Re: Pitfalls to Avoid When Creating Landing Pages

JorieMunroe
HubSpot Employee
HubSpot Employee

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. 

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MLeCornu
Participant

I've reviewed the performance of campaign landing pages and observed the best conversion rates come from:

  • less content (you don't need to tell them everything about your company/product/service on one page)
  • one clear offer/reward in exchange for their details (eg Download Report)
  • form at the top of the page

In the past, I have produced landing pages with too much content and they haven't converted as well as the short, focused landing pages.

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SHussain1
Participant

Use minimal content with clear images + clean CTA makes the best landing page

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JamesC100
Member

Always add alternate onwards options, never a total dead end.

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NGantzhorn
Participant

When there are too many things going on with a landing page and call to action, it is confusing and makes me not want to continue with the product or service.  

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MWilson2
Member

Consise copy with a strong CTA that is relevant to your audience's needs.  

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sfarshgar
Member

In a perfect landing page, design and UX is important, and link building is the other important hook.

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InboundDoug
Participant | Elite Partner
Participant | Elite Partner

I like to avoid being too wordy — I try to get the value prop for the offer on the LP across as succinctly as I can so I don't distract from the action I want the website visitor to take (filling out the form). Also, I try to avoid using too many modules on a form since that can be tedious for visitors--driving them away from wanting to fill the form out.

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MPoynton
Participant

Common landing page mistakes are lack of CTA / CTA too far down on page, off-brand / off-topic content, and difficult navigation.

Managing a visitor's expectation so they get what they thought they would when they decided to visit your website, is one of the most important aspects of web design but often not one that is spent much time on. 

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KHernandez
Member

The best thing to do on the landing page is to tell your audience what you want them to do. The best thing to get from them while they are still "hot" is to get their email so this should be the first thing you want on your landing page.

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Trentster
Contributor

Landing pages should be simple, easy to read, enticing and have a CTA.

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Yshannon77
Member

Personally, landing pages that are too busy or have too much information on them is distracting to me and I am immediately disinterested.  It should have the offer and CTA.  Simple and to the point.  Not a lot of fuss.  Easy to descide to take action.  

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Gautambhalla777
Member

People today are more lazy to fill up the huge contact form. So , It's always better to utilize conversational information gathering , Even NLP based voice to text processors to ensure minimum handwritten input on their part.

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MGlenn
Member

Having a clear landing page with multiple CTA's is great. A thank-you page is a wonderful resource, or a redirect, as well.

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CGabriel2
Member

make sure that the webpage is working. 

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KPavel
Contributor | Elite Partner
Contributor | Elite Partner

1. Check to follow up emails and email

2. Check Redirecting pages

3. Check Contact Form

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KKamlager
Member

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. 

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BRiback
Member

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?

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FMartelozzo
Member

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.

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aagg
Member

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.

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JenMalins
Contributor | Diamond Partner
Contributor | Diamond Partner

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.

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SumitMutha
Member

Yes exactly

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