Monday, August 10, 2020
Return of the Frog Queen
Return of the Frog Queen DID YOU KNOW? The entire state of Wyoming (population 509,300) has fewer people than the Harrisburg, PA metro area. OH WOW, its been a while. Im real sorry; Im just not exactly on top of my life right now, as the remainder of this entry should prove. So I stayed up until 5 AM last night working on my ICE-T (ice tea) problem set. To answer James Eastwoods question: YES! Were designing (not buildingthe designing part is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power a cell phone. A cell phone of the future. Were not actually using hydrogen, because that could explode and kill you while youre talking to your grandmother about apple pie recipes, and that would be fun for nobody. Instead were using 22 M formic acid, which is, needless to say, MUCH safer. Just dont, you know, break your cell phone open or anything like that. Anyway, the formic acid is pressurized, so it goes through a reactor thats about 3 cm x 3 cm while air (80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen) flows in countercurrent. Redox occurs, theres a microfabricated nanoporous silicon membrane, and BAMF! Cell phone power! My friend Jacqueline and I are doing all this: all the design parameters and cost estimations, all the pressures and temperatures and safety calculations, and writing a 10-page paper and a powerpoint presentation on the subject, in four weeks. Integrated Chemical Engineering, or ICE, the senior capstone subject in Chemical Engineering, consists of two modules: one lasting eight crazy weeks, and one lasting four far crazier weeks, during which you take all the theoretical nonsense that youve spent the past four years learning and apply it to two different chemical engineering problems. This is so you can prove that you actually know how to do chemical engineering before you go off to work at your six-figure investment banking job and stop caring about fluid mechanics. Sorry, its the time of the season for offers, and all of us poor chemical engineers planning to go to grad school and save the world are getting just a little bit jaded. WOW, that was a mouthful. Anyway, I fell asleep at 5 AM last night because I was working on that, among other things, and I havent yet learned to efficiently budget my time. One thing that I regret about MIT is that I almost never, and I say never, think in bed anymore. During high school, after a hard day of work it was no trouble for me to just lie down, put a sheet over my face, and listen to some Brian Eno while contemplating the meaning of existence or what I was having for lunch the next day or what I would sing when I auditioned for American Idol or whatever. But now? No. I cant put my head on a pillow for more than about 27 seconds before I completely pass out into an incomprehensibly deep sleep, waking up only occasionally to babble incoherently and to hilarious effect. Its a useful skill, because sometimes I want to sleep for only, say, 7 minutes before my clothes come out of the dryer, and being able to fall asleep so quickly will net me 6 whole minutes of sleep passed out on the floor in my clothes. In a fetal position. So for me, dreaming is just about the most awesome thing in the world, because its kind of like thinking and sleep put together, and I usually only dream when Ive been sleeping for a really long time. Which is also just about the best thing in the world, now that I think of it. So whenever I end up having an interesting dream, I do one of two things: I either a) tell you about it, or b) tell Mitra about it. I started with b) this morning, but after some further thought on the subject I decided to go with a) also. From: Sam Maurer To: Mitra Lhrnbq!xobile Time: 12:48 PM Subject: long story I had a dream that I went out in the middle of the night to the basement of Building 4 to get some chinese food, but they didnt have any pork, and what I wanted from this particular restaurant was a pork dish (I think it was based on this real-life time that Shana and I went to Philadelphia and randomly walked around Chinatown until we got hungry and we found this random noodle place and they had hand-cut noodles, which I got with ground pork and scallions and it was one of the best things I ever ate and also cost only $3.75). I met up there with some people who I randomly knew in real life, but I forget who they were. Anyway, so I ordered chicken fried rice, which cost only $4 but what they gave me was like this Italian-inspired dish that was kind of rancid-tasting cool whip/mozzarella cheese with red and green sauce poured on (get it, red white and green?). It was horrible and I couldnt eat it, but other people were getting similar dishes and loving them (they would pour different colored sauces on the cool whip depending on which country you asked for). I was like, no, this isnt what I asked for, but its