Think carefully about the first sentence of the first paragraph
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 10:41 am
Every sentence in a text has the fundamental task of convincing the reader and preparing the way for the next sentence.
If the writing is well done, as the reader advances through the text, he or she will tend to get carried away until it becomes impossible to stop. However, if your reader's attention was not captured from the beginning, the probability of him or her abandoning the reading is quite high.
That's why the first paragraph of any text plays a strategic role in winning over the reader and convincing them to read to the end of the content
Today, you're going to learn 7 techniques that should be used to subtly arouse curiosity and interest in the topic. Let's get started!
1.
The first paragraph should be creative and written in a way that attracts the reader's attention bosnia and herzegovina mobile database from the first sentence. Therefore, avoid using hackneyed linguistic expressions such as:
Today;
At the moment;
In the world we live in;
In the current context, etc.
Some interesting ways to start are:
With a strong statement that causes some emotion in the reader: “Don’t interrupt the content your audience wants to consume, BE the content they want to consume .”
Defining a concept: “Content Marketing is a strategy to attract your audience’s attention to your services by offering content that is of interest to them.”
Asking a question: “ Do you know what Content Marketing is? ”
With a quote: “According to writer Simon Sinek 'people don't buy because of what you produce, but because of the 'why' of what you produce'”
2. Make him feel identified
You know that feeling you get when it seems like a piece of content was written just for you?
If the writing is well done, as the reader advances through the text, he or she will tend to get carried away until it becomes impossible to stop. However, if your reader's attention was not captured from the beginning, the probability of him or her abandoning the reading is quite high.
That's why the first paragraph of any text plays a strategic role in winning over the reader and convincing them to read to the end of the content
Today, you're going to learn 7 techniques that should be used to subtly arouse curiosity and interest in the topic. Let's get started!
1.
The first paragraph should be creative and written in a way that attracts the reader's attention bosnia and herzegovina mobile database from the first sentence. Therefore, avoid using hackneyed linguistic expressions such as:
Today;
At the moment;
In the world we live in;
In the current context, etc.
Some interesting ways to start are:
With a strong statement that causes some emotion in the reader: “Don’t interrupt the content your audience wants to consume, BE the content they want to consume .”
Defining a concept: “Content Marketing is a strategy to attract your audience’s attention to your services by offering content that is of interest to them.”
Asking a question: “ Do you know what Content Marketing is? ”
With a quote: “According to writer Simon Sinek 'people don't buy because of what you produce, but because of the 'why' of what you produce'”
2. Make him feel identified
You know that feeling you get when it seems like a piece of content was written just for you?