Friday, March 23, 2012
Caffeinated Randomness - Best.....Title.....Ever!!!!
This last month I have been hearing the
best titles of songs or books. I am not talking about ones that make
you think or are quirky, I'm talking about ones that make you want to
sit down and laugh. I often wonder what people are thinking when
they title something. It's like naming your kid. Take for instance
Gwenyth Paltrow and Chris Martin, they named their first child Apple. What were
they thinking? Is it an inside joke. Is it that they are hoping
that their kid will be sweet like a Golden Delicious (hoping she
doesn't grow up to be sour like a Granny Smith).
I know when I name a blog title, I take
some thought in the process. What is the blog about? Is it
serious? Is it silly? What do I want people to come away with? The
same applied when we named our children. Nicole, Thomas and Samuel.
We wanted names that weren't that popular. That were traditional and
strong names. Names that people would remember. I also wanted
names that had strong meanings:
Nicole – Victory of the PeopleThomas – A TwinSamuel – His Name is God
Ok, so Thomas' entomology isn't
necessarily a strong meaning, but I have always loved the story of
doubting Thomas. Sometimes we need to question so that the answers
can be revealed to us.
Sometimes words mean different things
for different cultures or regions. Last week while Sam was watching
the Wiggles I heard them singing “Let's Have a Barbie on the Beach.” I had to think about it for a minute. What were they
having? I thought this show was rated G. Then I remembered in
Australia and England barbie is slang for barbeque, not an anatomically
incorrect doll or the name of some girl. I had to phone my
girlfriend up to tell her what they were singing (she's a linguist
major) and we both had a good laugh.
May favourite title though has to be a
book I found on Ereader News Today. It was called “If my Body is a Temple, Then I Was a Megachurch!” AMEN brother! I had to post
that on Facebook PDQ when I saw it. I bet from the title you can
tell what he was writing about. When I posted it, everyone loved it.
It struck a nerve (the laughing one) with many of my friends. How
could you not want to read this book? Now if it was called “How a
Christian Lost Weight” or “Christians are Fat Too” would it have intrigued people to read the book? Probably not. I notice that
the title of a blog post can increase my readership for the day.
The more funny or intriguing a post is the more readers I have. With
so many of us having 100s of blogs in our Reader, we need to quickly
decide what to read, just like a book. If the title doesn't grab me,
then I'm not going to pick it up or click on it. Sorry, it's true.
I bet you have never thought of it that way. Why do you pick up
books? Because either the title intrigues you or the artwork does.
Same with a blog. I've written some great posts, only to see that no
one has read it. Unfortunately, we are in “buyers market” in the
bloggy world. If we can't “sell” our posts to our readers, they
won't get read. Good thing that I'm in a year of contentment and
just being able to post is good enough for me.
Have you heard of a good post, song or
book name lately? What are you're thoughts on naming posts?
Come link up with the randomness today.
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- Michelle
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- I'm a 39 year old (oh yeah I'm telling you my age) Stay at Home mom. A former Bad Girl now reformed sinner, I'm married to my Y2K guy and raising 3 great children from God. Proudly Canadian, however, missing the West Coast, I currently live in the prairies watching the farmers fields produce as I learn how God produces the fruits in me.
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6 comments:
When I arrived in the maternity ward after Ty was born, the nurse asked us what we had named our baby, and then proceeded to congratulate us for choosing a name for him that would work for his entire life. And then shared some of the crazy names she's heard - the best being "Thor the God of Thunder." Yes, the entire title was his name. Another friend was telling me how one of our pastor's wives was next to someone filling out a form, and she happened to see the mom write "Le-A" as her daughter's name. She understandably thought the girl's name was pronounced "Leah," but no, the mom informed her quite indignantly that it was said "Le dash ah!"
Love that book title. Makes me want to go read it. Great thoughts! I once read that you should spend just as much time with the title as you do writing your post.
my favorite, but because it's so laughable, is my son's baseball teacm name the last two years:
wilkesboro masonic lodge number 42 braves
and the announcer said the whole name between all the innings!
I love this blog ;-)Interesting titles are important. People are 'headhunters' and read first the headline and then decide whether they'll read te blog, the book, an article.A good title is: Messy monday :-) You know I'm Dutch. But Messy Monday, is a fascinating.
Do you know I've written a book? The title and cover are almost more important than the story:-( Have you an ugly cover - no one reads your book.
I wish you a sunny spring week. How are your kids (I love their namens)
sorry: it must be names.
I believe what you say to be true, catchy blog titles draw more readers... I just find it hard to come up with them. *sigh*
Just know catchy titles or not, I'm still around reading! Just not always having as much time to let you know so! (and not always right as they are posted)
Better late than never, right? :-)
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