9 Tips in Creating a Landing Page for Your Marketing Campaign

Getting your marketing campaign to work and bring in revenue requires lots of work and optimization.

Besides your product/service, you need to think about how you’re going to position your business in front of your target customers, and what tools and tactics you will use to achieve that success.

There are lots of ways to place your products successfully and attract the attention of your ideal consumers.

If you want to have an effective marketing campaign, what you need is a specific page that will be created with a goal in mind – a landing page.

In this article, we’re going to provide you with the best tips that you can implement in the creation of the perfect landing page for your marketing campaign.

The Core Elements of a Landing Page

Before you start building a landing page for your marketing campaign, you need to get familiar with the anatomy of the landing page:

• Unique Value Proposition (UVP)
• Hero Photo/Graphic/Video
• Beneficial Offer
• Social Proof
• Call-to-action (CTA)

UVP

This is what sets you apart from your competitors and what makes you memorable. A good example of this is Slack’s unique value proposition, “Slack is where the future works”

There are 4 major components that form the presentation of your UVP on your landing page:

• Main headline. The first line that users see and read when they open your landing page. This is where you need to be clear about your product/service benefits.
• Sub headline. Short line that supports the main headline. It can come as an extension of the main headline or as an additional compelling message.
• Experience statement. A message that is usually found halfway on the landing page, and it describes the experience that users will get if they accept your call-to-action.
• Closing statement. This is where you need to add additional messages to strengthen your UVP.

Hero Photo/Video

You need to know how to visually represent the benefits to your audience. With a hero photograph or a video, users can understand your product/service better. Here are two ways to achieve this:

• Photography. If you have a tech product, a good idea might be a photograph of someone using it.
• Video. You can directly showcase the benefits and the product UX with a video.

Beneficial Offer

You’ll definitely need a thorough description of the benefits users will get by clicking on your CTA. You can outline your product/service benefits with the help of:

• Bulleted list. You don’t have to write an entire article about the benefits on your landing page. An introduction followed by bullet points can be enough.
• Extended description. Here, you need to expand on the benefits of your offer. But don’t exaggerate. Don’t detail everything, instead, invite users to discover it themselves by responding to your CTA.

Social Proof

It is one of the most convincing arguments you have. You can directly illustrate how customers use your product/service to improve their lives and solve their problems.

If others use your service, new customers will be convinced easier to do so too. Social proof can come in the form of:

• Testimonials
• Social signals
• Customers count
• Trust seals
• Awards and certifications
• Reviews from customers

CTA

On your landing page, everything comes down to the call-to-action. Every other element is just a supportive element that needs to convince the user to click on the CTA. It can either be an action button or an opt-in form.

This is an important element towards increasing your conversion rate. If you want people to take action, it’s extremely important where you position the CTA, its design, and the core message that will make people take action.

Creating the Landing Page for Your Marketing Campaign: 9 Tips

1. Conduct a market research first.
2. Start the design process.
3. Figure out colors.
4. Have a compelling headline.
5. Write an engaging copy.
6. Have captivating visual elements.
7. Include real customer testimonials.
8. Have a “Thank You” page.
9. Monitor and A/B test your page.

Now that you got the basics out of the way and understand the anatomy of the landing page, it is time to start creating the landing page for your marketing campaign.

1. Conduct a Market Research First

Every effective marketing campaign starts with market research. To build a successful landing page, you need to collect customer data in order to develop your core messages and deliver a perfect user experience.

You need to understand your audience before you offer something on your landing page. Your target market has its own preferences, interests, and expectations regarding a given product/service, so you need to make sure that you have that information in details.

Your target users go through the following stages when they decide to buy a product or use a service:

• Discovering a need. Your target customers have a problem that needs a solution.
• Researching. People want to learn more, so they compare solutions and products, read user reviews and collect the information.
• Ready to buy. At this stage, people know where to go to buy the product.
• Buying. Now that they’re convinced, people place an order, click the CTA or physically buy the solution.
• After purchase. This is the experience that the user has after the purchase, it often includes whether the product has been useful and whether the entire buying and customer experience is on point.

When you develop your landing page, you need to know how to address each of the concerns above. Think about your target personas. Make sure that your product/solution fulfills a need or solves a problem.