okay, Im not really hungry anymore, and they let me go without paying for it. They were closing so I didnt want to trouble them to make new chicken fried rice. so then I thought I saw Woon Teck with bleached blonde hair at the next table, and I just started yelling, WOON TECK! WOON TECK! But he didnt look over. So I went and got a slightly closer look and it turned out that it was not Woon Teck, just some guy who was Asian and skinny (yfr). But then the REAL Woon Teck with bleached blonde hair, wearing a pink shirt and makeup, was above us in Killian Court and popped his head through the window and said like one word (I forget what it was, but probably something like Sam Maurer! or MEOW!) and I was like, Oh, Woon Teck! then I woke up to find that I had slept through my second step aerobics class. ARGH, how am I going to make this up?? (phys ed classes are graded on attendance only, but you can only miss one per quarterIve been waking up at 7 AM twice a week for my one-hour step aerobics class, which is the only, and I mean THE ONLY thing standing in the way of my impending graduation, and now I have missed two classes with one week to go in the semester) So when I got to thinking about this dream, I got to thinking about Woon Teck. And Woon Teck, oh, Woon Teck he really has come to symbolize what I love about MIT. Because Woon Tecks weird. But just saying that about an MIT student tells you nothing. Because basically everyone at MIT is weird. But in a different way. I never thought that the spectrum of weird was quite so wide or contained quite so many distinct colors. You could be weird like a pre-med who lives in McCormick, or weird like a TEP brother and build giant trebuchets, or weird like someone who lives in Random Hall takes ten classes, or weird like someone who lives in Burton-Conner and showers twice a day and bleaches his pots and pans, or maybe you stalk people compulsively and read the random documents in their public directories, or you just walk around quoting the Natalie Portman rap video at inappropriate moments. In any case, youre FREAKING CREEPING ME OUT. So when I say, Woon Teck is weird, did you imagine that Woon Teck was a 98-pound Singaporean who graduated MIT with a masters degree in four years, decorated our suite with Hello Kitty and yet played on the MIT Rugby team (only to spite his ex-boyfriend), cross-registered at Harvard to learn Swedish (with the sole intention of using it find a Scandinavian lumberjack lover), applied nightly facial masks (and yet only consumed protein shakes and food fried in a single pot of oil), and had seven middle names. And meowed at me. In casual conversation. I mean, did you even consider that picture to be in the realm of possibilities? If not, its probably because you dont go to MIT. I think in the end, I will remember more Woon Teck than fluid mechanics.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
The History of Ice Cube Trays
It is not known for certain who invented the first ice cube tray, a refrigerator accessory that can make and remake small uniform ice cubes. Yellow Fever In 1844, American physician, John Gorrie, built a refrigerator to make ice to cool the air for his yellow fever patients. Some historians think that Doctor Gorrie may have also invented the first ice cube tray since it was documented that his patients were also receiving iced drinks. DOMELREââ¬âthe Refrigerator That Inspired Ice Cube Trays In 1914, Fred Wolf invented a refrigerating machine called the DOMELRE or DOMestic ELectric REfrigerator. The DOMELRE was not successful in the marketplace, however, it did have a simple ice cube tray and inspired later refrigerator manufacturers to include ice cube trays in their appliances as well. During the 1920s and 30s, it became common for electric refrigerators to come with a freezer section that included an ice cube compartment with trays. Ejecting Ice Cube Trays In 1933, the first flexible stainless steel, all-metal ice tray was invented by Guy Tinkham, the vice-president of General Utilities Manufacturing Company. The tray flexed sidewise to eject the ice cubes. Tinkhams invention was named the McCord ice tray and cost $0.50 in 1933. Flexing the tray cracked the ice into cubes corresponding to the division points in the tray, and then forced the cubes up and out. Pressure forcing the ice out is due to the 5-degree draft on both sides of the tray. Modern Ice Later, various designs based on the McCord were released, aluminum ice-cube trays with a removable cube separator and release handles. They were eventually replaced by molded plastic ice cube trays. Today, refrigerators come with a variety of ice cube making options that go beyond trays. There are internal automatic icemakers and also icemakers and dispensers built into refrigerator doors.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Plaintiff - 1475 Words
