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Landing Page Design Tips

There are a few very helpful landing page design tips that people can take advantage of when they decide they need specific pages to attract customers to different kinds of products on their Web site. If your site offers more than on kind of service or product, it may be a good idea for you to create different pages there serve different purposes.

For example, if you sell different kinds of auto parts, it might be a good idea for you to advertise for those different parts separately online, and if you do, it’d be a good idea to have those different advertisements go to different landing pages. Below of a few suggestions on how to do landing pages correctly. If a landing page is done right, it can increase your sales significantly.

  1. Know your desired user by defining you landing page purpose
    If you sell cheese and crackers then your landing page purpose is to sell cheese and crackers to hungry, cheese-and-cracker-loving people. If you sell cell phones along with cheese and crackers, then you have two landing page purposes and need two landing pages. Don’t make your landing page a one-size-fits-all for everything you offer. People are going to your site for a purpose. Know what that purpose is a use it to your advantage.
  2. Simple Design
    With any Web design these days, going crazy with graphics, flashing text or anything that will distract your user from the intended purpose is a bad thing. Subtlety is key in your overall design. Make it very simple for your customers to find what they want and purchase it, no one is going to be amazed by flashing images, unless that happens to be what you’re selling.
  3. Focus on Purpose/Interest and the Call to Action (conversion)
    These go hand in hand, and they are what should stand out since the site is ultimately built for a specific type of user with a specific interest and a specific purpose.
  4. Simplify your forms
    There is no reason to make your forms anything more than they have to be. If you Web site urges people to sign up through some kind of form, make it easy for them. Make the forms in logical place, and only have users fill in the information that is necessary.
  5. Testimonials - depending on the landing page
    Depending on the kind of product or service you’re providing, testimonials can be an excellent thing to include on a landing page. Testimonials can provide credibility and trust to your business, which will make potential customers more likely to buy from you.

Check out the video below if you need some more convincing on why landing pages are a good thing to focus on when creating a successful online business.

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