How important is the Pre-Sell page?

[friendclk]

I wanted to get your thoughts on how important building Pre-Sell pages instead of direct linking are?

Could this be the reason 99% of PPC marketers fail?

[dburk]

Hi friendclk,

First let me say that I do not believe that 99% of PPC marketers fail, just 99% of PPC marketers that use pre-sell pages fail. Google considers pre-sell pages to be bridge pages, which are a violation of AdWords policy. Don't use pre-sell pages and you substantially increase your chances of success.

I believe the overwhelming majority of PPC marketers succeed if they take the time to learn the accepted policies and best practices of PPC marketing.

[eljeffe77]

For ORGANIC seo, i believe the pre-sell is AMAZINGLY important. You're able to give the person YOUR personal feedback and if you gain their trust, they'll be more likely to make the purchase when they click on your link.

With PPC though, the above poster (dburk) is right. Doorway pages are bad,and are seen as doorway pages which can get the page denied, and eventually your entire adwords account banned.

For Organic, I say pre-sell
for PPC - direct linking is the way to go, most def

[friendclk]

First off, I'm talking about Mobile Advertising, and I don't use Google for this, I use Mobile Advertising Networks. And these networks are 100 times less strict than Google and do not care what you do. And when I do use Online PCC, I use MS AdCenter or something else, they have less volume but they are cheaper and much less strict.

Are you saying that a pre-sell landing pages do NOT help conversions? How can this be?

[dburk]

Originally Posted by friendclk

First off, I'm talking about Mobile Advertising, and I don't use Google for this, I use Mobile Advertising Networks. And these networks are 100 times less strict than Google and do not care what you do.

Are you saying that a pre-sell landing pages do NOT help conversions? How can this be?

Hi friendclk,

I hope you can understand my error, after all you didn't mention that you weren't using AdWords, which is the primary provider for this type of advertising, even within the mobile niche.

Having said that, the reason Google prohibits the "Bridge Page" is because users generally do not like the practice. Where possible, I would use an offer page with your own sales copy that submits to the order form/shopping cart/signup form. Skip the intermediate page if the affiliate manager permits it, otherwise direct link to the AM's sales page.