How To Use Hooks & Headlines
These fill-in-the-blank headlines are designed to help you craft grabbing copy that "hooks" your viewers.
Use these as:
- Email Subject Lines
- Blog Post Titles
- Social Caption First-Liners
- Social Graphics Text
- Lead Magnet Titles or Descriptions
- Content Prompts
ATTENTION GRABBER
- A simple way to [X], that’s working for [desirable group or person]
- Do not try another [X] until you [X]
- Doing this ONE THING changed EVERYTHING for my [topic]...
- Ever wonder [what makes/how to/how long...]
- Get [desired result] without [this undesirable thing]
- Here's the real reason I never [do/did this thing]...
- Hey [niche audience title], this one's for you...
- Listen up [niche audience title]!
- I have a confession to make...
- Imagine [desired result] and loving every minute of it
- Never struggle with [common problem] ever again
- Stop [doing this popular thing]. Here's why...
- This has been kept secret for WAY too long...
- [Person] tried [method/product] and [got X result]
- This [thing/strategy/product] is currently blowing up [Instagram/ticktok/the Internet]
EDUCATE
- 3 easy tricks that'll get you [desired result]
- 5 Questions answered about [X]
- 3 Surprising facts about [X]
- Forget EVERYTHING you know about [X] and focus on this ONE thing...
- Here's exactly how to [do X] to [get this result]
- Here's how I [do X/get X result] without [doing X/X undesirable result]
- If you want to [achieve X] without [X undesirable result/doing X undesirable thing], do this...
- I wish more [niche callout, i.e. women] understood that [something you wish they knew, i.e. popular trend is harmful, they need more X, etc]
- Let's chat about [struggle/product/method]
- Not-so-obvious ways to [X]
- The quickest + easiest way to [get desired result]
- There is no secret to [X], but here's what to do...
- True or False: [common myth in your industry]
- What no one tells you about [method/industry/product]
MISTAKES
- 3 biggest mistakes [audience title]s make when [doing common thing/ trying to get desired result]
- 3 Common mistakes that are destroying your [X]
- 3 [niche mistakes] you're making
- I don't know who needs to hear this, but...
- If you are still [X], you are completely wasting your time.
- Just your friendly reminder that...
- On my way to tell you that to achieve [X] you need to STOP doing this...
- Still [doing undesirable thing]? There is a better way!
- STOP doing this if you want [desired result]
- Who thought it would be a good idea to [X]? I've got a better idea...
- Why you should stop [doing undesirable thing everyone thinks they need to do] if you want to [get this desirable result that you have a better method for]
- You're struggling with [X] because of this one thing...
- You shouldn't have to [do undesirable thing] to [get this desirable result]
OPINION
- 3 Reasons I stopped [method/product] and you should too.
- 3 Things I didn't know I'd love about [X]
- [X] doesn’t have to be [hard/complicated/painful/frustrating].
- [X] shouldn't be so [hard, expensive, time-consuming]. There is a better way...
- Here's what I completely disagree with when it comes to [X]
- I don't agree with [X] and here's why...
- I never tell my clients to [do X thing people in your industry push that you don't agree with]. Here's why...
- I would never tell you to [X] if you want [to achieve X]. Here's why...
- My unpopular opinion about [niche/industry/method/product]
- Who thought it would be a good idea to [X]? I've got a better idea...
- Why I [X], (and you should too)
- Why I stopped [doing X], (and you should too)
PERSONAL LESSONS
- 5 lessons that changed my [something they want to improve]
- 3 things I WISH I knew sooner about [X]
- 3 unexpected things that happened once I started [doing this thing you think they should try]
- 3 unexpected things that happened once I stopped [doing this thing everyone does]
- 3 things I never did and would never do to [achieve X]
- After all the years of [struggling with X], it only took THIS ONE THING to finally get unstuck...
- Changing this one thing [got me this specific result] (it's not what you think)
- How I [got X result] without [x undesirable thing]
- I [achieved desired result] last [Month]. Here’s the first thing I’d do if I had to start again...
- I don’t [do this thing]. And here’s what I wish you would know about that decision...
- I finally [got X result] once I stopped making THIS common mistake...
- My BIGGEST regret as a [your title]...
- My [desired result/product/strategy] was not working until I did this ONE thing
- People are paying THOUSANDS for this [advice/tip/trick/formula], but I'm about to give it to you for free...
- What I STOPPED doing once I [hit this goal / achieved this success]
PRODUCT
- 3 tips for everyone starting [program/routine/product] next week
- 5 podcast episodes for when you [X]
- I can't believe I just tried [X], and the truth is... it was really good!
- Why I tossed all my [X product/item] and you should too.
- Why switching to [X product/item] will change your [life/skin care routine/yoga technique/meditation practice...] forever.
- If you want to [X], use THIS...
- I never use [X common item/product] and always [achieve X desired result]. Here's how...
- I stopped using [popular product that doesn't work] and my [topic] has never been better. Here's what I use instead...
- I stopped using [X product] and replaced it with THIS
- My new [X] obsession
