read 10 Seconds Is Enough To Tease Readers On ReadingIf you have given 10 seconds chance to attract a reader to read your blog, how will you construct your first paragraph? In my compiled posts “Hunting Loyal Readers”, making a good first impression is on of the key on winning a reader on your blog.

The first ten seconds of a reader is very crucial to your blog post to be read. In this length of time, the reader have the option to either visit your blog, read it on the reader’s feed or just ignore your it. Therefore, you should focus on that length of time on attracting readers to read you post.

First items that your reader see on your blog post that you must improve:

Post title - There are so many techniques on how to craft the title of your blog post.

  • Catch the attention of your reader – An ordinary title of a blog post doesn’t work more effectively nowadays. I’ve noticed that the more unique your post title is, the more chances for it to be read by a reader.
  • Shock a reader - Exaggerating post title is one of the effective ways on having a reader continue reading your blog post. It throws curiosity that makes a reader click on your blog post title link to continue reading.

Opening line – Reading your post’s opening line takes only about 5 seconds on having a reader make his decision on reading the whole content.

  • Always through curiosity - Jump start your first sentence by making a readers said “What’s this? May I have the information? Let me glance a little.” Therefore after reading that first sentence, your reader will start on scrolling down your blog to see the rest of your post.
  • Start with an interesting question – Are you going to read this tip? Therefore, you should continue reading in order to learn something about this post. That one is just an example. It catches the reader’s attention especially when the question relates on what they want to read.

The above are the basic things that the reader of your blog reads on their first 10 seconds of visiting your blog posts. Another factor is to have a reader visit your blog from your feed reader.

I have tried this before, I subscribed to my own blog and see how my blog feed appears to my email readers. I would suggest you do the same so that you can monitor how your feed works.

Below are the first items that your reader see on your blog post on your email feed:

Title of your feed - This will serve as the title of your blog post. It appears the same with your blog post title.

  • Tease reader to read – The same on blog post title, the title of your feed is an attempt to direct your readers to your blog post. You don’t need to worry about creating it because when you create your blog post title, the feed title will automatically created as the same.

Excerpt - There are so many techniques on how to create excerpt on your blog.

  • Attaching the whole post – Copying the draft of your post then pasting it directly to excerpt allows your reader to directly read the whole post of your blog right in their email.
  • 3 periods symbol to tease a reader - Maybe copying a little line on your blog then adding (…) as the closing line could make a reader click on the feed title and read your blog post directly to your blog.
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