The landing page of your marketing campaign is critically important to the success or failure. It can be the difference between losing thousands of dollars or generating millions.
Landing pages are much more than just a simple design slapped together with a form. A well-made landing page is about combining persuasive content with a pleasing and conversion focused design.
What Is A Landing Page?
First, let’s define what a landing page is. A landing page is a simple one-page site that is designed to convert.
It can serve a lot of different purposes but the main one is to generate a conversion.
It can be to
- Fill out name and email address
- Generate an inbound call
- Make a sale
- Get more clicks
The content of the landing page should be specific and persuasive. It should contain benefit driven copy that compels people to take an action.
Homepage vs. Landing Page
One of the biggest mistakes that I see when small business owners advertise online is that they send their traffic to a homepage instead of a landing page.
A homepage is like a brochure for your business. It should contain general information about your business and who you serve. There are usually links to other parts of the website.
In recent years, as the web has gone mobile, the minimalistic design has become more popular. A well-designed homepage looks like this:
As you can see when a visitor lands on this page there are several elements that can cause a person not to convert. This is referred to as “friction.”
According to Unbounce friction is defined by
“The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.”
When it comes to landing pages, think of it as the resistance your visitors have to complete a task. Our goal is to create elements that make it easy for visitors to take action.
In terms of copy, these elements include things like:
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Clear and relevant value propositions
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Lists of benefits that match expectations
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Enough information to make a decision
Your job if you don’t want to throw money down the drain is to design a landing page that generates inbound phone calls. An inbound phone lead has a 1000% chance of converting compared to other leads.
The two main components of a great landing page are a conversion focused design and benefit driven copy. A landing page can contain video or just plain text.
It can be low-tech or high-tech.
It can be many different colors or just one color.
It all depends on what your objectives are.
An easy shortcut is to model successful landing pages. There are several marketplaces available that you can use to purchase ready-made template designs.
The 7 Elements of a Perfect Roofing Landing Page
#1 Conversion Focused Design
The design should be conversion focused. If you are doing an AdWords campaign the whole goal of the landing page is to generate an inbound phone call.
One thing that will generate calls is if you have your phone number at the top right-hand corner with a call to action. For an example of what this looks take a look at the screenshot below:
#2 Strong Headline
The main objective of the headline should be to clearly state the benefits of your company. It should be relevant to what the prospect is searching for.
#3 Call To Action
A well-made landing page should have the same call to action multiple times throughout the landing page. It should use action verbs to get people to act.
#4 Images
An image or multiple images conveying the value of your offer should be used. The best images are the drone shots of your work. These images clearly show the expertise of your work.
#5 Video
A landing page with an explainer video will increase the conversions on your roofing landing page. Video usually converts better than text.
#6 Trust Indicators
Using images of your roofing associations and certifications will increase the conversions on your site. Video testimonials work better than text testimonials. Using real images of people will add authenticity to your message.
#7 Benefit-Driven Copy
The copy on your landing page should clearly explain the benefits of your company. Make it about them and not you. It should provide a clear description of who you are, who you serve, and how they can benefit by working with you.
Software Recommendations
More than just a landing page builder, with Clickfunnels, you can create an entire sales funnel in minutes. It’s the software that I recommend to build landing pages.
However, there is a big drawback. Unlike Unbounce, there is no dynamic text replacement option you can use. You have to hire a developer to create this script for you.
Having dynamic text replacement is critically important in pay-per-click advertising campaigns.
There is a new Clickfunnels Marketplace that has a bunch of templates that you can purchase.
Unbounce
Unbounce is another great landing page software that you can use to create conversion focused landing pages. It has a lot of different integrations and is easy to use.
You can choose from over 100 different template designs.
The one thing that Unbounce has that Clickfunnels doesn’t have is dynamic text replacement. This feature allows you to dynamically change the text on the landing page based on what keywords they are using.
What is Dynamic Text Replacement?
Having dynamic text replacement is critically important in increasing the conversions of your campaign. If you are paying $40 per click then this feature can save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars by the increasing the conversions.
LeadPages
The third software that I recommend that you use is Leadpages. It’s more expensive than Unbounce and Clickfunnels but it works great.
One of the best things about LeadPages is LeadLinks. This allows you to generate leads with 1-click sign-ups.
Conclusion
If you are doing any type of paid advertising on AdWords or Facebook, having a landing page is a must. There are a lot of different types of landing pages and knowing which one to use for each situation is important.
A well-designed landing page has all these 7 elements. If you implement these 7 elements you will decrease your cost per lead, improve your conversion rates, and improve the return on investment.
