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3. Get rich slow.
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Are you tired of fast food, eating while typing, reading, driving? I thought so!

Online information encourages us to partake of ‘fast food’ writing, that is, content presented in Twitter feeds and bullet points.

I don’t have anything against bullet points per se; I use them to narrate an outline before I expound on a subject or draw a conclusion.

We know that writers write to accomplish their goals: get a sign up, sell something, express an opinion….but why do we read?

I suggest that when we are reading to gain knowledge, learn how to do a complex task, or synthesize a body of information, we deserve more than bullet points.

Bullet points alone, especially the kind with red check marks, flashing arrows or cutesy graphics just scream….”5 million served and you are next”….fast food for your brain.

My brain is craving slow cooking, good conversation, and companionable silences while digesting important information. If it is truly important, let me savor it. Don’t serve up half a dozen bullet points and expect me to hit that Buy Now button.

Is there such a thing as a high quality bullet point?

Of course….and if you need a bullet point or few, here are a few resources that will make your bullet points digestible….just don’t overdo it…K?

This from Robert Bruce and Copyblogger:

It’s a Twitterized world,  we’re just living in it.

Blog posts, Tweets, quick videos, Google+, the Facebook Timeline, and tens of thousands of images pinned to digital boards are flying past us faster than we can read them.
Faster than we can even scan them, depending on the time of day.

What does this mean for writers trying to cut through it all? At least two things that I can think of:

1. You’d better know how to write a compelling headline
2. You’d better know how to write bullet points that grab (and keep) your reader.

We’re not telling you to keep your copy short. We’re telling you to keep your copy readable.

Why bullet points? Like it or not, they keep people reading your blog posts, pages, articles, and copy like nothing else.
But lame bullet points won’t take you where you want to go. So let’s take a quick look at how to get this done, and get it done well:

The basics of writing bullet points that work

The essence of a great bullet is brevity + promise.

Brevity has been a hallmark of good writing since writing began, but every one of us living in the Twitter Age possesses an acute awareness of just how important brevity is right now.

Long, complex bullet points would defeat the purpose of writing bullets at all, to keep your reader moving through your copy.

Promise is the element that hooks your reader like a fish. You’re making a plain and legitimate claim that your product/idea/service will give them what they’ve been looking for.

Goes without saying (but of course I’m going to say it anyway), you absolutely must deliver on the promise you make. There are probably faster ways of ruining your credibility and career, but not giving your reader what you promised is definitely in the top three.

Brian Clark wrote the definitive bullet points post  more than five years ago. Go ahead and read that through at your earliest convenience.

And, since I’d rather straight up steal from Clark than try to outwrite him, here’s his summary of what an effective bullet point is and does:

1. A bullet expresses a clear benefit and promise to the reader. That’s right, they’re mini-headlines. Bullets encourage the scanning reader to go back into the real meat of your content, or go forward with your call to action.

2. Keep your bullet points symmetrical if possible; meaning, one line each, two lines each, etc. It’s easier on the eyes and therefore easier on the reader.

3. Avoid bullet clutter at all costs. Do not get into a detailed outline jumble of subtitles, bullets and sub-bullets. Bullets are designed for clarity, not confusion.

4. Practice parallelism. Keep your bullet groups thematically related, begin each bullet with the same part of speech, and maintain the same grammatical form.

5. Remember that bullets (like headlines) are not necessarily sentences. If you want to write complete sentences, stick with a paragraph or a numbered list.

Now that we’re standing on a firm foundation, let’s move into how to actually write these bullets.

8 ways to write bullet points that work

In this fast, short, and constantly evolving digital world, she who makes sense first, wins.

And one of the best ways to make sense of an idea, especially online, is not to dumb it down, it’s to break it up into digestible chunks.

Bullet points can be a great way to do that, but don’t just rely on the stale, simplistic bullet point types you’re using now. Expand your range and add these fascinating bullet point types.

1. External Fascinations: These types of fascinating bullet points are usually found in sales copy. They create curiosity and work like headlines to prompt a purchase or other action.

2. Internal Fascinations: Internal fascinations are pretty much identical to external, except they’re designed to persuade people to continue reading the post they’re already reading.

3. Bullet Chunking: Extracting bullets out of compound sentences helps you drive home a point while also increasing the usability of your content.

4. Authority Bullets: Authority bullets are used to recite the data and proof that support your argument. As with all persuasive writing, turn dry factual information into interesting reading any time you can.

5. Cliffhanger Bullets: Cliffhanger bullets tease and foreshadow what’s coming up next or in the near future. You can also use cliffhanger bullets to lay the groundwork for an upcoming promotion, launch, or special content event.

If you want to know more specifics about how to write those (including examples), check out this classic Copyblogger post on useful bullet point types.

And , as a little bonus, our pal Ben Settle expanded on Brian’s post with a few more bullet types of his own.

Here’s a few of Ben’s favorite bullet point secrets:

6. Give-Away Bullets: These are sort of like the lady who hands out cheese cubes at the grocery store. She gives people a little ‘taste’ of food that keeps them alert and shopping, and many times they end up with the thing they tasted in the shopping cart.

7. Expansion Bullets: These bullets break up the ‘sameness’ of the page (when you have several pages of bullets), and they add more tease, demonstration and curiosity. Plus, they give a nice little ‘loop’ effect to your ad that keeps sucking the reader back in.

8. ‘Can’t Be Done’ Bullets: Basically, this is where you say something that is almost unbelievable. Something 100% true, but that is so wacky and ‘out there’ it makes you say, ”How in the heck can you do that?”

Congratulations, you now know more about bullet points than most working writers.

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