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June 9th, 2008

Create Killer Landing Pages - Free Template

I get questions all the time about landing pages and what are the best ways to create them. Instead of writing a post on what you should focus on, I will simply take an existing ad campaign from MarketLeverage, and made a real landing page out of. I also made the base template design for the landing page, so you can save it and use it for any future campaigns you want to test. The campaign that this landing page is going to focus on, is for NiteTrim, which is currently paying $25 per lead through MarketLeverage, and you get paid on the user paying for shipping and handling.

First, let look at the default template and what we are going to do with it (below). What I did was create a default landing page that can be used for almost any offer you want to promote. All you need to do is rewrite the text to make it apply to the actual offer.

Now that we have a base design, all we need to do is modify the design to match the NiteTrim offer and make it appeal to the visitor. After adding a new “targeted” picture and content, you will see the custom landing page template now looks like a full dedicated offer landing page for NiteTrim. Play around with colors and wording for the best visual effects.

Golden Tips for Testing Landing Pages

- Rotate & Test Images: Right now I have an image of a girl measuring her waist on the landing page. After I would go live with this ad campaign, it would be smart to build several other landing pages with a different picture of images. Possibilities include, actual product, other weight loss pictures, different girls and more.

- Add Testimonials or Legitimacy to Your Campaigns: On the landing page created for NiteTrim, you will also see that I created an image to show the product was features on several well known tv shows and new sources. To stress the product even further, I added a full testimonial and before/after pictures.

- Call to Action: Probably the most important feature of your landing page, is the “Call to Action“. What text are you going to use to convince your users to click further and hopefully convert them into a sale. “Lose Up to 10lbs. in Just 7 Days” is an excellent header right in their face. Then the “Claim 1 Month FREE Supply Now!” and the “Try It Free Today” are stressing the point even further.

FREE LANDING PAGE TEMPLATE
I already showed you how to make an awesome landing page out of a template design, now it’s your turn. Click here and download/save my custom default template and create your own landing page.

Also included in the download is my NiteTrim landing page. I’m also going to extend this landing page post, by allowing you to use the “NiteTrim” landing page that I created, to promote the campaign yourself. If you aren’t already an affiliate with MarketLeverage, join now, then grab the “NiteTrim” offer (Pays $25 per free trial) and start promoting the program using the landing page I created, or change it up and test what different image and text changes can improve your campaign performance.

Article Links:
- Join MarketLeverage to Promote NiteTrim
- Download my Custom Landing Pages ZIP File

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    80 Comments


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    2008-06-09 12:13:57

    excellent post, very useful. i’m going to download the template now. more affiliate bloggers should offer stuff like this!

     
    Comment by Binary Ant
    2008-06-09 12:22:06

    Great Zac! It is better one picture than 1000 words and having a real and visible landing page is the most solid base to start designing our own ones. I don’t know other people but I’m not going to use it as it comes, I’ll use it as a starting point :)

    Thanks!

     
    2008-06-09 12:33:46

    yea, definitely want to just use this as a template.

     
    Comment by team ray
    2008-06-09 12:46:11

    thanks zac
    i learn alot here

    but one question i have is since google doesnt want just a one page landing page they want “about page, contact us etc…”

    how would i offer more pages to please google to not get dlisted?

    Comment by Zac Johnson
    2008-06-09 13:03:29

    You can create all of these sub pages with information, but you can also add a blog to your landing page as well. Link up the categories of the blog on the bottom of the landing page and it will appear as more content. Additionally, if you build up the blog with related posts, you may get some free search engine traffic and listings as well.

    2008-06-09 13:06:53

    you mean you can add a fresh blog to the LP URL? or do you mean if you already have an existing blog you can link it?

    Comment by Zac Johnson
    2008-06-09 13:22:19

    Create a new domain for the landing page and setup a blog with it. I would do this after some initial testing, so you don’t put forth too much effort or spend any extra money with the domain/hosting.

    Comment by Not John Chow
    2008-06-10 13:20:16

    Verly clever. I too will down load the template.

     
     
     
     
     
    2008-06-09 12:58:48

    well…since there’s plenty of room for text on the homepage, i think you should be ok. but just to make sure, all you need to do is create pop out pages (target=”_blank”) with simple header text and a short description of each seciton (about, TOS, contact etc). you dont even need any images on those pages, just text.

     
    Comment by Jim Kukral
    2008-06-09 13:03:06

    Now that’s what I call helpful. Great work Zac, and thanks.

     
    Comment by Markus
    2008-06-09 13:46:59

    Good to see, that my las landing page looks very similar.

