Your Blog Post with a Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"
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5 Easy Ways to Open Your Blog Post with a Bang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What\u2019s the second most important part of your blog post after the title?<\/p>\n

Master copywriter Eugene Schwartz often spent an entire week on the first 50 words of a sales piece \u2014 the headline and the opening paragraph.<\/p>\n

Just imagine how disappointed you\u2019d be after crafting a killer headline for your post, only to lose readers with an opening that failed to carry the momentum.<\/p>\n

A great headline mixed with a weak opening is like inviting someone into your house, only to slam the door in their face as they approach.<\/p>\n

So, here are five ways to open your post that will capture the reader\u2019s imagination and pull them deeper into your content.<\/p>\n

1. Ask a question
\nOpening your post with a question is a rhetorical device (hence, the \u201crhetorical question\u201d) that creates curiosity and gets the reader thinking.<\/p>\n

Thinking equals active engagement with your writing, and that\u2019s a very good thing.<\/p>\n

2. Share an anecdote or a quote
\nAnecdotes are quick stories that can make people laugh or immediately establish the main point of your post.<\/p>\n

A relevant quote from a recognizable authority can also work wonders when holding attention in those crucial opening seconds.<\/p>\n

3. Invoke the mind\u2019s eye
\nProducing a mental image in a reader\u2019s mind is one of the most powerful things you can ever do as a writer, so expressly engaging the imagination is a powerful opening technique.<\/p>\n

Activate the mind\u2019s eye of the reader by using words like \u201cimagine,\u201d \u201cpicture this,\u201d \u201cdo you remember when,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n

4. Use an analogy, a metaphor, or a simile
\nAnalogies, metaphors, and similes are some of the most powerful devices available when it comes to telling a story in a single sentence.<\/p>\n

This is a great way to capture a reader\u2019s attention and also acts to provoke mental imagery that allows readers to tell a story to themselves.<\/p>\n

5. Cite a persuasive statistic
\nStarting off with an interesting factoid that the reader just can\u2019t ignore is also a great technique.<\/p>\n

People love discovering new data, but only if it is unique, startling, or even shocking. The statistic should also be directly relevant to the point of your post as well.<\/p>\n

Bonus tip
\nThe third most important part of your blog post is the closing. A smart way to close is to tie back into your opening.<\/p>\n

So, take a few minutes to review this post for which of the five techniques I didn\u2019t use in the opening.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s the second most important part of your blog post after the title? Master copywriter Eugene Schwartz often spent an entire week on the first 50 words of a sales piece \u2014 the headline and the opening paragraph. Just imagine how disappointed you\u2019d be after crafting a killer headline for your post, only to lose… Read More »5 Easy Ways to Open Your Blog Post with a Bang<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,519,2927,3305,2928,1008,23,17,24,3307,1037,2926,2929],"tags":[360,95,1435,219,602,1015,182,358,33,32],"class_list":["post-22103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-business","category-business-lessons","category-design","category-ecommerce","category-google","category-marketing","category-pinterest-com","category-profits","category-seo","category-social-media","category-starting-a-business","category-startups","tag-360","tag-blog","tag-capture","tag-easy","tag-imagination","tag-open","tag-post","tag-readers","tag-to","tag-ways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestprofitsonline.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}