after 10 years of service.â⬠Caroline said, ââ¬Å"I am sorry, but at this time there is nothing.â⬠Then the Plaintiff requested, ââ¬Å"Can I maybe go full time?â⬠Caroline said, ââ¬Å"Sorry. I canââ¬â¢t do that, because you have no future with our company, you will have to look elsewhere.â⬠Plaintiff said, ââ¬Å"I have the ability to take on more challenging work and move to the next level. I would like to take on more responsibilities in the department, because I have obtained qualifications and skills to do them.â⬠Caroline said, ââ¬Å"Due to the companyââ¬â¢s situation with the merger and what Tony had told me about your communication and performance, I canââ¬â¢t help you at this time.â⬠I said, ââ¬Å"Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak with you. I hope that in theâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦Plaintiff felt it was unsafe to drive the car home in the condition it was in, so he then called his parents AAA to tow his car back home at 8:41 PM. Tow truck driver said the symptoms the Plaintiffs car could suggest a bad tank of gas. The Plaintiff has provided a copy of the tow truck receipt as evidence that the car was towed. SEE EXHIBIT ââ¬Å"50â⬠3/30/17 AAA Tow Receipt. Upon inspection, the Plaintiff discovered that the timing belt tensioner was loosened, fluids in the gas tank was clear and engine oil was low. After the Plaintiff recently graduated college, his cars were continually broken into and vandalized on Charter Communications property. Charter Communications violated company policy when they failed to protect the Plaintiffs property and permitted the car vandalisms to continuously occur. Also, the local Irwindale Police Department ignored the Plaintiffs complaints because Charter Communications was unwilling to investigate the Plaintiffs claims. SEE EXHIBIT ââ¬Å"9â⬠Old Employee Handbook pg 99. Suspicious Cars Stalk Plaintiffs Home 42. 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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Girl Interrupted Free Essays
Girl, Interrupted was the movie I chose to watch for my experiential paper. This 1999 movie, directed by James Mangold, tells a true tale of a womanââ¬â¢s eighteen-month stay at a psychiatric hospital. This woman, Susanne Kaysen, appears to be depressed and aimless as she finishes her high school career. We will write a custom essay sample on Girl Interrupted or any similar topic only for you Order Now After a suicide attempt, she finds herself trapped in a mental institution called Claymore Hospital. Although Iââ¬â¢ve seen this movie many of times, it always makes an impact on me. Now that I know more about psychology, I feel as though I watched the movie from a different perspective. This new perspective allowed me to analyze and critique the film from through the lens of psychology. The movie ââ¬ËGirl Interruptedââ¬â¢ is a story of a nineteen year old girl Susanne in the 1960ââ¬â¢s who, after being suspected of trying to commit suicide, gets sent away to the Mental Institution for a short ââ¬Ëresting period. Her psychiatrist had suggested to her that the affair with one of her parentsââ¬â¢ friends, along with her misconception that chasing a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka is anything other than a suicide attempt, could be signs that she may be suffering from ââ¬Ëborderline personality disorder. ââ¬Ë Now she must struggle to remain as sane as possible while being immersed in the hospital with many unstable patients. At the Claymoore Hospital, Susanne quickly becomes friendly with a number of the institutionââ¬â¢s residents. These residents include Georgina, a pathological liar, Polly a terminally fearful burn victim, Daisy an incest victim and extremely withdrawn agoraphobic, and Lisa, a charming, but manipulating sociopath. The only character to really portray the characteristics of their disorder accurately was Lisa, the sociopath. Antisocial personality disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by chronic behavior that manipulates, exploits, or violates the rights of others. Individuals with antisocial personality disorder are often angry and arrogant but may be capable of superficial wit and charm. They may be adept at flattery and are very skilled at manipulating the emotions for their own personal gain as we discussed in class. I thought Lisaââ¬â¢s disorder was accurately portrayed because even with her total disregard for the concerns and even the lives of others, she still manages to some how charm the audience with her blunt brutal honesty and her ââ¬ËI donââ¬â¢t care what people think of meââ¬â¢ attitude. People diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder seem to have no emotional connection to any one or anything, and seldom show any signs of emorse for their intrusions on the rights of others like we talked about in class.. Lisaââ¬â¢s power of observations gave her the