When we place an ad over internet to promote product or services, in this ad we insert a link to a webpage related to ad. So when prospective customer clicks on this ad, he directly arrives at a given webpage called ‘landing page’ ( post-click page ) to know more about our offerings. Everything from that click to the dedicated post-click landing page to the “thank you” page after the conversion is considered the post-click stage.
To increase your conversion and ROI, it is essential to send ad traffic to message-matched pages. Marketers who create personalized post-click experiences for their ads have 34 % higher conversions than those who don’t, according to one study. Essentials of a landing page:
A. Clear focus : A landing page should contain information about your product or services you want to promote, or sell. No other things or objects should display on this page, as they will distract viewer attention towards other unnecessary things thereby affecting your conversion rate.
B. Presentation: We should present our product or services in a way that will prompt viewer to take necessary action i.e. for us, it is turning viewer into buyer. Below we discuss about – Structure of a landing page.
1) Drawing attention: To draw viewer attention, write a catching headline on landing page. Write landing page headline that focuses on benefits, use power words, use ‘How to’ words, write to the point headline. Write landing page headline that match your message. Proofread your headline and entire page. Leadpages AI engine helps you to generate dozens of headline variations for your landing pages, pop ups and websites in just few clicks..
2) Give information about your product or services, show pictures, graphics, info graphics or demos wherever necessary.
3) Create desire: Show viewer, how your products or services useful to them, how they are unique, how they are different from other similar products in the market (if applicable). Provide testimonials of existing satisfied customers.
4) Call to action: Think yourself - about what viewer should do after he arrived on your landing page? Whether they should click, fill out a certain form, make a telephone call or download something etc. Consider this and design this element accordingly.
C. Fast loading landing page: When viewer clicks on your ad, it is very important that they should arrive swiftly to your landing page. A slowly loading webpage frustrates viewers, creates bad impression and they may go elsewhere.
To make a fast loading landing page we should not keep any unwanted objects on the page. Reducing http requests, compressing images, removing unnecessary css, html, js code helps to load page faster. Also, use xhtml 1.1 or html 5 or php languages to make your landing page a faster one. (To know more about these languages, visit http://www.w3schools.com )