The Business Value of Landing Pages

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Join Anna Talerico, ion co-founder, as she helps you understand the business value of landing pages. Learn how a strategic landing page program can drive more leads, more sales opportunities and more revenue. Plus, she'll teach you the easy math for calculating your landing page ROI.

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The Business Value of Landing Pages

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1. 3 Big Benefits Of Landing Pages

2. 6 Marketing Metrics You Need To Know

3. The Math For Calculating ROI

4. Building A Business Case For Landing Pages

What’s inside...

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Why do we need landing pages?

our new website is so great!

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More effortMore Resources

More content

More to manage

Cons:Landing

pages

More to integrate

So, Why The Heck Would You Want To Use Landing Pages?

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So, Why The Heck Would You Want To Use Landing Pages?

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Because they work.

3 BIG Benefits of Landing Pages

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1. Better User Experiences

2. Perfect For Lean Experimentation

3. Higher Leads, Sales & Revenue

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Betterfirst impressions

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An impression is formed in

1/20th of a second.

Make yours count.

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A website is like a crowded room.

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A landing page is a personal introduction.

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Are you making the right first impression?

• No focus• Lost “scent”• No call-to-action• Crowded room

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• Delivers on promise• Visual continuity• Highly specific• Handshake

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Are dropping your visitors off in a crowded room?

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Or making a personal introduction?

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vs

c a m p a i g n l a n d i n g e x p e r i e n c e

d e e p l i n k s i n t o w e b s i t e

Personal introductionCrowded room

Easyexperimentation

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Most effective method for testing value proposition…

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Low risk method to learn

• Agile experiences• Reusable, disposable• Test & learn capability• Low investment• Low risk

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Social network sign on option

increasestraditional form

sign ups for iContact!

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Radical innovation test wavesresults in

264% lift for Marian

University!

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Increasedleads, sales & revenue

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3000% increase in lead volume

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July 2011 Dec 2012

350% increase in digitally-driven revenue

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H i g h e r c a m p a i g n c o n v e r s i o n r a t e s m e a n h i g h e r l e a d v o l u m e w i t h s a m e m e d i a s p e n d

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6 Marketing Metrics That Lading Pages Can Impact

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operational

strategic

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CTR

Conversion Rate

CAC

ROI

CPL

Customer Acquisition Costnoun (ABBREVIATION CAC)

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The total Sales and Marketing cost — includes advertising spend, salaries, commissions and bonuses, overhead — in a time period, divided by the number of new customers in that time period.

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CAC Total cost

Number of customers acquired

To calculate CAC, the number of customers acquired is divided by the total S&M cost over a given time period (month, quarter, year); the result is expressed as a dollar amount.

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CAC$100,000

10 customers= $10,000

To calculate CAC, the number of customers acquired is divided by the total S&M cost over a given time period (month, quarter, year); the result is expressed as a dollar amount.

Return on Investmentnoun (ABBREVIATION ROI)

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A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments.

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ROI = (Gain from investment - Cost of investment)

Cost of investment

To calculate ROI, the benefit (return) of an investment is divided by the cost of the investment; the result is expressed as a percentage or a ratio.

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ROI $25,000 - $10,000

$10,000= 150%

To calculate ROI, the benefit (return) of an investment is divided by the cost of the investment; the result is expressed as a percentage or a ratio.

High ROI is dependent on increased revenue

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Cost Per Leadnoun (ABBREVIATION CPL)

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Total cost of online advertisement campaign divided by the number of leads generated. Includes all campaign costs, including advertising spend, design/creative, production and hosting fees.

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CPLTotal cost

(spend + creative + production + hosting)

Number of leads

To calculate CPL, the total cost is divided by the number of leads generated; the result is expressed as a dollar amount.

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CPL $5,000 cost

100 leads= $50

To calculate CPL, the total cost is divided by the number of leads generated; the result is expressed as a dollar amount.

Higher lead-gen efficiency lowers CPL

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Lower CPL means the same spend is generating more leads

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Lower CPL trickles up to lower CAC & higher ROI

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The surest path to lower CPL is higher conversions

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Conversion Ratenoun (ABBREVIATION CVR)

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The percentage of visitors who take a desired action — submit a lead form, purchase a product, opt into a subscription, etc.

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CVR Converted visitors

Total Visitors

X 100

To calculate conversion rate, converted visitors are divided by total visitors and multiplied by 100; the result is expressed as a percentage or a ratio.

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CVR 1,000 Converted visitors

10,000 Total Visitors

To calculate conversion rate, converted visitors are divided by total visitors and multiplied by 100; the result is expressed as a percentage or a ratio.

X 100 10%

Conversion rate is a tiny, non-financial metric

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Why? Because conversion rate doesn’t directly translate into dollars.

And landing pages cost money.

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But higher conversion rates impact critical marketing metrics.

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higher conversion rates=lower cost per leadlower cost per customerhigher ROI

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a landing page can eat a website for lunch when it comes to conversion.

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We help brands create effective landing pages.

90% of our customers report positive ROI.

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