uncanny ability to sense the weakness in other people, which as most sociopaths do, used them for her own personal gain. Another character in the film was Daisy, an obsessive-compulsive agoraphobic whose ongoing affair with her father had left her with a number of various personality dis orders to choose from there werenââ¬â¢t many disorders that she didnââ¬â¢t show symptoms of. Her character did a wonderful job portraying a neurotic recluse whose various disorders took over her life to the point she felt she no longer had any hope for living independently of her sexually abusive father. Other characters include Polly, with her self-inflicted burns that have kept her forever childlike, and Georgina the pathological liar and roommate of the borderline Susanna. It was amongst these characters that Susanna found the strength to confront her own turbulent mentality. Susannaââ¬â¢s character did a good job with allowing the narrative to paint a picture of the thought processes of someone who suffers from depression or other personality disorders. Even though she did show signs of having a borderline personality, I personally felt that she showed more signs of depression than anything else. A person with depression or bipolar disorder typically endures the same mood for weeks; a person with BPD may experience intense bouts of anger, depression, and anxiety that may last only hours, or at most a day as we learned about in class. How to cite Girl Interrupted, Papers
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Causation and Correlation free essay sample
Causation and Correlation Paper The topic I am going to pick is ââ¬Å"Wealthy people are thinâ⬠. This could go both ways I am thinking. Wealthy people have the means to stay thin. We will write a custom essay sample on Causation and Correlation or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page They have money, resources, and the means to keep there health in check. If youââ¬â¢re poor or not wealthy you basically have to eat or cook what ever is cheap and some healthy foods are not cheap.For these reasons I think the correlation for this topic could be a good one or a bad one, it just depends on what your economic status is and what you can or canââ¬â¢t afford. I think if I had to pick one or the other out of causation and correlation I think this topic is more causation. The reasoning for my selection is that if you are wealthy you have more options to stay thin. So for this being wealthy can cause one to stay thin. Another reason why wealthy people are more able to stay thin over less wealthier people is because like I have mentioned food is expensive and the foods they might need to get you might have to travel or go to special stores. Another way this is causation is because wealthy people can also afford personal trainers or even a gym membership along with weight loss doctors to stay on track. For all these reasons they cause wealthier people to stay thin. Reference: Causation and Correlation in this weeks materials.
Monday, March 23, 2020
Anesthesia Awareness Essays - Medicine, Pain, Anesthesia
Anesthesia Awareness Essays - Medicine, Pain, Anesthesia Anesthesia Awareness Anesthesia is used during surgery to put people to sleep so that they don't feel immense pain, instead they sleep for the entire operation which makes the surgeons job quicker and more effective compared to operating on a living patient going through severe pain and probably moving the whole time making it a lot easier for the doctors to make a mistake that could be life altering. But in some cases patients who are under anesthesia are able to wake up during their operation "which doctors call anesthesia awareness." This situation is rare and refers to when patients can remember where they are and pressure or pain, that occurred to them during their surgery while they were meant to be under anesthesia. And so the patient wakes up paralysed because they are not fully asleep, and because of this they could be screaking and no one would be able to hear them, only after the operation would people become aware of what happened and know that for the duration of the surgery this patient was able to feel everything that was happening to them and had no chance of getting them to stop. Before the operation doctors tell their patients that they will be put to sleep for the duration of the surgery as it ensures that they don't feel any pain. But this is not the case and what they are actually doing is putting the person in a reversible coma so they have no memory of what went on in the operation and the pain they would have experienced. Today doctors use machines that monitor the patient's brain activity that allows them to see if the person wakes up so that they can reduce them from experiencing this extra pain, but this is not always recognised and some people still wake up and have to endure this pain.
