7 Marvelous Free Ways To Spin Your Headline Content That Actually Makes Sense

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Morning!  If you want to build a profitable living online, chances are, you’re writing articles and submitting them to a bazillion or so directories, generally complete with killer headlines as well.

And while that’s peachy beyond a Georgia orchard, the thing is…you don’t want to submit duplicate copy from here to eternity…

You want your article and headline to vary a bit for each directory to which you submit.

Now, if you’re looking for an automatic way of spinning articles without spending the time to ensure they retain the dynamic essence of your writing, you can invest in content spinners like:

• PHP Spinner
  
• WP Spinner

But!  If you are looking instead to massage your writings so the end output delivers the quality content you desire, you can turn to  these nifty neat free resources online.

1.)  Thesaurus!  – Thesaurus will give you suggested words you can use that makes you stand out from the thundering herd. For example, let’s say that I want to write a headline about good free ways to spin headline content.  I’m not going to remove the word ‘headline’ (as that’s a keyword), but I can certainly fine something more catchy than "Good"!  Here’s what Thesaurus suggests:

acceptable, ace*, admirable, agreeable, bad, boss*, bully, capital, choice, commendable, congenial, crack*, deluxe, excellent, exceptional, favorable, first-class, first-rate, gnarly*, gratifying, great, honorable, marvelous, neat*, nice, pleasing, positive, precious, prime, rad, recherché*, reputable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape*, sound, spanking*, splendid, sterling, stupendous, super, super-eminent, super-excellent, superb, superior, tip-top, up to snuff, valuable, welcome, wonderful, worthy

and if I click on ‘great’, I get:

abundant, ample, big, big league*, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high, huge, humongous, husky, immense, inordinate, jumbo*, lengthy, long, major league, mammoth, mondo, numerous, oversize, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, protracted, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic*, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous

Talk about an instant plethora of nifty words I can use!

Next, let’s go to

2.)  Reverse Dictionary

Do you have a concept for which you want a one or two word pithy phrase?  Enter the Reverse Dictionary!  To wit:

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OneLook’s reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. Just type it into the box above and hit the "Find words" button. Keep it short to get the best results. In most cases you’ll get back a list of related terms with the best matches shown first.…MORE….

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So!  Let’s say that you wanted to write about the joys of, oh, I don’t know….sparring.  So you could search on "fast punch" and find these suggestions:

1. jab
2. slip
3. sucker punch
4. clip
5. one-two
6. strike

plus bunches other.

Next, what about adding a rhyme to your headline?  Enter:

3.)  RhymeZone!

This is quite a useful site indeed!  Let’s say that your topic is about getting readers for your blog.  Search for reader and you get:

breeder, cedar, ceder, eader, feeder, grieder, kedar, leader, leeder, lieder, meader, meador, meder, meeder, neider, nieder, reeder, reider, rieder, schreder, schweder, seader, sheeder, speeder, treder, veeder, wieder

Then search for blog!  Eeek, there’s no suggestion!  But not to fear – you can search on

• words that end in log

and get:

28 words found.

analog
antilog
apolog
backlog
beclog
catalog
clog
colog
decalog
dialog
duolog
epilog
flog
footslog
homolog
isolog
log…

So!  Gain More Readers For Your Blog can be transformed into:

Powerfully Help Your Readers Become Leaders – Unclog Your Blog Today!

Gotta admit, it’s catchy!

Next, what if you want to get some unique ideas for word pairs in your headlines?  Enter:

4.)  IvySim!

 IvySim is a Word discovery tool that allows you to put in word beginnings…and see what kinds of combinations can be created.

For example, let’s take

M…     MO….

and you get:

  1 MIRROR MONEY
  2 MOKENA MONEE
  3 MAKING MONEY
  4 MICKEY MOUSE
  5 MARKET MOVES
  6 MAKING MOVES
  7 MOVING MONEY
  8 MODEST MOUSE
  9 MINNIE MOUSE
 10 MIGHTY MOUSE
 11 MINUTE MOVIE
 12 MOTHER MOVED
 13 MARKET MODEL
 14 MANAGE MONEY
 15 MURRAY MOVES
 16 MARKET MOVED
 17 MOVIES MOVIE
 18 MOTION MOVED
 19 MUSLIM MONTH
 20 MOBILE MONEY

Now, what if you want to ensure your headline doesn’t confuse your readers?