Check what type of people have bought your products already. Define demographics, sex, age, hobbies, income level and any other data that can help your landing page design. Also, you can look at your most successful competitors to get more data on your target clients.

2. Start the Design Process

Content is important to convince users to opt for the CTA, but design matters if you want to place your copy properly. Each of your sections/elements matter, and every element complements the next.

When you start developing your landing page template, you need to focus on:

• Clean UX/UI. Make sure that you provide a clean interface. You need to make the experience easier for users and align every element of your landing page according to that experience.

• Clear and readable fonts. Remember that we live in the age of mobile and that users today often browse more on their smartphones than on desktops. Your landing page copy needs to be clear and perfectly readable on mobile devices, too.

When you design your landing page, you need to think of its end goal first. Ask yourself the following questions:

• Why do I need this landing page?
• What is the main goal of this landing page?
• What is the action that I want my target users to take?
• Why the action that the users take matters for my business?

Of course, you want to convert landing page visitors into customers, but they can’t read your mind. They want to be guided by your landing page layout, copy, and design.

When your target users browse the internet, they don’t go immediately to a landing page in their browser and click the CTA. No, they go online first to solve their problems. You just need to be there at the right time and with the right landing page that will convert them.

With a clear landing page goal, you need to start with the wireframing process. At this stage, you need to define each element of your landing page, the number of images, the quality of visuals, the number of lines, amount of copy, etc.

The more you focus on your CTA, the better. That’s why you don’t need to include navigational links in your landing page design. Leave the navigational links and social buttons for your homepage.

When you develop your landing page layout, look to the most successful landing pages for inspiration. And remember to stick to a clean design that enhances your landing page elements.

Don’t forget to develop a natural and intuitive UX and flow. An effective landing page should lead the user to the CTA.

3. Figure Out Colors

You can utilize color psychology to create an effective landing page. People experience color differently, and every color can evoke some kind of emotion.

There’s not an exact formula for the combination of colors that you can use to increase your landing page conversion rate. However, there are some ground rules to color psychology that can help you achieve better success with your marketing campaign:

• Red. All about passion and excitement. It is the perfect color if you want to showcase an exhilarating solution.

• Orange. Lively color that is all about friendliness and play. It has a similar effect as red, but it is used less commonly, and it can make your landing page stand out.

• Yellow. The color of the sun. This is the color of happiness. The joyful vibe of yellow is excellent if you want to present your solution as fun, attainable, and inexpensive.

• Green. A very adaptable color. When people look at green, they think about dollars and nature. If you have a solution that is connected to those things, green is an excellent color to use for your landing page.

• Blue. One of the most attractive colors, blue can help you present your product as firm and reliable.

• Purple. It is known as the royal color and if you have a product that is luxurious, purple is your sound choice.

• Pink. By tradition, pink is tied to the feminine lifestyle. If you have a solution that is targeted towards the female audience, pink is a wise choice.

• Brown. One of the least used colors online. But that can be your main advantage within your landing page if you want to be remembered immediately.

• Black. If you want your solution to be perceived as luxurious and modern, there’s nothing more potent than black color.

4. Have a Compelling Headline

The headline is the first line that the users see when they open your landing page. Users’ entire engagement with your page can depend solely on the headline. This is why you need a have a clear, concise and compelling headline for your landing page.

The headline is there to explain your company or product mission. It is important to explain the product as easily and as simply as possible instead of using obvious sales words. You must be concise in telling people what they sign up for.

To increase the effect, you can also use subheading under the main headline. This provides the audience with more information about your product/service and its benefits.

5. Write an Engaging Copy

After you’ve introduced your offer with a headline, it’s time to provide more details to your audience.

Your copy needs to answer every user question that we mentioned at the beginning of this article and present every benefit of your product/service.

Remember what the goal of your landing page is. It’s important for your marketing campaign that you provide a complete, but not too overwhelming copy about your product/service benefits.

Make sure that you don’t write something that is too long to read, in order to reduce the risk of losing your target visitors. Writing a short copy is excellent if you want to provide a free giveaway or to increase your email list.

