The Rule of Three


Courtesy of Hale Popopi

Came across this brilliant piece of copywriting advice from Copyblogger and how the "Rule of three" works universally in capturing people's attention. It is simple, effective and oh so true.

Here's a quote from the post:

...information presented in groups of three sticks in our heads better than other clusters of items. For example:

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people”

“Friends, Romans, Countrymen”

“Blood, sweat and tears”

“Location, location, location”

“Father, Son and Holy Spirit”

“Faith, Hope and Charity”

“Mind, body, spirit”

“Stop, Look and Listen”

“Sex, Lies and Videotape”

“I came, I saw, I conquered”

Perhaps the next time you are tasked to write an advertisement, a speech or powerpoint presentations, see if you can dissect them into 3 key points.

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