Pitfalls to Avoid When Creating Landing Pages

[JorieMunroe]

Creating and optimizing landing pages is a crucial step in your lead generation efforts. What's a common mistake I always see and try to avoid? Not having a second offer or CTA on the thank you page.

It’s a smart move to keep your primary offer nice and clean on your landing page and not confuse people with multiple CTAs. However, once you’ve given the promised content to the lead, you are wise to garner their support by asking them to do something whilst they are "hot."

I always suggest making sure you utilize the thank-you page to place another CTA or offer. For example, you could ask people to share the content via a Click to Tweet link.

*To learn more about this, check out the Creating Landing Pages in HubSpot lesson via HubSpot Academy. 

[CGabriel2]

make sure that the webpage is working. 

[KPavel]

1. Check to follow up emails and email

2. Check Redirecting pages

3. Check Contact Form

[KKamlager]

Don't create complicated dead ends for the customer journey. Make a CTA with purpose, gate content that is worthy of gating, and make it simple and short for the visitor to fill out. 

[BRiback]

This was the best module, yet! I'm curious what research HS has done on the acceptance of chatbots in their lives and if consumers (actually), EVER prefer conversational forms?

[FMartelozzo]

the better the quality of LP content, the more conversion it will get. The offer has to be exactly for the audience we are reaching and an email marketing nutrition after the thank you page also helps in the conversion.

[aagg]

Using trade jargon can be a tricky pitfall. There are some topic terms thats can be understood as umbrella categories however, when defining niche services, industry outliers may not understand the chosen terms.

[JenMalins]

I'm usually sold on the offer before I even get to the landing page so I don't really read landing page copy. As a result, the ones I write tend to be short and to the point.

[SumitMutha]

Yes exactly

[ESingletary]

The content should start right below the fold. It tends to be discouraging to the reader if they have to scroll for too long before they find the answer they were looking for. 

[KenChis]

Langing pages should always have a clear objective and offer. The objective to your team is clear - getting a contact/meeting/ registration etc. and the offer to the viewer should also be clear - Landing pages are transactional and should be a simple path to completion.

[EMurphy5]

Agreed!

[JT20]

One thing I really recommend is your call to action button should be relativly simple. I've seen some lengthy cta's and it just isnt aestheticly pleasing. 

[ajedavis]

Too much text

[PRaj1]

hello

[SSaeger]

Never too much text or repeating content

[CPage513]

I like using a stripped down version of a website template for the landing page. Upon conversion, I redirect to a thank you page that matches the standard design of the website and encourages the visitor to engage. That way, you're not distracting the visitor from the first conversion but can give them more things to look at once they've converted the first time. 

[DSchramm]

Too much information is a common mistake I see frequently on landing pages. Trying to appeal to everyone and leads to not resonating with anyone. Often the thank you page is overlook as an additional opportunity to engage the site visitor.

[MTelepneff]

A weak CTA, such as "Learn More" or "Contact Us" when the market does not know the brand or the product. Therefore, education must work with curiosity and value via a stronger CTA. I've learned this the hard way and am still improving landing pages

[FNasso]

I would recommend that the landing page it's easy to read, have navigation anchors, clear CTA's across the page without overdoing and making sure the gated content is compeling enough for them to download.

[MAdviento]

1 CTA will do

[COcasio]

Not having a thank you or confirmation page and not having the information needed on the page to make right selections if a selection is required. Though navigational links are not recommended they do provide a consistent branding, if the page looks so close to your website design, that lets visitors know they are on the correct page, without them I sometimes wonder if it's legit.