๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ?
What landing page elements would you need to make your new creation a success? ๐ง๐ค
ย ๐Letโs take look at the anatomy of a landing page, and weโll define the building blocks of a successful online marketing campaign .
The five essential landing page elements every page must have ๐
ย ๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐จ๐ฆ๐ฃ)
The USP can collectively tell the story of your offering throughout the landing page:
ย โก๏ธ The main headline: the Dominoโs example above is a perfect illustration of a page headline.
ย โก๏ธ The supporting headline: Sometimes you will need a secondary headline (typically smaller in size) that provides some clarification about the primary headline.
ย โก๏ธ The reinforcement statement
ย โก๏ธ The closing argument
ย ๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐
The idea here is to get your customers to empathize and place themselves in a scenario where they are using it. There are many ways in which to achieve this, including:
๐ฅ Photo(s): Consider an example of a collapsible step ladder. A standard white-background photo of the item would work for the hero shot, but to add extra effect you could provide supplementary photos of someone unfolding it, using it to reach somewhere high, and placing it neatly into a small cupboard afterward.
ย ๐ฅ Video: While the camera never lies, video is an even more compelling way to showcase your product.
ย ๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐
Write a brief one paragraph summary and three to five bullet points for clarity. Come back to this section many times and edit the copy to remove any bloated or unnecessary verbiage.
The important point to remember here is that you need to communicate the benefit of your offering first. Then, start to add features โ which are typically directed towards those who require more detail in order to make a decision.
The benefits describe the problem you are solving, and the features describe what it does.
ย ๐ฐ. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ
Social proof is a powerful persuasive concept. Simply put, itโs the use of social signals to illustrate that other people have bought/consumed/read/participated in what you are offering.
The concept being that you are more likely to convert if you see that others before you have, and were glad they did.
ย ๐Other examples of social proof are: ๐
- โ Customer testimonials
- ย โ Social signals โ how well received is your offering on public networks?
- ย โ A count of how many customers you have
- ย โ Trust seals to establish security of information
- ย โ Awards from reputable organizations
- ย โ Customer reviews โ which are very powerful when prospects make comparison
ย ๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น
Your conversion goal is a term that describes what the purpose of the page is to you. Itโs purely a label intended to keep you focused on this page element when designing your page.
To a visitor, this is presented in the form of a Call-To-Action (CTA), which can either be a standalone button on a click-through page, or as part of a lead gen form.
Your CTA is critical to conversions as itโs the target of your pagesโ conversion goal โ in other words, itโs what you want people to interact with on your landing page. How you design it, where you place it and what it says are all important considerations.