Given the topic of today’s article, I just had to link to this Times Online (UK) article (via Seth Godin). Seth calls it the “headline of the year,” and I have to agree it’s an excellent example of a compelling attention grabber:
Eminem remarries sweetheart he vowed to murder
Even if you don’t give a flip about Eminem, how do you resist reading that story?
Want to write compelling post titles? Appeal to the recurring themes that define our humanity.
Pretty strong stuff…although “the kitty gets it” was good, too