Friday, March 6, 2020
43 Data-Driven Headline Ideas From 1,000 Popular Posts
43 Data-Driven Headline Ideas From 1,000 Popular Posts So far,à the 16,312 people who rely on for their all-in-one marketing calendar have scheduled 4,302,684à blog posts. Thats a lot of blog headlines. And were data junkies. The result? We nerded out pretty hard core. It was time to analyze all of the blog postsà in our systemà to understand what headline ideas perform the best on social media to not only help you write better headlines, but also help you get the most social shares for your hard workà when you schedule yourà social mediaà right in . To top it off, it was high time you had access to this data right in your marketing calendar to help you write great headlines every time. So next time you log in to , check out yourà all-new headline analyzer integration to help you choose the best headline for your blog posts to help you get the social attention and traffic your content deserves. Lets take a look at the 1,000 most popular headlines weve ever seen,à focusing on the structure of very shareable headline ideas. First, a tangent: There are many factors at play here that made these 1,000 blog posts successful. Wereà theyà long-form blog posts? Did influencers write them? How did the editors promote these posts? I could name off a bajillion questions about the quality of the content. So thisà data analysis focusesà purely on the headlines themselves and not the context of the content behind them. That's why there are a few things to keep in mind: A significant majority of these blog posts received the bulkà of their social shares from Pinterest, meaning they had some awesome visual content embedded into their blog posts. Many of the blogsà are optimized to increase social shares using WordPress plugins and social mediaà buttons. Every blog's audience is different, and some audiences may be more likely to share than others. Also, some audiences prefer certain networks over others. This data is no indicator of pageviews or the ultimate goal of content marketing to convert any traffic into profitable customer action. But, it's worth mentioning that from this data sample, an average blog post received: 18,700 Facebook shares,à 22,997 likes, and 7,810 comments 252 Tweets 621 LinkedIn shares 304,934 Pins So thereà are definitely lessons to learnà since only two ofà 10 people who see your headlines actually click through to read your blog posts. 1. A significant majority of headlines are generic,à essentially only targeting a keyword. An overwhelming amount of headlines in this study were generic- meaning they didn't contain any value proposition or helpful information to connect with the readers' emotions. I've heard headlines like this called label headlines before, and they look something like this: Wedding Budgets Whileà generic headlines work, you could improve this headline even more to connect with an emotion that could generate even more social shares: How To Stretch Your Wedding Budget To Make It The Perfect Day It's not an exact science, but your audience gets a better feel for what they'll discover after clicking through to read your content while connecting to an emotional need to stretch a smaller budget. The data we used to build the headline analyzer suggests the latter example here should performà better than the original for increasing social shares and clickthroughs. Make your #headlines appeal to emotion to get more clickthroughs.2. People share blog posts with numbers in blog headlines. About 11% of the blog posts in this study began withà numbers in the headlines. Some of these were list posts, some mentionedà completing tasks in a specific amount of time, and some included steps. There is something about data that draws people into these headlines- setting an expectation and promising a quick solution to a problem. Data from Conductor and cited through Backlinko suggests that headlines with numbers get 36% more clickthroughs than those without, and this new data seems to complement what Conductor found, suggesting that headlines with numbers get more shares than those without. Butà Conductor data suggests that odd numbers tend to perform better.