Please Rip Apart My Landing Page

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Hey Guys,

I'm currently using FB PPC to direct users to my landing page. However, although I'm getting website clicks, no one is actually ordering anything. The ads are targeted and the people are interested, but I have a feeling it has to do with my landing page.

I'd really like your thoughts and opinions. I'm open to making any changes that might help those clicks turn into sales. The site is pets

Thank you!
#landing #page #rip
  • Profile picture of the author actionplanbiz
    i would try to bring more attention to your headline. try to make it bigger than the pet alert 360 or use some type of framing on your headline.
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  • Profile picture of the author martbost
    To pick up from what joecason said,

    I would capture the lead with a smaller simple landing page with a clear call to action. Once they get that information, you can automatically redirect them to your larger page with additional information. ALWAYS capture the lead so that you can continue to make contact with them. It usually takes 4 - 7 follow ups to gather interest.
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    • Profile picture of the author skelly5
      Originally Posted by actionplanbiz View Post

      i would try to bring more attention to your headline. try to make it bigger than the pet alert 360 or use some type of framing on your headline.
      Thank you for your advice. I will definitely try that.

      Originally Posted by joecason View Post

      Your landing page looks decent, but you need to capture leads. Then you convert the leads into sales. You could miss out on sales if you do not get a visitors email. Try that. Also, are you using proper keywords?
      Originally Posted by martbost View Post

      To pick up from what joecason said,

      I would capture the lead with a smaller simple landing page with a clear call to action. Once they get that information, you can automatically redirect them to your larger page with additional information. ALWAYS capture the lead so that you can continue to make contact with them. It usually takes 4 - 7 follow ups to gather interest.
      I really appreciate the advice guys! However, since I'm so new to this I'm a bit confused. If I send them to a simple landing page to capture their email what am I supposed to be giving them in return?

      Also, when/if they enter their email address, should the page I redirect them to stay the same as the one I have now or should I shorten it? I don't want the information to seem redundant.
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  • Profile picture of the author bertieallsorts
    it looks like eveything has been cramed into one place the landing page, can you not sepearte your services over various inner pages and have visitor click thrus to those pages, for a new visitor seems to be a lot to take in on hitting the landing page..use h1 and h2 tags on important words and unless you ahve done so already some longtail keywords/phrases and like 1 post said above take some attention of the pert alert 360 and vary it out on other parts..good luck with it.. nice idea you got their :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author actionplanbiz
    try to make the sale. dont worry about capturing leads IMO. if you capture leads first, you will lose out on the sales.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tim R
      Originally Posted by actionplanbiz View Post

      try to make the sale. dont worry about capturing leads IMO. if you capture leads first, you will lose out on the sales.
      No offense, but this is just terrible advice. They've clearly said they aren't making any sales, so minor things like making the headline bigger and putting a frame around it are not going to solve anything. And why does every successful person online capture leads if it means they will lose out on the sale?

      Like Mario said, the problem is that you aren't hitting the emotional hot buttons here. This style of sales page works better for the IM and MMO niches, but it's not your best option here.

      Learn how to tell a story and connect with your audience. Figure out what the biggest pain point is and hammer that home.

      Telling them that 1 in 3 pets go missing is not the same as describing in detail how it felt when you lost your dog and had to look your daughter in the eyes and tell her that her best friend was gone and was never coming back. How it crushed you to see her emotionally distraught and that you blamed yourself for not taking action to prevent it. So you created this company to make sure no family would have to go through the heartache that yours did.

      Or whatever your story is that you want to share with your audience. You should have a good reason for why you're in this business, other than wanting to make money. Tell people what it is.
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      • Profile picture of the author actionplanbiz
        Originally Posted by Tim R View Post

        No offense, but this is just terrible advice. They've clearly said they aren't making any sales, so minor things like making the headline bigger and putting a frame around it are not going to solve anything. And why does every successful person online capture leads if it means they will lose out on the sale?

        Like Mario said, the problem is that you aren't hitting the emotional hot buttons here. This style of sales page works better for the IM and MMO niches, but it's not your best option here.

        Learn how to tell a story and connect with your audience. Figure out what the biggest pain point is and hammer that home.