A longer, more detailed copy might be better if you sell an expensive product. Here, you want to be able to convince your future customers why they should give you their hard-earned money.

To make sure that you have an engaging copy for your landing page, stick to the following checklist:

• Have a clear copy structure that includes a headline, subheadlines, supporting details, and a closing argument.
• Make sure that the headline helps your visitors comprehend your product and the benefits.
• Use words that people use when they talk about similar products/services. Listen to existing customers to discover the right words for your campaign.
• Ensure that you use the right industry vocabulary.
• Outline benefits and features with bulletin lists.
• Depending on your page goals and offer, decide if you’re going to use long or short copy.
• Proofread for coherent and consistent copy throughout the landing page.

6. Have Captivating Visuals Elements

The visual elements of your landing page should communicate every argument of your landing page copy. You can’t convert a visitor today with just a headline, copy, and an action button.

Your prospects have to connect the content with your visual elements, and that will stick in their minds longer than the text. They will process images better than any other type of data on your page.

The visual element alone should be of such quality and have such power that it will immediately direct the users towards the CTA. For example, an image should represent your solution, eBook, someone that uses your solution, graphic design for your offer or a discount, or a video on how to use the product.

Emotions play a huge role in your landing page visual elements. You need to address your target users’ motivations and desires from the moment they land on your page. Whether prospects want to feel secure, loved or relaxed when they land on the page, you need to provide the right feeling for them.

The best way to convey emotions in your landing page is to use images with people in them. We are all hardwired to respond to faces. It’s in the human DNA. This is the reason you should use human faces and expressions in your landing page imagery. The more similar the face to your target customer, the better.

If you want to provide more technical information about your products, perhaps a chart or a creative graphic would do better than an image. Just make sure that your graphic doesn’t overlap with any other elements on your landing page, especially the headline and the CTA.

7. Include Real Customer Testimonials

Testimonials have the power to boost your landing page conversions. However, you should not use them blatantly or invent them on your own. You need to include real results, from real people.

This is a crucial element if you want to build trust with your future customers. It’ll definitely add to the positive user experience of your landing page.

Trust is vital. People that are interested in your product need to be convinced by what they are looking at on your page.

Even asking for personal information such as email and a name is often too much if you’re not able to build trust immediately. That’s why a happy client and his/her testimonial is the best social proof of all if you want to increase your landing page conversion.

8. Have a “Thank You” Page

You must be grateful that your visitors went through the process of opening your landing page and responding to the call-to-action. A “Thank You” page is the least that you can do for them.

This is also a matter of principle, good business manners, and also, a way to let users know that you’ve received their information and provided t steps to complete the transaction. You can also engage the user further and provide an additional CTA such as a link to becoming a social media follower or to check out other things you have to offer.

Again, before you redirect people to your “Thank You” page, remember your initial landing page goals. By keeping these goals in mind, you’ll know what information and additional CTA to provide within your “Thank You” page.

9. Monitor and A/B Test Your Landing Page

Testing and learning from mistakes is how you’ll improve your marketing campaigns. You need to run parallel tests between at least two landing pages with similar goals, but with slightly altered elements and element placement.

Your target customers will decide what works best and converts better for your landing page. The elements that you need to A/B test on your landing page are:

• The headline. Test headlines to see which one represents your value proposition the best.
• The CTA. One type of CTA will bring more conversions than the rest. Discover it.
• Hero shot. Try different photos that show your product or how your product or service is being used.
• Action button design. Try a different contrast, surrounding whitespace, design.
• Action button color. Test different colors, remember the color psychology that we outlined above.
• Form length. Collect varying types of information, but make sure that you don’t overdo it. With this, you can decide which form produces a better conversion rate and which type increases the abandonment rate.
• Long copy or short copy. In general, a shorter copy is better, although for certain product details and for high-priced services, you’ll need a more detailed description.

Wrapping Up

The tips mentioned above are all tried and true, but that doesn’t mean that implementing them is enough and that your marketing campaign is over just by creating a landing page.

You should be constantly collecting data and analyzing feedback. Improvement is always possible if you conduct A/B tests regularly. With that, your high-converting marketing campaign will start to unfold and bring you more customers, one step at the time.