Effective Landing Page – How to Create Them for Your AdWords Campaign
Added: (Tue Dec 22 2009)
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When users browse through the net in search of some information or in a need to buy a product, they quickly read through the links and small descriptions associated with them. In adwords campaign or Pay-per-Click (PPC) marketing campaign, the links with apt descriptions are highlighted to attract users to click the link. Now, when these users click the links, they would expect to get the information they are looking for within minutes. The page they first see after clicking PPC links need to be effective enough to attract the users further and make them buy a product. This page, known as the landing page, is the most important factor in an adwords campaign. Let us see how to create an effective landing page for a successful adwords campaign.
A Popular Landing Page
A popular landing page is a web page with an excellent content, website design, and approach that can immediately lure a user to become a customer. The main attribute of a landing page is to ensure that users instantly get the answer to what they are hunting for without much cognitive stress.
Additionally, the users should be happy and interested to pursue their endeavor after going through the page. An effective landing page helps build trust among its users.
Keywords Usage
Content is a very important factor in a landing page. Although, many websites even today use their homepage as the landing page, it may not be the right page for users after the see the adword.
A landing page should address keyword only and not all keywords that the particular site offers. As a result, you can easily expect multiple landing pages, depending on each keyword. The content should be interspersed with that particular keyword.
Call-for-Action Text
It is also important to use text that calls for action. Users can be guided by the content by using call for action text in buttons and icons. For instance, if the adword highlights how best a particular product can be purchased from a site, the landing page should have a “buy me” button to help users buy the product easily.
Limited Formalities
If a website is promoting a software tool, the landing page can easily contain a “buy me” option to help in the purchasing process. However, while asking for credit card information, it is a usual practice for many e-commerce sites to ask for personal information in great detail. A form immediately pops-up and the user does not know how to escape from the situation without filling in the lengthy form.
The best practice is to ask limited questions. Also, ensure that the information you’ve asked is secured. In other words, dubious people should not get an access to the personal credentials written in the forms.
Lastly, landing pages should be attractive, interesting, impressive, and user-friendly to win the hearts of millions of users who browse through the page looking for the adverts. It is only through these initiatives that an effective landing page can be developed for adwords campaigns.