        Telling them that 1 in 3 pets go missing is not the same as describing in detail how it felt when you lost your dog and had to look your daughter in the eyes and tell her that her best friend was gone and was never coming back. How it crushed you to see her emotionally distraught and that you blamed yourself for not taking action to prevent it. So you created this company to make sure no family would have to go through the heartache that yours did.

        Or whatever your story is that you want to share with your audience. You should have a good reason for why you're in this business, other than wanting to make money. Tell people what it is.
        losing your pet is the "emotional hot button." and her goal is to make sales, not capturing leads. there is no reason to capture leads if you cant make the sale.
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        • Profile picture of the author Tim R
          Originally Posted by actionplanbiz View Post

          losing your pet is the "emotional hot button." and her goal is to make sales, not capturing leads. there is no reason to capture leads if you cant make the sale.
          You're joking, right?
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      • Profile picture of the author skelly5
        Originally Posted by Mario Castelli View Post

        There's no urgency in your page. That's why people aren't
        buying.

        Give them a reason to use your service right now. Tell them
        the horror story as to what can happen if they don't. It has
        to be emotional.

        Hire a writer. Preferably one who cares about animals. I know Vin Montello's a big dog guy who wrote a pretty awesome "save a dog" campaign for some charity.
        That's a great idea! I'll definitely look into that.

        Originally Posted by Tim R View Post

        No offense, but this is just terrible advice. They've clearly said they aren't making any sales, so minor things like making the headline bigger and putting a frame around it are not going to solve anything. And why does every successful person online capture leads if it means they will lose out on the sale?

        Like Mario said, the problem is that you aren't hitting the emotional hot buttons here. This style of sales page works better for the IM and MMO niches, but it's not your best option here.

        Learn how to tell a story and connect with your audience. Figure out what the biggest pain point is and hammer that home.

        Telling them that 1 in 3 pets go missing is not the same as describing in detail how it felt when you lost your dog and had to look your daughter in the eyes and tell her that her best friend was gone and was never coming back. How it crushed you to see her emotionally distraught and that you blamed yourself for not taking action to prevent it. So you created this company to make sure no family would have to go through the heartache that yours did.

        Or whatever your story is that you want to share with your audience. You should have a good reason for why you're in this business, other than wanting to make money. Tell people what it is.
        Honestly, the best advice so far. I just re-did the site. Can you guys please give me pointers to keep going in the right direction? Thank you! www.petalert360.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Cecil Dee
    Page looks ok (noticed the testimonial from Patrick Kelly where his city and state is cut off by the Protect My Pet banner). #1 Is the lander responsive? I'm viewing your page from my laptop but if I did it from my mobile or tablet what would I find? Remember, most are viewing websites these days from their phone. 2# Like others pointed out you need a way to collect leads and follow up. Also long pages seem to do ok in the IM niche but perhaps not the same results in the pet niche. Simplifying the page somehow and making it shorter, combined with collecting email address most likely would yield better conversions. Good luck with that endeavor!
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    • Profile picture of the author skelly5
      Originally Posted by Cecil Dee View Post

      Page looks ok (noticed the testimonial from Patrick Kelly where his city and state is cut off by the Protect My Pet banner). #1 Is the lander responsive? I'm viewing your page from my laptop but if I did it from my mobile or tablet what would I find? Remember, most are viewing websites these days from their phone. 2# Like others pointed out you need a way to collect leads and follow up. Also long pages seem to do ok in the IM niche but perhaps not the same results in the pet niche. Simplifying the page somehow and making it shorter, combined with collecting email address most likely would yield better conversions. Good luck with that endeavor!
      Thank you for your reply. It should be responsive and I'm unsure why it is giving you that problem. I built the site myself in wix because I didn't want to pay a developer prior to getting sales. It's definitely not as good as I'd like it to be, but wix has a lot of limitations.

      I have a good idea on how I can shorten the page, but I am unsure of a good way to collect their emails without interfering with the sales process. I am also a bit unsure of what I would offer them in return for their email address.
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      • Profile picture of the author Mario Castelli
        There's no urgency in your page. That's why people aren't
        buying.

        Give them a reason to use your service right now. Tell them
        the horror story as to what can happen if they don't. It has
        to be emotional.

        Hire a writer. Preferably one who cares about animals. I know Vin Montello's a big dog guy who wrote a pretty awesome "save a dog" campaign for some charity.
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