Bring on:

5.)  Confusing Words!

This neato site lets you test out a word to see if it might be confused with another spelling.  Ie, affuent and effluent:

affluent	wealthy
effluent	flowing out; of liquid waste
Examples	The United States is one of the most affluent nations in the world, yet some Americans exist in extreme poverty.
	Factories must check effluent material for potential hazards to the environment.
	Streams carry effluent poisons to the river.

To where shall we look now?

I know!  Let’s combine bunches of the above and zoom to:

6.)  WordSmyth!

Besides being a dictionary and a thesaurus and tons of other things, what I REALLY love (which has little to do with this article, I’ll admit….but boy, you’ll find it useful for prefacing your content!!) is the Glossary Maker.

Let’s say that you wanted to write an article about being successful and independent.  Input those words to the Glossary Maker and voila:

Created using the Wordsmyth GlossaryMaker on Thu Apr 16 06:59:49 2009 independent   Part of Speech   adjective    Pronunciation   In dih pehn dEnt    Definition 1. not ruled by another; self-governing.    Example   an independent nation.    Synonyms   autonomous , sovereign (2) , free (2,3)    Crossref. Syn.   irresponsible    Similar Words   liberated {liberate}    Definition 2. separate or unconnected.    Example   an independent circuit.    Synonyms   separate (3) , isolated , distinct (1) , discrete (1) , individual (1) , unattached (1) , detached (1)    Crossref. Syn.   single , autonomous    Similar Words   free , freestanding    Definition 3. not needing the support of advice of another; self-sufficient.    Example   an independent person.    Synonyms   self-supporting {self-support} , self-sufficient , self-reliant {self-reliance}    Crossref. Syn.   proud    Similar Words   unattached , individualistic {individualist} , carefree , well-fixed , solvent , freewheeling    Definition 4. having no affiliation to any political party or organization.    Similar Words   nonpartisan , neutral         Related Words   lone , discrete , alone , original , absolute , solitary , outside         Part of Speech   noun    Definition 1. one who is not a member of any political party, or one who votes without regard to party affiliations.    Similar Words   nonpartisan         Related Words   neutral         Derived Forms   independently, adv. successful   Part of Speech   adjective    Pronunciation   sEk sehs fEl    Definition 1. having a positive, beneficial, or favorable result or outcome.    Synonyms   prospering {prosper} , thriving {thrive (1)} , flourishing {flourish (vi 2)}    Crossref. Syn.   fruitful , banner    Similar Words   fruitful , going , effectual , blooming , blossoming {blossom (vi)} , prosperous , efficacious , effective    Definition 2. having attained that which is desired or intended.    Synonyms   victorious (1) , triumphant (1)    Crossref. Syn.   banner    Similar Words   effectual , efficacious , effective    Definition 3. having obtained wealth or position.    Synonyms   prosperous (1) , wealthy , affluent (1) , well-to-do , thriving {thrive (1)} , rich (1) , flourishing {flourish (vi 2)} , well-heeled    Similar Words   well-off , booming {boom1 (vi)} , opulent         Related Words   bright , fortunate , smash , glorious         Derived Forms   successfully, adv. ; successfulness, n.

Nice, eh?  True, not very useful for headlines, but there’s a wealth of tools there you can use for your own site content and layout as well.

And finally, the 7th marvelous free way to spin your headline content:

7.)  Visit Cracked.com

Yes, I’m serious. 

The folks who write the headlines there are masters!  Just take a gander at:

• 17 More Images You Won’t Believe Aren’t Photoshopped
• 6 Evil Henchmen Who Sucked at Their Job
• 5 Ways ‘Common Sense’ Lies To You Everyday
• The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (That Don’t Work)
• The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time
• 5 Kick-Ass Action Movies That Are Pure Propaganda
• The 5 Most Amazing Real Life MacGyver Moments

Spend a few minutes perusing the selections and it should certainly send your mind spinning in creative directions indeed!

Remember…you can always find useful free resources online (although I’ll admit, even I myself will buy paid tools when it saves time and does things better than I can do myself!).  You simply have to weigh the balance of "Making Money" and "Saving Time." …. you yourself will know what works best.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

ps – and if you’d like some PLR articles to meld to your own ideas, consider:

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