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If you want people to read your marketing material, it's getting a lot more challenging than it used to be. However, you can utilize techniques and tricks to make it easier to do so than before, too.

It's no secret that without an effective, attention-grabbing headline, your sales letter can be completely useless. The same goes for email subject lines to convince people to open them.

There are some truly "hypnotic" text tricks you can use to make your titles, headlines and subject lines grab people's attention and hold on. However, some of these tricks are definitely avant-garde, and not for those who like "middle of the road."

And we've used these ourselves, so they work.

Below are five very unusual ways you can begin to grab someone's attention and stop him or her cold, as long as you have the courage to use them. They are:

1. Use a fill-in-the-blank headline. For example 'Write At The Speed Of _____!' Is there a quicker way to generate curiosity than having a blank in your headline? We've yet to discover one.

2. Write your headline backwards. '!thguohT detpurretninU fO deepS ehT tA etirW' You'll be surprised how many people will sit there and really want to figure out what you're headline says, especially if they're caught off guard!

3. Write two words that appeal, and one totally unrelated one. 'Money! Freedom! Lizards!' Humor often combines two or three completely unrelated subjects or ideas.

4. Emphasize specific words by using all capital letters, dashes, or underlining. Take a look at this article's headline again. Certain keywords can really stand out in your headline or title that will make your readers to subconsciously want to respond favorably.

5. Censor out one or two words. 'Write at the xxxxx Of Interrupted Thought!' This is similar to having a blank in the headline, but using characters or a 'black box' to block out a word from being seen. Again, your readers can't help but think, 'What are you hiding?'

Once you put these tricks to use, you should immediately explain the headline or title in your opening. Don't risk being seen as unprofessional. A great way to start your opening paragraph is to say, 'I'm glad my strange headline got your attention'. Then proceed to explain yourself.

There are a lot of other techniques you can use and come up with on your own. These are just a few of the tricks listed in the 'Hypnotic Traffic Tools' bonus report. Use these ideas sparingly as well throughout the body of your content, instead of just keeping to your subject or headlines with them.

Go on and give these a try, and see how much fun they are!

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