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3 Evergreen Content Ideas To Boost Your Views (Headline Templates Included)
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3 Evergreen Content Ideas To Boost Your Clicks And Views (Headline Templates Included)
Idea 1: Listing Minimalist Ideas In Your Niche
🔎 The Inspiration:
“Ten 2-Ingredient Cocktails Worth Sipping”
🧠 Why The Headline Works:
Specificity: The "2-Ingredient" aspect makes the benefit clear and the process very concrete and actionable.
Simplicity: The promise of creating something with minimal equipment/resources taps into our love of simplicity.
Challenging Expectations: The idea of achieving something great with so little takes you by surprise.
🔨 Your Headline Template:
“[X] [Number Of Core Elements] [Type of Item/Concept] For [Key Benefit]”
🔁 How To Adapt It For Your Niche:
Select A Category: Choose one in your niche where breaking stuff down to its most basic core components is practical (eg. 3-ingredient products or 3-step routines).
Identify Essential Elements: Focus on the most crucial elements or steps that define each item, keeping the number as low as possible.
Build A List: One where each item meets your criteria.
🎨 Examples Using The Template:
For Travelers: “Three 5-Item Packing Lists For Weekend Getaways”
For Investors: “Four 3-Step Investment Strategies For Secure Retirement”
For Managers: “Five 2-Question Interview Formats For Finding The Right Candidate”
Note - to avoid confusion, write the first number as a word and the second number as a numeral (eg. “Three 5-item…”).
Idea 2: The Origin Story Of “Microdetails” In Your Niche
🔎 The Inspiration:
“The Astonishing Origins Of 6 Common Compound Words”
🧠 Why The Headline Works:
Contrast: An “astonishing” story behind a small, mundane, overlooked item or aspect (i.e. a “microdetail”) sparks curiosity.
Storytelling: People are naturally drawn to narratives and journeys.
🔨 Your Headline Template:
"The Astonishing Origin Story Of [Microdetail In Your Niche]"
🔁 How To Adapt It For Your Niche:
Identify Microdetails: In your niche, pinpoint a specific microdetail—a word, phrase, symbol, tradition, object—that often goes unnoticed but has an interesting origin story.
Explore Its History: Dive into the history, development, or evolution of the microdetail.
🎨 Examples Using The Template:
For Marketers: The Astonishing Origin Story Of The Hashtag Symbol
For Foodies: The Astonishing Origin Story Of The Spork
For Lawyers: The Astonishing Origin Story Of “Objection!”
For Researchers: The Astonishing Origin Story Of The H-Index
Idea 3: A Little-Known Method That Solves A Major Challenge In Your Niche
🔎 The Inspiration:
“How To Talk To Strangers - The Ping Pong Method”
🧠 Why The Headline Works:
Unknown Methods: Obscure methods like 'The Ping Pong Method' always spark curiosity.
Adding Structure To Chaos: These methods offer structure to tasks people may have previously thought were unstructured.
Bold Problem-Solution Promise: The direct link between an unconventional method and a major challenge grabs attention.
🔨 Your Headline Template:
“How To [Solve Major Challenge] - The [Obscure Method]”
🔁 How To Adapt It For Your Niche:
Find An Obscure Method: Search for a unique, little-known method/framework in your niche.
Identify The Major Problem It Solves: The bigger and more painful the problem, the better.
Explore Other Niches: Consider adapting methods from other fields to solve big problems in your own niche.
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Copy and paste the following into ChatGPT after inserting your niche.
Hi ChatGPT, I'm a content creator in the [insert niche] niche, and I want to create a piece of content using the headline template:
'How To [Solve Major Challenge] - The [Obscure Method].'
Here's what I need:
Could you please suggest a unique, little-known method or framework that's either within my niche or from a completely different field?
This method should have the potential to address a significant problem or challenge in my niche.
Given the method you suggest, what major problem in my niche could this method effectively solve? The problem should be very specific and not generic.
If the method is from outside my niche, how could it be creatively adapted to address a major challenge within my niche?
Please give me with five example headlines using the headline template, each with a brief associated explanation. 🎨 Examples Using The Template:
For Artists: “How To Break Free From Artistic Rut - The Kintsugi Method”
For Managers: “How To Streamline Remote Collaboration - The Hive Method”
For Productivity: “How To Improve Mental Focus - The Zanshin Awareness Method”
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