04.10.2010 Conversion Optimization No Comments

Why SEOMoz has the Perfect Landing Page

Ever since I started working on conversion optimization last January 2010, I knew I found my new love. An increase of 20% in conversions after 2 months of optimizing message to landing page to registration flow, is a great figure to present to your boss.

For those who are not familiar yet with conversion optimization or conversion rate optimization (CRO), I would recommend reading one of my conversion superheroes, Bryan Eisenberg’s Blog.

An essential element of CRO is the landing page. It’s the customers’ entry point into your business and it’s your marketing pitch for them to purchase, register or whatever conversion you would like them to do.

I have been examining and evaluating landing pages for my clients’ projects and I have found that landing page holy grail at SEOMoz.Org. It’s neat, complete, and functional.

I would have written a top 10 strategy post for landing page structure but I think this demonstration will point out the important elements in landing page optimization.

Don’t take my word for it, let me who show you 7 reasons why SEOMoz has the perfect landing page:

SEOMoz Landing Page First Fold

1. Value Proposition (Enough Said!) – According to Bryan Eisenberg, there is one secret of top converting websites that is so simple, so obvious, yet so many people forget to use – Value Proposition. Tell your customers why they should buy your products, why they should choose you instead of your competitors.

What makes you stand out? What makes you better than the competitors? Answer that and deliver that message in a few seconds!For SEOMoz, there’s nothing simpler than “Get Started with SEOMoz Pro, risk free, now.” Apart from the brand that they have, they also give you that money back guarantee. Sweet! Right? read more

31.05.2010 Conversion Optimization 1 Comment

Landing Page Design / Wireframe Tools

Lately we have been tasked to increase conversions (registration leads) in one of our project websites. While conversion rate optimization (CRO) is still a new skill for me, I love working towards achieving meaningful goal conversions.

One of the major phases for CRO is the landing page optimization.

Although I’m not a designer myself, part of my work is to come up with landing page sketches / ideas for the project. And it is always great to have powerful tools at your disposal.

Let me give you a rundown of my favorite tools that I’ve used in landing page design / wireframing:

  1. Unbounce – Unbounce.Com may be the best landing page solutions out there. They offer you optimization solutions in 4 major steps:
    • Build a landing page
    • Publish It
    • Drive Traffic
    • Test & Optimize

    It seems that the guys behind Unbounce.Com have done their homework in identifying the right solutions for landing page optimization requirements. They’re main objective is for you to launch landing pages without the IT guys.

    What I like: WYSIWYG Landing Page Editor and Landing Page Templates. If you’re still new with landing page optimization, the templates at Unbounce.Com can give you a jumpstart. These templates have been formulated to come up with ready-made best practice templates including: simple lead generation templates, pre-launch lead generation template, and business consultant lead generation templates.

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