Old Forest, New Trees » aggregation http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com Entrepreneurial local journalism Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:02:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why the top 12 best words to put in your headlines will unlock the secret to your future http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2011/12/13/why-the-top-12-best-words-to-put-in-your-headlines-will-unlock-the-secret-to-your-future/ http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2011/12/13/why-the-top-12-best-words-to-put-in-your-headlines-will-unlock-the-secret-to-your-future/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:17:03 +0000 Michael http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/?p=312 I think, based on the accompanying video, Matt Thompson pulled this list of the “12 most interesting headline words” out of his proverbial ass. Whatever. In Thompson’s case, that’s regularly enough to make it gold.

  1. Top
  2. Why
  3. How
  4. Will
  5. Guide
  6. Best
  7. Secret
  8. Ultimate
  9. Your
  10. Worst
  11. New
  12. Future

Here’s a link to Thompson’s slideshow, titled “Dark secrets of the online overlords.” Like so many of the arguments I’ve found most persuasive in the last few years, much of this one consists of repeated examples of ways we should all do what Nick Denton is doing.

(via NiemanLab)

]]> http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2011/12/13/why-the-top-12-best-words-to-put-in-your-headlines-will-unlock-the-secret-to-your-future/feed/ 8 Next gen of online comments: in-line comments http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2006/12/31/next-gen-of-online-comments-in-line-comments/ http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2006/12/31/next-gen-of-online-comments-in-line-comments/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:45:00 +0000 Michael http://www.howtowalkacrossthecountry.com/treetest/?p=45 I’m late to this party, but if you haven’t seen the comment system on Jack Slocum’s blog, you gotta. I’m not sure it lends itself to news, since it requires that click to view, but this is still explosive stuff.

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