à Data from this study suggests the opposite. Of these popular headlines that contained numbers, 49 contained odd numbers while 58 of them contained even numbers. The most popular numbers used in headlines were: 15 and 20 tied for theà most popular 30 came in second place 10 took third place 5 came in fourth place 3 and 25 tied for fifth place 7, 16, and 50 tied for sixth place Think odd numbers perform best in #headlines? Think again [new research].3. List posts are the most popular structured headline that people share. Those numbers you just read about? Most of them were part of list posts. Yep, they still work. 4. How to headlines still work. It was surprising to find only 4% of the headlines in this sample contained how toà in them. But even with just a small amount, these still performed super well among the larger group. 5. Include header images toà drive tons of shares through Pinterest. While you might have the greatest headline and content in the world, it won't drive shares on Pinterest unless you complementà your blog post with awesome visuals. The average blog post from this study received more than 300,000 Pins on Pinterest because they included visual content. Even if they contained a generic headline,à these blog posts had to have awesome visuals to drive those shares. 6. Focus on self-reliance, ease, and time-savings. DIY appeared in 5% of the headlines. That's even more than how to! Aà similarà percentà contained the word minute, taking an idea and letting the reader know how easy using the information from the blog post would be: $5 + 30 Minute Wooden Growth Chart Some of the blogà headlines also focused on helping readers do something with the tools they already had, without the need to buy anything new.à Overall, it seems that in no matter what industry- or even business-to-business or business-to-consumer- there is a common need to save time and money. 7. Question headlinesà are under-used. Only two headlines in this study used questions to inspire curiosity. That runs contrary to other data we've analyzed that shows that question headlines are one of the top-performing types of headlines. Essentially, this means there is some opportunity for you to use question headlines to stand out from your competition. Recommended Reading from Neil Patel: The 6 Types Of Social Media Content That Will Give You The Greatest Value When we started analyzing our Twitter data to help us improve every tweet we send, we found that open-ended questions tend toà get more clickthroughs than other headline ideas. Sometimes, that disparity hit as much as 32%! So appeal to the fear of missing out in your social messages by sharing headlines like... Does Your SEO Content Strategy Focus On Buying Intent? Get Customers, Not Just Traffic. ...toà encourage more clickthroughs to your content. What would happen if you used questions as your #headlines?8. New types of blog posts may have an opportunity to stand out. A few of the blog posts had unusual headlines that nearly focus on the absurd to inspire clickthroughs and social shares: 135 Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas That is a ridiculously high number, meaning folks looking for that information probably only need a single source to answer all of their questions on the topic. Those examples made me think of the best types of blog posts that help you grow traffic. When Aman Thakur explored the topic, he found: Long list posts get more backlinks. There were severalà posts in this study that hit large numbers like 99, 100, 101, 135, and even 173 that really stood out from the others. Research-backed, data-driven posts get more traffic. Only a small amountà of the headlines included percentages or growth numbers. Personal success stories canà turn traffic into profit. Another small number of blog posts told very personal stories- some of them almost satirical. New method posts can coin new terms and change the industry.à Only very few of the blog posts in this study coined new terms for their processes, but when done, they were done well. Infographicà postsà get more shares.à Again, tons of these blog posts performed really well on Pinterest, so this seems like very good advice. Expert advice posts help you steal their audience. Some of theà headlinesà in this study mentioned influencers' names to either take their ideaà and build on it, or as an actual interview with the influencer. Takeaway: These ideas are data-backed, proven to increase your traffic. Yet it looks like these are new wave types of blog postsà that not many have explored yet. That means there is ample opportunity for you to use these headline ideas to stand out. 9. Some words make for very shareable headlines. Nearly 5% of all the headlines in this sample contained the word easy, another 4% used you, and 2% contained best. It looks like it works to focus on providing the best possible information to use as easily as possible all while targeting your audience directly in second-person narrative. Don't be afraid to test lesser-used adjectives to inspire some interest in yourà blog posts: Stop Searching For A Magical Exercise Routine Pulling information from previous research, check out thisà huge list of 500+ emotional words that will help you write better headlines with some uniquely powerful words. 