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I decided to take Sean’s Headline Writing course because whilst I didn’t consider I was particularly bad at writing headlines, I was interested in improving my overall headline writing quality as well as speeding up the time it took to write them.
I imagined that the course would follow the usual pattern with courses, a written manual together with a couple of seminar calls to explain things.
However, it delivered so much more than this. The biggest difference was in the way Sean involved all the course participants on the phone in calls and how he encouraged us all to help each other in the private forum he set up for us to complete and post our course work.
Both Sean’s and other course members input were very helpful in furthering my headline writing skills.
Sean is a natural teacher and like all good teachers he expects those on the course to complete the tasks he sets each day which typically took about 30 minutes to complete. By sticking to the work required it allows you to form a headline writing habit so you really get to learn your topic and in fact when the course finished I just carried on writing more headlines as it was the natural thing to do.
Taking this course has transformed the ease, speed and quality of my headline writing. I got loads of ideas for fresh topics to write about and continue to do so.
I would heartily recommend Sean’s Headline Writing course to anyone who is writing either articles or Blog content for their website on a regular basis. You will need to invest about 30 minutes a day and yet once you have finished the course you will gain a skill for life.
Duncan MacIntyre
http://www.officechairadvice.com
My Experience with the Headline Writing course.
I took Sean’s Headline Writing Course from April-May, 2010
Objectives
I am a member of 5000bc.com for a little over one year. I signed up for this course to learn how to write better headlines for articles, e-mails and website title tags. I read several e-mails from Sean announcing the course. His writing about the benefits and power of headlines to attract reader attention was the persuasion I needed to enroll in the course.
The Before-After Experience
The experience before and after the course is like night and day.
Before I began the course, I thought that all you had to do was add keywords at the beginning of a headline and follow them with a few other words. I had no idea that creating curiosity is a major strategy to gain readership.
Sean taught the core essential elements about how to build drama, curiosity and attention.
I learned how to use unusual terms, incorporate “how” and “why” into headlines, add specifics and provide a structure for writing new headlines quickly and effectively.
Before, it would take me between five and ten minutes to come up with a headline. Now, using what I learned in the course, I can write between five and ten more effective headlines in the same amount of time.
Course Format and Structure
The course was very well organized, structured and ordered to encourage progressive success in the science and art of headline writing. There were three tele-conferences to teach basic principles and plenty of daily activity in a private forum with other class participants. Since my work hours conflicted with the scheduled teleconferences, I was able to download and listen to the calls.
The course audio, handouts and notes that Sean provided were clear and comprehensive. The foundation of the course was solid, organized and well-implemented.
Course Instruction and Coaching
Sean D’Souza provided a safe, encouraging, and “hold you accountable” role to instruct and coach our class through this course. This included feedback on the conference calls, as well as comments on individual daily work in the private forum.
Sean was very responsive to questions, shared his humor and wit and helped us get unstuck when we were going down the wrong path.
When I asked a question about using punctuation in headlines, Sean went the extra mile and wrote a detailed article about how to use punctuation that explained the core concepts.
I’ll tell you another thing about Sean that is amazing – his astonishing commitment and amazing authenticity. During this course, Sean’s father-in-law became sick and passed away. While tending to all of the details of his wife and family during that difficult time, Sean kept up his commitment to provide feedback to the headline course members.
I have taken Internet marketing coaching courses from another “guru” who charged me $400 a month, was often absent and made up excuses for much less serious matters. The content of a course is one thing; investing time and money with an instructor of high integrity like Sean is a priceless experience.
Safe, Fun Learning Community
Having a private forum or “mini-cave” with several other participants was an excellent part of this course. Not only did we encourage each other’s progress, we could learn from each other’s creativity. It was like a big mastermind group on writing headlines. And it was fun! We were able to joke around with each other, share life and observations, that reinforced our headline writing. A number of times, just reading the headlines of others was a motivating and inspiring experience.
Unexpected Learnings
One of the best things that happened during the course was that my first annual membership to 5000bc.com ended. To keep going with the course, I had to renew my membership. And, I’m glad that I did. I discovered more value to 5000bc.com than I had realized or known before. I discovered a wealth of information in the Library, learned with other Cave dwellers and found some very useful strategies for structuring my online business.
Take-Aways
I started using the headline strategies in posts and pages on my blogs and headlines, other online articles, and in link-building SEO articles.
Just the discipline of writing headlines every day has helped build confidence in writing and take away the “can I do this?” obstacle.
Endorsement
I recommend the Headline Writing course to anyone who wants to improve the readership of articles, web pages, blog posts and other written material.
Dave Pipitone
Streamwood, Illinois USA