Posts Tagged ‘landing page’

20th November
2009
written by Besrat Solomon

This is not a job advertisement, I hope that it caught your attention but there is a reasoning behind the title when you read through. From all the birthday gifts I got so far, there is one that tops my list. This year I had received a very special gift from a very special person in my life, and this gift has unquestionably enriched my life immensely. The gift is a book titled “Wanted: How to become the most wanted employee around” this book doesn’t only help you to become the most wanted employee around, but is more of uplifting, motivational, and is packed full of wisdom, which is why I recommend it to everyone. As you dip through the 50 short chapters every thing makes absolute sense and you have no choice but to comprehend with what the author (David Freemantle) is talking about!

Staying on the ball though, one chapter that I find highly relevant to this article is “Be Extra Curricular” in this chapter the author mentions that “95% of learning occurs outside the classroom” he also stresses to “create your own study plan to improve your current on-job performance and to further your career. Educate your self with daily study modules.”

Whilst my endeavor to make a successful career with my previous qualification in BSc Information Systems (Internet Business) I took the advice of the author (David Freemantle) and thought I am more likely to be wanted if I go a bit out of my way to learn about Inbound Marketing. Hence I started to look for blogs and other learning materials on the internet when I came across Inbound Marketing University. I signed up for the course, downloaded all the Webinar Classes on to my iphone, and the accessories of the iphone enabled me to listen to the Webinars through the car speakers whilst my drive to and from work. I didn’t even mind the traffic one bit as I enjoyed all the Webinars given by the industry gurus. Finally I took the Exam and now I am a Certified Professional in Inbound Marketing, and my intellectual ability has expanded as a result of this course.

For this I have to say many thanks and give huge credit for everyone who contributed to the setting up and running of Inbound Marketing University.

The topics that were covered on the course include:

  • How to Blog Effectively for Business
  • SEO Crash Course to Get Found
  • Social Media and Building Community
  • Successful Business Uses for Facebook and Linkedin
  • Viral Marketing and World Wide Raves
  • Advanced SEO Tactics: On Beyond Keyword Research
  • Calls to Action and Landing Page Best Practices
  • Inbound Lead Nurturing
  • Successful Email Marketing
  • Analysing Inbound Marketing
  • PR for Inbound Marketing
  • Twitter for Business
  • Advanced Marketing Analytics
  • Passion Inspired Video & Other Creative Content

To conclude I would like to highlight the need for you to gain extra skills whether you are in or out of work, or even if you are starting to carve your professional career as a graduate. The key is to have a comprehensive knowledge around your field, the way to achieve this is to follow blogs that add value to you and your profession, attend seminars, webinars, forums, and exhibitions. This type of unstructured learning will help you give control as you will be taking a more subjective approach. Get the book “Wanted: How to become the most wanted employee around” you will start to see results, and your life will be enriched if you act accordingly.

As for me the next step in gaining extra skills is to join Google Advertising Professionals Program, which includes Google Analytics Individual Qualification, Google Advertising Fundamentals, and Google Adwords Professional Certification.

21st September
2009
written by Besrat Solomon

Also known as the “name squeeze page” or “lead capture page”, you can build your mailing list by funnelling all of your would-be subscribers through the creation of a landing page. Not only do you do the work just once, your traffic driving efforts can be focused onto just one effective method. The following are tips in creating a successful landing page that converts visitors into subscribers on a very huge percentage.

Build a good email list and you will be guaranteed to get financial freedom, it is normally called “push button profit”.

Steps

1. Offer a freebie in exchange for your visitor’s email address. I very much endorse this method of building your mailing list. You can offer a special report or a sample of your paid product to your visitor in exchange for their details such as name and email address. Click Here! to see an example on how this squeeze page provider have used it.
2. Write the landing page professionally. When writing your page, treat it as if you are writing a sales letter. While you are not necessarily making a hard sale or try to get someone to buy your product upfront, being able to entice your visitors to give their details to you is just as important as selling.
3. Know that Other than your opt-in form and perhaps important disclaimers and terms, there shouldn’t be any other links on your landing page.
4. Rub in the benefits of the freebie you are offering more than a mere subscription to your newsletter. You should focus most of the attention of the letter on encouraging your prospective visitor to download your free offer. Later, you gently remind your prospect that he or she has nothing to pay but just merely subscribe to your newsletter in exchange for the freebie.

Tips

• As a final reminder and conclusion, in order to build trust, you can include your hand-written signature or a photo of yourself explaining where you are coming from and how you can help your visitor through your free report on offer. Always try to be unique in your offerings, build a relationship with your list, make your hook compelling, clearly state benefits, test different squeeze pages.

How to do it?

• The beauty of squeeze pages is that you do not need to be programmer or know any kind of html or any special software. No technical requirement, just edit on the fly to get your own squeeze page within 30 minutes. Everything is done on the browser in real time, and is absolutely customisable. Make sure you watch the video by Clicking Here! and get your squeeze page up and running quickly from this provider!.