10. There is opportunity to improve headlines to be more emotional. The average score of these posts is a 32 with theà headline analyzer, getting a C- grade. Woops. That's why even when you're publishingà really great content, we decided to help youà write better headlines by integrating that headline analyzer directly into soà you can see your score, write a few more headlines to publish every blog post with aà more emotional headline, and even get inspiration for sharing alternative headlines on your social networks. You can get started with the free headline analyzer now, and when you want to plan awesome content, just know it's waiting for you in your marketing calendar right in . ;) The Key To 43 Data-Driven Headline Ideas One of the things that's most useful with this dataà is checking out the structure of successful blog headlines to give you new headline ideas. Consider this a way to find new angles for your blog posts and get a bit of inspiration from headlines that have already performed extremely well. This is going to feel like a lesson of filling in the blanks. Here's what you need to know as you get started with your headline ideas: [Brackets]: Anything in brackets is where you'll enter your own words to take a successful headline idea and make it your own. #:à Enter a number. Adjective/superlative adjective: Write in a word that describes your noun. Noun:à In most cases, think of this as your keyword for the blog post. Verb: Think of your headline like a call to action- tell your readers exactly what they should do. Adverb: Coupled with your verb, make it sound super easy to do what you're telling them to do. Audience: Think about your target audience and words they'd relate to, and literally call them out in your headlines. Present/past participle: Think of a verb in motion. Alright, some of thatà might sound scary to those of youà who didn't pay attention in grammar class (you know who you are). And that's just fine. Follow the headline idea examples and you'll do great! Make it sound so easy it's sillyà not to read your blog post. 1: Easy [Adjective] [Noun] (Our Favorite [Noun]) Easy Pull Apart Pizza Bread (Our Favorite Recipe) 2: [#]-[Noun] Easyà [Noun] 5-Ingredient Easy White Chicken Chili 3: [#] [Adjective]à And [Adjective]à DIYà [Noun] 60 Cute and Easy DIY Gifts in a Jar | Christmas Gift Ideas Position your blog post as an ultimate guide. 4: [#] [Adjective] Ideas For Every [Noun] 50 Organizing Ideas For Every Room in Your House Instigateà interaction and engagement. 5: Find Your [Noun]à With Our [Noun] Quiz #15daystoDDG : Find your muse with our Style Stalker quiz (day 4) Appeal to your readers' emotion to save money. 6: [Verb] These [#] [Noun] For [Adjective] [Noun]! Contact These 173 Manufacturers for High Value Coupons! 7: [#] Free [Noun] 20 Free Handwriting Fonts Help your readers save time. 8: [#]-Minute [Adjective] [Noun] 8-Minute No Crunch Ab Burner 9: $[#] + [#]-Minute [Adjective] [Noun] $5 + 30 Minute Wooden Growth Chart Intrigue your readers with a mystery. 10: [#] Tips For [Audience] (Number [#] Is A Game Changer) 45 Tips For Men (Number 40 is a Game Changer) Call out your audience directly. 11: [Audience]: You'll Thank Me Later (And For The Rest Of My Life) Coffee And Tea Lovers: You'll Thank Me Later (And For The Rest Of My Life) Write a truly unique headline to captureà interest. 12: [Noun] (Inspired By [Noun]) Bare Necessities Fresh Fruit Pops (Inspired by Disney's The Jungle Book) 13: [#] Unspoken [Noun] Rules Every [Audience] Should Know 27 Unspoken Suit Rules Every Man Should Know 14: A [Noun] Of [Noun]- [#] [Noun] Ideas A Hodge Podge of Mod Podge- 10 Mod Podge Ideas Share your value proposition. 