{"id":22126,"date":"2019-11-12T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T16:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?page_id=22126"},"modified":"2022-05-16T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:06:40","slug":"how-to-write-a-good-listicle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/types-of-articles\/how-to-write-listicles\/how-to-write-a-good-listicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes on how to write a good listicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

What writers and others say<\/h2>\n

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\u201cLove them or hate them, informational posts presented in list format are easily digestible, and allow for an efficient transfer of your value proposition to the reader.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2014 Brian Clark, founder, Copyblogger<\/h6>\n
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\u201cNearly everyone loves reading top 10 lists. Whether it\u2019s listing the most beautiful celebrities, the world\u2019s richest people, important features you need to know about a new product, or even cats that look like Miley Cyrus, a top 10 list is a winning format.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2014 Amanda DiSilvestro, Top 10 Tips on Writing Top 10 Lists<\/em><\/h6>\n
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“How could we take something named listicle<\/em> serious? It reminds me of popsicles. But the truth is: list posts work.”<\/h5>\n
\u2014 Henneke Duistermaat, founder, Enchanted Marketing<\/h6>\n
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“At first, we think that a list is primitive and typical of very early cultures … But, in cultural history, the list has prevailed over and over again. It is by no means merely an expression of primitive cultures.” <\/h5>\n
\u2014 Umberto Eco, renowned Italian author<\/h6>\n
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\u201cYou might hate it. Think it\u2019s lazy and overused. Yet while the web is clogged with list posts, they continue to work.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2014 Dean Evans, The Good Content Company<\/h6>\n
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\u201cMaybe Martin Luther started a trend when he nailed a list to that door. Readers love lists. Content marketers love lists.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2014 Julie R. Neidlinger, blogger<\/h6>\n
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\u201cAs bloggers, we love [lists] because they\u2019re fun and straight-forward to write, and they do well on social media. As readers, we love them because they\u2019re easy to scan and to take one or two great points from. And both bloggers and readers love the fact that list posts are fun to comment on and link to.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2014 Darren Rowse, founder, ProBlogger<\/h6>\n
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\u201cI love lists. Always have. When I was 14, I wrote down every dirty word I knew on file cards and placed them in alphabetical order. I have a thing about collections, and a list is a collection with purchase.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2015 Adam Savage, cohost of MythBusters and Unchained Reaction<\/h6>\n
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\u201cList, list, O, list!\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2015 William Shakespeare, in Hamlet<\/em><\/h6>\n
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\u201cA list is just a scaffolding for a story. It\u2019s just a way of organizing information. I mean, The Odyssey<\/em> is 24 chapters. You could call that 24 Chapters About Odysseus<\/em>. That\u2019s, like, a really great list. Really top notch. Really, really viral. Super viral.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2015 Jack Shepherd, editorial director, BuzzFeed<\/h6>\n
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\u201cA listicle, to me, is something that is literally an arbitrary grouping of things. Ten ghosts. Or 11 Songs We\u2019re Listening to Right Now. Things where there\u2019s no narrative \u2026 driving it.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2015 Jack Shepherd, editorial director, BuzzFeed<\/h6>\n
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\u201cA number is a nice booster, but it\u2019s not a substitute for strong writing, solid content strategy, or effective promotion. And that\u2019s the problem with how most people look at list posts. They start with the number in the headline \u2014 but that\u2019s not the right place to start.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u2014 Sonia Simone, chief content officer, Rainmaker Digital<\/h6>\n
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“I think what we found ultimately is the amount of time it takes to compile 200 of something could be better spent actually narrowing it down to 20 and figuring out how to make it a really rich narrative experience. The megalist phase of 2010 was an interesting experiment, but one that has mercifully gone by the wayside.”<\/h5>\n
\u2015 Noah Veltman, Knight-Mozilla fellow<\/h6>\n
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