Landing Page Optimization Tips To Guarantee Your Success

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The creation, organization and refining of landing pages is the key to pay per click marketing and online lead generation. Landing pages are audience specific, and an automotive site landing page that converts 10% of users cannot be copied to a campaign selling insurance.

Users respond differently based on the time of day, offer, price point, demographic, education level, style preferences and past experience with your brand. Thankfully we can test and design for most of these variables.

Your landing page, or squeeze page is useless if the visitor can’t immediately find what they are looking for, and take appropriate action. The page needs to be scannable, use visual elements and be well organized.

There are several essential elements that make up a successful and effective landing page and increase your conversion rate.

Simplicity

The visitor must be able to understand the content of the page in less than 10 seconds, preferably 5. The longer s/he must try to comprehend your offer, the less likely they are to complete it. Your landing/squeeze page needs to be appealing to your visitors without distracting them from the goal.

Legibility

The text should be easy to read and the correct size for your audience. Text should be broken up and use lists. Some people prefer long sales pages, others prefer graphics and minimal text. Test this on your products to see which one works best for you.

Contrast

Create high contrast between background and text because to increase legibility, but be mindful of flashy backgrounds. A landing page is not a banner ad. It is a focused message encapsulated in a single page.

Links

Most landing pages have no navigation, and no extraneous links on the page. This gives the visitor only 2 options: complete your action or click the back button. You have a 50% chance of success.

Republished with author's permission from original post.

Cayley Vos
Cayley Vos is the owner of Netpaths and has developed websites, from concept to on-line deployment, since 1997. His grasp of internet capabilities is reinforced by 15 years of computer experience. Cayley has an especially effective ability to explain to clients a project's technical design requirements and potential technical solutions in readily understandable terms. Expert in search engine optimization and obtaining top placement in Google and other major search engines.

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  1. I don’t think you can neglect just simply great design on landing pages. THat way you show customers that you are a real brand with style and your not desperate for their details.

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