Numbered Lists in Online Article Marketing

I found a great tip on how to catch visitors' attention:

Most folks that click around the Internet will click in and out of each page in about 18 seconds or less on average, and they do not read the pages they only scan them.

This is why so many people recommend to online article writers that they use bulleted and numbered lists. However, since more and more article marketers are putting these types of lists into their articles, you need to do something to differentiate yourself. So why not try this tactic:

Number your lists backwards. Yes, that's right, number your lists backwards. If you have five items to discuss start out with number five, then four, then three, then two, and then one.

This allows your reader to count them down, it catches their attention because it's something different that they weren't expecting, and it will also trigger their N400 brainwave, which will help supplement their memory and commit that information into their brain in a way that helps them remember it.

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