A landing page, or lead capture page, is the page that appears once you click on an advertisement. These can be linked to pay per click ads, PURLs, or social media links to help enhance the effectiveness of these campaigns. Landing pages should help your online marketing by converting your clicks into leads and sales. If you are not seeing conversions from your landing pages, look to these 4 ways to improve your landing pages and boost your conversions. Create a Clear Call to Action After coming to a landing page, it should be obvious what you want to be the next action ...

Every website needs to be optimized in order to receive the best results. Although every company may have a different target audience, there are a few key pieces that every optimized website needs. Without these pieces, you might be ruining your B2B Website Optimization. Not Putting Keywords In Your Page Titles A page title is the phrase that appears in the to bar of your browser window. These are one of the first things search engines look at to find relevant content. Many businesses have a tendency to make their page titles say "Home" or "About Us." However, you should be ...

Creating an effective and creative pay-per-click campaign for your company that people click is only half of the battle. The other half is creating an appealing landing page that turns visitors into customers. But having major mistakes on your landing page can drive away potential customers that you worked hard to draw to your website. Here are a few mistakes that can drive people away. Spelling Errors - Something as basic as a spelling error can easily drive away potential customers. A spelling error makes your website seem unprofessional. If you cannot be cautious with your own website, how can clients trust ...

According to a recent article published in DMNews by Dianna Dilworth, FedEx is getting ready to execute a multichannel marketing campaign in 2010 as part of the company’s new strategy to integrate its brand messaging and creative across channels. The marketing efforts include both online and offline channels with a unified message directing consumers to a microsite designed to engage them. Steve Pacheco, director of advertising at FedEx, stated that, it is the first truly integrated marketing campaign launched by the company. He firmly believes that it is crucial to integrate as many channels of communications as possible since consumers are ...

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"The lack of proper advertising and marketing is one of the top seven reasons cited by the SBA that lead businesses to failure."    - Alan Jackson, Global Cash Flow Network With the emergence of web and social media, mass advertising and marketing is no longer something only the fortune 500 companies can afford. With the power of online marketing, small and mid-size companies can reach to millions of people around the world cost-effectively. Not only can you reach them with powerful message and strategy, you also have the ability to track how people are responding to your marketing efforts and make ...

Having a website and a presence on cyberspace doesn’t mean you’ll succeed, not in today’s competitive world of marketing.  While an online presence is key, you have to do more than just have a web address to keep your edge. Once you have a web address, you need to market yourself on all fronts.  This involves optimizing your website through either Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or by using Pay-Per-Click (PPC) technologies to drive more traffic to your site.  Yes, this is the equivalent of putting up a banner or awning outside your brick-and-mortar store telling a passerby who you are. SEO requires ...

It seems that everyone’s talking about landing pages these days.  So you already have a website, why create a landing page?  Isn’t that just like having a one-page website in addition to your current website?  Not exactly. A landing page is a page that directly contains the content your visitor/customer is looking for.  This may mean that it’s a direct link to a promotion off your e-mail marketing campaign or newsletter, search engine advertisement or even a direct link from a directory or other related website.  The great advantage of landing pages is ...

Having a customized landing page that is connected to an online search advertisement or email marketing campaign can improve life by 40% according to a survey by CrownPeak. However, many marketers do not link to a relevant landing page, losing potential data and sales. The "Holiday PPC Ad Strategies" study found that 66% of holiday-themed search ads took people to a home page or other page not specifically related to the advertisement. This confused and annoyed potential customers who visited the site. Of this 66%, almost 13% went to the site's home page and the rest went to general category pages or ...