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Have you ever wondered, “Why some articles grab reader’s attention quickly?” While others just pass away? Read this article and find out how all this system works. It doesn’t matter how brilliantly an article is written.

If it cannot keep the readers attention at first sight, it would remain unread. Moreover if an article keeps attention at first and gradually loses then it is of no use either. So, you should work on your article from head to toe, alike, to keep the reader’s attention.

Evolve New Techniques

As an article writer, you must evolve new and novel techniques to keep the reader’s attention. You can also use multiple techniques which are already out there and used by the writers. Some ways which you can adopt to keep reader’s attention in your articles are:

Attention grabbing Title

Title of the article is actually your agent or marketer who will bring readers to you. In real life readers just go through titles and if they find something interesting or appealing then they follow the link otherwise they just pass to the next. Article titles grab attention. So, make the title of the article, your first niche to keep your reader’s attention. Here are some tips to make such a title of the article:

• Use a colon in the title: Before the colon, write the word which will introduce the subject. After the colon, explain it a bit to keep the attention of the reader.
• Create a unique twist in the title: In the second part of the title, you can make a statement that is really unique or novel to keep the reader’s attention.
• Use superlative degree to convey the reader that it is the best.
• List headings like 5 ways to, 7 key elements etc.
• Create curious titles, but they should be trustworthy also.
• Use words like secrets, quick, free etc.
• Don’t make the title too long because shorter is better.
• Take Google’s advice on getting attention

Pin Point the Problem

Through title you have brought the reader to your article. Now next thing is that you should straight forwardly introduce the subject matter of the article to the reader. You should pin point the subject as a problem and make it a point that solution to the problem lies in reading the article. It would easily keep the attention of the reader.

Promise the Result

To make your article a solution to the problem, you should quickly make a reasonable promise to the reader that his problem would be addressed in the article. And after reading the article, he will have several practical and applicable solutions to his problem. It would help you keep the reader’s attention.

Hit the Emotions

Further in your article follow a certain emotion that would keep the reader’s attention in the article. You can either make it curious or inspiring or nostalgic. But be sure to choose the emotion according to the subject and title of the article.

Choose content carefully

Include only the relevant material about the topic in the article. If body of the article doesn’t respond to the article’s title then your reader will be disappointed. Your ideas should be original and applicable to the lives of the targeted readers, it would also help in keeping the readers attention.

Deliver the promise

To keep the attention of the reader, be sure to deliver the promise that you made in the start. If at the end of the article, reader got nothing but a waste of time then surely next time he will not even bother to see the title of your articles and push them to the recycle bin without having any mercy.

End Result

In the end of the article, reader should have some practical solutions to his problem. It would try you keeping in attention of the reader, he must be aroused to take an action. First it should be regarding solving the problem. Secondly, it could be about commenting on your article.

Formatting Tactics

For writing a good article and keeping the reader’s attention, formatting of the article is very important. Formatting should make the reading easy. Brilliant thoughts written in poor formatting are as poor as worthless thoughts. So,

• Font must be readable,
• Use bullets or numbers to make important point standout of the crowd.
• Over all look should be decent,
• White spaces must be used,
• Use short paragraphs.

Be cautious that best formatting can make good content more readable but it cannot win reader’s attention for a poorly written material. So, your good content supported by your good formatting will keep the reader’s attention live in your article.

General Rules

No matter what you write, there are some general rules of writing to keep the readers attention that you must follow are:

• Choose a good topic,
• Topic should not be too broad to be tackled in one article,
• It should be error free: grammatically and spelling wise,
• Use metaphors and stories,
• Article must have a beginning, middle and end,
• Keep the structure of the article simple,
• Mention strongest points at first and at last,
• Brief introduction then quickly to the point,
• Research and convincing information,
• Avoid jargon,
• Don’t just write the article, rewrite and edit it until you are satisfied,
• Avoid repetition.

Last but most important thing to remember as an article writer is to understand the needs of the readers. Why would someone want to read your article? To find an answer to this question, you must feel like the reader, put your foot into reader’s shoe and get a better idea of what to do and how to do.

So, to become a good article writer who can keep the attention of reader, first judge whether it is worth reading or not. If your answer is yes then go ahead.