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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Grab Your Readers With a Catchy Title!

Hint for writers:  It is very important to come up with a catchy title for your article. "Centia" is a process for converting trap grease (a waste product from restaurants) to a green jet fuel.  (A typical flight from coast to coast, adds as much CO2 into the atmosphere, per passenger as driving your car for three months.)


A cool example of a title for an article about "Centia" might be:  "From The Drain To The Airplane", in reference to making jet fuel using the waste grease from restaurants.  Hint:  Words that rhyme will usually help you.  Another cool example for the same article might be: "How To Make Pigs Fly!" (A reference to using pork fat for making jet fuel!)


Another title example might be, when writting an article about Jerry Woodall's new discovery about how to make hydrogen on demand using an Aluminum/Gallium alloy, you could title it: "A Happy Accident", in reference to the fact that it was discovered by accident.  Also,  it is similar to title of the motion picture, "Happy Accidents", a 2000 film starring Marisa Tomei and Vincent D'Onofrio.) You could also title it:  "A Car That Makes Its Own Fuel!" (In reference to putting metal alloy pellets into a a car's tank of water to produce Hydrogen fuel.)

Using just a few well chosen words in your title could very well capture the interest of a potential reader so that they actually read the article that you worked so hard to create.

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