The Beginners Guide to Landing Pages #433

Ep. 43359 min2018-08-20

A well-designed landing page converts better when it has one clear goal, minimal form fields, a benefit-focused headline, mobile optimization, and a call-to-action button that tells visitors exactly what they get.

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Key takeaways
the reason the long form sales letter works so well is because it wipes away doubt

About this episode

The Beginners Guide to Landing PagesAaron, Adam, and Matt sit down in this crossover episode, to discuss landing pages for beginners. Bonus - We give away our ultimate guide to landing pages checklist! You don't want to miss this episode!

Questions this episode answers

How many form fields should a landing page have?

Ask only for the information you need, as little as possible. The hosts note that reducing fields to just email can triple or quadruple leads. Each extra field creates roughly 23% friction. Additional information can be collected over the phone or in a follow-up email after the lead is captured.

Why do long-form sales letters outperform short landing pages for some products?

Short copy often fails to answer authority, credibility, and trust questions or overcome objections. Long-form sales letters are structured so even skimmers absorb key bullets and build enough trust to convert. They are especially effective for info products and high-ticket items.

How should you split test a landing page?

Start with the largest elements: the headline, the call-to-action, and whether or not a video is present. Small design changes like background color shifts matter much less. Use an A/B split so some traffic sees page A and some sees page B, and measure the impact before changing anything else.

In their words

A clear CTA is, well on your landing page ultimately you have one goal. One goal. That's why Adam mentioned a little bit earlier that you don't want to send them to your website because you have a whole menu, you have buttons at the bottom, you have all this different content

Guest

when you said spam, it gave them a negative content, like the awareness of I could get spammed

Guest
Terms defined in this episode
Squeeze page
A landing page focused solely on capturing a visitor's contact information, typically by offering something of value like a free guide or report in exchange.
Above the fold
The portion of a landing page visible without scrolling. The hosts stress placing the headline, key message, and lead capture form in this area to maximize conversions.
Long-form sales letter
A lengthy landing page or video sales letter designed to answer every objection and wipe away doubt, commonly used for info products and affiliate marketing offers.
WIIFM
Stands for what's in it for me. The hosts use this term to mean copy should focus on benefits to the visitor, not the company's features or awards.

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This episode answers

Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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