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Landing Page

Marketing 5 min read Entry 34 of 78
Definition

A landing page is a page built to do exactly one thing, with the navigation and the distractions stripped out so the only real choice is the one you are asking for.

In plain English

Your homepage is a hallway with doors to everywhere. A landing page is a room with one door in and one door out. Somebody arrives from a video or an ad, reads one argument, and either takes the action or leaves.

That is why landing pages usually have no menu. Every extra link is a way out that is not the one you built the page for.

Why it matters

Sending traffic to your homepage is the most common way to waste it. The visitor arrived interested in one specific thing and now has to find it.

It is also measurable in a way a homepage is not. One page, one action, one number, so you know whether a change helped.

How it works

  1. One promise at the topThe same words that were in the video or the ad, so the visitor knows they arrived in the right place.
  2. The case in the middleWhat they get, how it works, who it is for, and proof from people who are not you.
  3. One action, repeatedThe same button after each section. Not a different offer each time.
  4. Nothing elseNo menu, no sidebar, no related posts. Every removal makes the remaining choice louder.

Match the message

If the video said free Elementor checklist, the page should say free Elementor checklist at the top. A visitor who has to translate has already half left.