Top 10 Attention Grabbers

The point of my focus on the subject attention grabbers is simple- it brings you in limelight. And it’s not at all easy to come in limelight. Once you have the focus on yourself it quickly translates in gains which in turn spell success for you. This is the reason that almost everyone around you is there to grab your attention and spell the gain for themselves. My last article why attention grabber’s rock highlighted the need of this tactic and why you need to court attention at all cost. To some it doesn’t matter if the attention is positive or negative till the time they are grabbing it and staying in focus.

While the concept can be seen full blown in media, its importance in our everyday life is equally important. You log on to TV and you would see how from celebrities to common people are scouting for single second of fame. The reason is simple; from no one they become someone which has gains of its own. Similarly if you are not something then you are nothing. And to be something you need to the art of attention grabbing. So let’s look at top 10 attention grabbers commonly used by people, corporates etc. There can be many more but below 10 are most prevalent and can be seen in our everyday life

1) Associations- You associate yourself to a certain brand or person and it helps you grab attention. For example, brands associating with celebrities to enhance their image. They cash on celebrities image and help people relate to brand more.

2) Controversial- Sometimes creating controversy does help you to grab attention. People love controversies and hence it becomes excellent medium to attract attention.

3) Curiosity-Curiosity does not kill the cat only but it kilos people too. Keep people curious and you are bound to grab attention. There is nothing more stimulating then something whose outcome you are dying to see. Famous encounters, matches, playoffs apart from innovative media stints are examples of curiosity.

4) Daring- When everything around you is so normal how daring acts can go unnoticed. People love heroes even in their everyday lives and daring acts does have the ability to pull attention.

5) Different- Many things around us is utterly boring or monotonous. But if you are different from normal you got the secret weapon that act as attention grabber. People love to see things that are different and they are smartest way to attract attention.

6) Fear- A fear in people mind is another way to grab attention. Put some hard rules, set some examples etc. and you have done nothing but played a tactic to grab attention.

7) Funny- Who does not like humorous and funny things. It is infact one of the effective medium used by attention grabbers to keep focus on themselves.

8) Inspiring- People love stories and they defiantly love things that inspires them and move into action. Inspiration is one of the sanest tools to grab attention and get the ball rolling in your favor.

9) Interesting and Entertaining- Make things interesting and entertaining, add a little spice and it becomes a recipe for success. There are things that rejuvenate and refresh people and subsequently this behavior becomes a weapon for attention grabbers to make way for their fame.

10 Rewarding- One of common and effective tactic from attention grabbers is to associate a reward with a particular behavior. The freebies, discount, sales, raffle, lotteries etc. are many such mediums which are used by attention grabbers to attract people and spell success for them

You need to be innovative and you need it at any cost. Attention grabbers wait for their moment of focus and when they get it they make the maximum of it. If certain of your ideas are not working then surely it lacks the punch of attention grabbing. Master the tactic, add variation, keep surprising people and you have a recipe for success. Attention grabbers rock simply because they not only pounce on opportunity but also know how to make maximum use of it.

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