{"id":3478,"date":"2007-02-12T02:02:18","date_gmt":"2007-02-11T16:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/5-pick-up-lines-to-get-you-the-girl-and-why-opening-lines-matter\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:06:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T04:06:19","slug":"5-pick-up-lines-to-get-you-the-girl-and-why-opening-lines-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/5-pick-up-lines-to-get-you-the-girl-and-why-opening-lines-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Pick Up Lines to Get You the Girl &#8211; and Why Opening Lines Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/how-to-make-your-rss-feeds-pop\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/RSS.jpg?resize=142%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"137\" width=\"142\" border=\"0\" class=\"left\" hspace=\"25\" vspace=\"10\" alt=\"Rss\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><strong>Pick Up Lines to get you the girl<\/strong>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?<\/li>\n<li>If you stood in front of a mirror and held up 11 roses, you would see 12 of the most beautiful things in the world.<\/li>\n<li>If I could rewrite the alphabet, I would put U and I together. <\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m sure glad I brought my library card, &#8217;cause I&#8217;m checking you out!<\/li>\n<li>Inheriting eighty million bucks doesn&#8217;t mean much when you have a weak heart.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nOk &#8211; these pick up lines (opening lines) will <strong>never<\/strong> get  you the girl &#8211; but in the same way that <a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/use-titles-with-bling-rss-feeds-that-pop\/\">great titles are vital when it comes to getting the attention of RSS feed readers<\/a> &#8211; <strong>the opening lines of your blog posts DO matter <\/strong>&#8211; a lot!\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Purpose of Opening Lines<\/h3>\n<p>\nA recurring theme of David Ogilvy&#8217;s <a rel=\"sponsored nofollow noreferrer\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=039472903X%26tag=livingroom-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/039472903X%253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\">Ogilvy on Advertising<\/a> is:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the purpose of a title is to get potential readers to read the first line of your content<\/li>\n<li>the purpose of the first line is to get people to read the second one<\/li>\n<li>the purpose of the second line is to get people to read the third one&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><h3>How to Use Opening Lines<\/h3>\n<p>Readers will make a judgment upon whether your full post is worth reading based upon how it starts and they will continue reading IF you succeed in connecting with them on one of a number of levels:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does it interest them or pique their curiosity? <\/li>\n<li>Does it hook them into the topic? <\/li>\n<li>Does it create a need for them to read more? <\/li>\n<li>Does it promise a benefit of reading your post? <\/li>\n<li>Does it promise to entertain them? etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nYou don&#8217;t need to do all of these things in the opening sentence of each post you write &#8211; but if you want your readers to reach the bottom of your posts and to be persuaded by what you write you&#8217;ll need to work hard early on at hooking them on some level.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is especially important for those bloggers using &#8216;excerpt feeds&#8217; that don&#8217;t give readers a full post to read in their RSS readers. 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