15: [#] Ways [Noun] Will Improve Your Life 9 Ways Apple Cider Vinegar Will Improve Your Life 16: [#] [Noun]à Hacks You Won't Want To Forget 25 Sewing Hacks You Won't Want to Forget Focus on a very specific use case. 17: [#] [Adjective] [Noun] To Try On Your Next [Noun] 18 Mouthwatering Breakfast Recipes to Try On Your Next Camping Trip 18: [#] Things To Do With [Noun] 27 Things to Do With Cake Mix Show your readers how to do something better than ever. 19: How To [Verb] A [Noun] With [Noun] How To Clean A Microwave With Vinegar And Steam! 20: How To [Verb] [Noun] With A [Noun] How To Clean Grout With A Homemade Grout Cleaner 21: How To Make A [Adjective] [Noun] The Easy Way How To Make a Large Monogram Cutout The Easy Way 22: How To [Verb] Your [Noun] (In [#] Mostly Easy Steps) How To Stage Manage Your Wedding (In Six Mostly Easy Steps) Stand out with large list posts. 23: My [#] Best [Noun] My 101 Best Disney World Tips 24: [#] Things You Might Be Thankful For About Your [Noun] 99 Things You Might be Thankful for about Your Husband 25: [#] Easy [Noun] Ideas 135 Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas This is #TheBestEver. 26: The Best Ever [Adjective] [Noun] Solution For [Noun] The Best EVER Homemade Carpet Cleaning Solution for Machines Entertain your readers. 27: The [#] [Superlative Adjective] [Noun] Of All Time The 50 Funniest Tumblr Posts Of All Time 28: [#] Of The [Superlative Adjective] [Noun] We've Ever Seen 99 Of The Funniest Pinterest Pictures We've Ever Seen Be honest, and tell your own story. 29: [#] Things I Wish I Knew About [Noun] 20 Things I Wish I Knew About Photography Posing 30: How I [Verb] [Noun] For The Week how i prep food for the week 31: I Am Always Sure About [Noun] I Am Always Sure About What I Don't Want Shock your readers with something unexpected. 32: [#]à Reasons To [Verb] [Noun] Daily 16 Reasons to Have Sex Daily 33: What's That [Noun]? DIY [Noun] For The [Noun] What's that smell? - DIY Poo Fragrance Spray for the Bathroom Go against the grain. 34: Forget The [Noun], Try This [Noun] Forget The Chocolate Bunny, Try These Easter Sweets 35: Stop Searching For A [Adjective] [Noun] Stop Searching For A Magical Exercise Routine Share case studies of past success. 36: Welcome To [Noun]: [Noun] [Verb]à [Noun] With Next To Nothing Welcome To "Bestie Row": Lifelong Friends Build Row Of Tiny Houses In The Middle Of Nowhere. Be inspirational. 37: When You Feel [Past Participle] when you feel shaken. 38: [#] Ways To [Verb] [Adverb] 5 Ways to Fail Gracefully Why not rant a bit- or go to the extreme? 39: Dear [Audience]: You're Not [Present Participle] Dear Teachers: You're Not Fooling Me 40: The Subtle Art Of Not [Present Participle] The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** Note: The original headline spelled out that expletive, definitely catching an unsuspecting audience off guard. Expect a few (OK, a ton of) four-letter curse words ifà you click through. Blog post series still work. 41: [#] Days To Great [Noun] [Series #]: [#] Ways To [Verb] With Your [Noun] 29 Days to Great Sex Day 10: 16 Ways to Flirt with Your Husband Build on your previous success. 42: [#]+ More [Adjective] [Noun] Ideas 16+ More Creative Garden Container Ideas 43: [#] Things I Wish I Knew About [Noun] 20 Things I Wish I Knew About Photographing in Manual Mode Note: This one is awfully similar to #29, isn't it? The same blogger saw the success from her first headline structure like this and repeated it. The result? The second post was also super successful at capturingà social shares. Find what works for your audience and repeat your success. Bonus! A Few Of 's Most Popular, Super Cool, Non-Lame Headline Ideas has a top posts feature built into it to help you review what's popular. Here's a glimpse of the most-shared headlines on the blog: Now It's Your Turn To Rock These Headline Ideas I recommend taking some advice from Upworthy as you get started with these headline ideas: Write 25 headlines for every blog post. Not only can you use all of the data and examples from this post for inspiration, that practice will help you write better headlines every time- and consistently. When I started writing at least 25 headlines for every post, our traffic started taking off slowly but surely. We were able to reuse some of the best headlines in our social messages and email A/B tests. I'm telling you that this works- and that's one of the reasons we built the headline analyzer right into to help you get the most out of every blog post you publish. Good luck, and tell me all about your headline journey! I'd love to hear more about your headline ideas.
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