How to Build WordPress Landing Pages That Work

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When its time to get a payoff from all your content marketing efforts, you send people to a landing page to take some form of action. If youre relying on pay per click or banner advertising, landing pages are what determine whether you make a profit or take a loss.

The better your landing pages work, the more people take the actions you want them to. What kind of actions are we talking about?

Everything from a purchase, to an email opt-in, to a phone call. Other landing pages help you target specific search engine traffic, present various pricing options, and tell people what they need to do next after theyve taken initial action.

Lets take a look at the landing page formats you must master to market effectively online. Its also important that these landing pages avoid the classic mistakes that crush conversion.

The 7 Critical Landing Page Formats

While there are many variations on these basic themes, here are the 7 core landing page formats you should be using to increase online conversion.

1. Sales Page This is the old workhorse when it comes time to move more of your product or service. No clutter, comments, or confusion all action.

2. Email opt-in page One of the most important tasks before the sale is to get people on your list. In fact, outside of highly optimized pay-per-click campaigns or incredible search engine rankings, no list means no sales at all.

3. Video landing page As video becomes even more ingrained in the online experience, video landing pages are being used more and more for sales and lead generation, especially in some of the most lucrative consumer markets.

4. Thank ! You land ing page Once youve collected an opt-in email address, youll want to send people to another landing page, thanking them for subscribing and providing valuable information, such as a) telling them to click the confirmation link in their inbox, b) stressing the importance of white listing the email address you send from, c) providing beginning resources or tutorials, and d) making an initial offer to purchase something.

5. Content (SEO) landing page When you really want to rank for a certain search term, this the landing page to house your cornerstone content. We use a bunch of them on Copyblogger (see Copywriting 101, Content Marketing 101, etc).

6. Pricing page When youre selling anything with multiple plans or price points, this page is crucial for clarity. Plus its a great way to restate benefits and reverse risk when boosting conversion for any type of purchase offer.

7. Tabbed scroller page The tabs and side-scrolling content approach is what we used on Third Tribe. This is a way to deliver lots of copy without it looking like long copy.

Introducing the Premise Landing Page System

A little over a month ago, we soft-launched our landing page software, Premise. Since that time, over 1,000 initial users have put it to the test, and offered valuable feedback. Weve already released Premise 1.1, which is even better than the original.

Premise is a bundle of software and education that lets you quickly and effectively create landing pages with WordPress. You can use it to build custom landing pages alongside any WordPress theme, or use Premise to build entire WordPress sites.

The total product breaks down into the three vital aspects of landing pages that work:

1. Point-and-Click Page Design

First of all, youve got to be able to create the important landing page types outside of yo! ur norma l WordPress theme. You dont want your typical header and sidebars in the mix, and you need to be able to controls styles, colors, fonts, and graphics specifically to those landing pages.

Premise allows you to easily create those 7 critical landing page styles in WordPress, add visual flair with included custom graphics, and control fonts, colors, and styles without code. And it works with any WordPress theme youd like to use it with, or no theme at all.

2. Built in Copywriting Advice

Building pages alone wont get you the action and conversion rate youre looking for. Its the copy that makes people do what you want, and this is the element missing from any website or page-building software. But were uniquely qualified to make up for that.

Premise makes your words work with copywriting advice delivered directly from your WordPress interface for each type of landing page. Plus you get the Premise Guide to Effective Copy and high-quality copywriting seminars as part of the deal.

3. Optimization Made Easy

No matter how great your copywriting skills, theres always room for improvement in your conversion rate and search rankings. You just need the proper tools and the right guidance.

Premise provides detailed conversion optimization seminars, split-testing directly from inside WordPress, and SEO tools that ensure youre getting the absolute most out of your landing pages.

In short, Premise doesnt sell you short with simple page-building tools. It allows you to create great pages, and most importantly, helps you create great content for those pages you know, the truly important stuff that leads to higher conversion.

Over 1,100 Custom Graphics Included

Thanks to the wonders of the Premise API, were able to pump in constantly updated goodies to you. One of the biggest batch of goodies is the Premise graphics library. 1,119 custom landing page graphics at last count, from our very talented in-house designer Rafal.

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So, n o more bad clip art. And its included when you get Premise. Well be updating the graphics library over time, and taking your feedback for new stock. This feature alone is worth more than Premise costs.

Instant Access to Valuable Education

Were including seminars from the top people in the industry people like Bryan Eisenberg, Jeff Sexton, Sean DSeoza, Brian Massey, Geordie Caldwell, me and our own Sonia Simone, and more. Here are the seminars you get instant access to as soon as you purchase Premise:

The Premise Guide to Effective Copy

This 69-minute seminar and 23-page manual (from your truly) reveal the power of the premise as the start of any effective landing page campaign.

Magnetic Headlines Intensive with Jeff Sexton

An intensive 55-minute webinar on writing content titles that work, plus a 10-page manual and slide deck.

Anatomy of a Landing Page: The 10 Elements You Must Have with Bryan Eisenberg

Coming this week, this seminar breaks down what you must have for an effective landing page, and why, from one of the most respected online conversion experts around.

Premise Does a Lot of Cool Stuff

Seriously, I could go on and on (there, I said it before you could). If you want to get the full scoop, head over the Premise site and spend some time. We hope you get on board with us, because Premise will continue to evolve and get much better.

And its not going to stay quite this affordable forever.

About the Author: Brian Clark is founder of Copyblogger and CEO of Copyblogger Media. Get more from Brian on Twitter.

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