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3 Mistakes to Avoid When Creating Listing Titles

What I like about creating an offer thread in forums is that it allows me to learn at minimal cost and optimize my title before I put it through other channels such as Adwords or email campaigns. Most forums allow us to create our listing to sell our products or services without any listing fee and to me, this is a great chance to practice my copy writing skills.

I will share three common mistakes that I have seen in the forums that people have made resulting in no conversion or simply no views. I hope that the following tips will help you to improve the title in your next listing.

Avoid writing in all CAPS

Titles such as GREAT SAVINGS – MUST SEE project an immature mentality. I would advise you not to use caps for all the words and this seems like begging people to come and buy your product / service.

The bad about informational title

Consider this title if you are putting up a site for sale, KCHut.com – A blog about forum marketing. This is another mistake that many people make while creating titles. The reason is that titles are not the place for elaborated explanations about the site.

If you are selling a site, focus on one strong selling point and highlight it in the title. For example, if the site generates you $2,000 last month, put up the title as Popular marketing blog for auction, monthly revenue up to $2,000. You do not need to put your domain name in your title unless it is remarkable.

Generalizing your offer

This is another very common mistake seen in the forums nowadays. You will be able to see threads like Earn $100 in 2 days!. I have to admit that these types of listing will attract tons if views but simply not targeted. You might be surprised that a lot of people viewing such threads do not have the intention to buy anything!

For your information, serious buyers do not view such threads. They are focused and only compare threads that are related to what they are looking for. Hence, in a long run, you will be better off creating a more targeted title for your market in mind.

The following are some excellent titles (well-targeted) for your reference:

1. Manual Submission to SEO friendly directories – starting $3.50
2. Gain 100,000 Backlinks Or More | Massive Link Building (FREE OPTION)
3. Recipe Site / 40,000+ Recipes /Amazing Potential. Low BIN for fast sale

All the best in your forum listing

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