Everybody out there has lists of hints that will make you more productive. Your list has only 3 or 4 good, solid points. Here’s how to stretch that list and make a more attractive headline.
- Make a couple of them up. People reading blogs aren’t going to bother verifying your tips if they’re interspersed with some they know to be true.
- Be repetitive, but restate. You can sneak at least two or three identical entries in if you word them carefully.
- Sprinkle in some buzzwords. Synteractive. There, I just gave you a new one.
- Start early. Who can argue with a platitude like that? Everybody knows it, but if you’re going to pad a list, start stating the obvious.
- State the obvious. See #2.
- Recap if necessary. Sometimes people just skim these lists, so you need to hit them with the best stuff a few times.
- Don’t hold back. Another case of dicere obviosa.
- Use a relevant graphic. Refer to it, as seen here with the specialized “productivity” key.
- Make a pun. The “key” to productivity. Like in the graphic. Get it?
- Finish strong. Make the readers feel that they’ve achieved something by reading your distended ramblings. They likely won’t take anything away except a warm glow for having participated actively in their own improvement. Kudos to you!
