One of the most common problems we see with our clients is landing pages that are not converting website visitors into customers.  Many clients will spend quite a bit of money on advertising, but fail to complete the transaction on their landing pages.  Often visitors will be just directed to a home page, which is a bit like dropping your 5 year old off at the mall and expecting them to be able to buy their own tennis shoes.

When you’re designing your landing pages, you need to put yourself into your customer’s shoes.  What information would you need to make a purchase decision?  A landing page needs to have all the information that a customer would need to make a purchase decision – ideally it also lets them make a purchase right there.

If you have a wide range of products, you’ll need to have multiple landing pages which target each one.  The same for multiple target audiences and advertising.  Think of a landing page as a one page print ad – you really need to engage the customer, entice them with your offer, and get them to take action.

It may take a bit of time to get a landing page that you’re happy with.  Make changes and then give them some time to work.  Take a look at your statistics and see what’s working and what’s not.  Good landing pages will be well worth the effort (with a side benefit of a bit of seo juice).

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