     
    2008-06-09 13:53:26

    […] an meinem Landingpage Design, da veröffentlicht Zac Johnson ein Landing Page Template auf seinem Blog. Und ganz ehrlich? Meine Landing Page sieht wirklich sehr ähnlich aus. Ist halt fast alles […]

     
    Comment by DotDriven
    2008-06-09 15:15:12

    This is why your blog kicks ass Zac ;). Great post.

    This is pretty much where I saw the value of the lpwhiz memership…to basically use their disigns/layouts but then change them to offers that don’t have a ton of new competition. But you giving out a pretty decent template takes away even that need for a lot of people.

    Hope you do some more landing page specific post in the future!

     
    2008-06-09 16:30:18

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    2008-06-09 16:35:44

    […] Zac Johnson has a present for you. He offers some good info about affiliate ppc landing pages and will even give you a nice basic landing page template - FREE! Create Killer Landing Pages - Free Template […]

     
    Comment by James Seligman
    2008-06-09 17:10:08

    As usual you nailed it Zac!

    People fail to give their users a reason why they need to sign-up or join an offer. People just think if they stick some nice images and an article, they have it made. Although this does work some of the time, giving the users reasons why they need to join/sign-up is the best thing to can do.

    Great post!

     
    Comment by Apoorv
    2008-06-09 17:17:58

    Thanks Zak, the thing here on your blog is that there is no BS here

     
    Comment by Abdalla Ahmed
    2008-06-09 19:57:20

    Thanks mate!

     
    Comment by Zak Show
    2008-06-09 20:19:06

    Great post and great service, Thanks Zac for sharing this.
    Regards.

     
    Comment by ibusinesstalk
    2008-06-09 21:49:34

    Thanks for great stuff man…I am already testing out..if it make me some money, beers on me..

     
    Comment by Edgar
    2008-06-10 01:13:06

    this nice and usefull thanks Zac,

    You are a true Super Affiliated

     
    Comment by Work Plus Faith
    2008-06-10 11:05:12

    Thanks, Zac! This is excellent information.

    Tim

     
    2008-06-10 12:12:38

    i made a landing page from this template yesterday, it looks great. thanks.

     
    Comment by Jonathan Volk
    2008-06-10 12:20:56

    Although the page is basic, it should work well since the call to action is soooooo BAM in your face. :D

    Good job.

     
    Comment by Ruthie
    2008-06-10 12:32:43

    Wow! Am I dreaming??? What I said the other day on a previous post….

    You DO Rock!!! :)

    Thanks so much!

     
    Comment by Eric Itzkowitz
    2008-06-10 13:37:10

    Zac, have you heard of or read the book, “Landing Page Optimization - The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions?” It’s authored by Tim Ash. Good stuff!

     
    Comment by Ben
    2008-06-10 14:26:33

    Hey, thanks for the great post. If I’m promoting an email submit with a poll related landing page, how would I add legitimacy/testimonials?

     
    Comment by MyStore Subscribed to comments via email
    2008-06-10 16:40:18

    Good info…will download the templates for some of my sites.

    Good articles.

     
    2008-06-10 16:57:42

    Thank you for the free template! I’m looking forward to start using it.

     
    Comment by Epiphany
    2008-06-10 22:53:50

    Thanks so much for this, Zac! I find your guidance so helpful and having a landing page template to work with is going to be very useful for me. I’m not the best at landing page design, so now I have something to work with! BTW-I just signed up with Market Leverage thru your link and got approved last week! Now I’m excited to get moving! :-)

     
    Comment by Polly
    2008-06-11 05:08:36

    This the first free landing page service I know. Thanks!

     
    Comment by thePa
    2008-06-11 12:54:56

    not bad. not bad at all. Thanks for sharing!

     
    Comment by Nicole Price
    2008-06-11 14:46:42

    The way you have explained the creation process from a template is worth its weight in gold. Very informative and useful post. Thank you.

     
    2008-06-11 14:50:32

    i noticed that there is no contact, about, TOS etc on this template. do you suggest having these?

    Comment by Zac Johnson
    2008-06-11 19:27:46

    Yes, I would set these up with any landing page. The actual download contains these links.

    2008-06-11 19:31:10

    i dont see these links anywhere…am i blind?

     
    Comment by Luke
    2008-06-12 12:52:28

    I didn’t see them either. Do you know any good resources for writing Terms & Conditions or Privacy Policy pages? Or do your included links contain sample info? I really have no idea what goes into them… Thanks, Man!

     
     
     
    Comment by Warenwirtschaft
    2008-06-11 16:16:37

    Great post.
    How much text do you use normally on a landing page? Your sample seems quite short (of course). Do you use longer text in reality? I know many offers that use 10-15 pages of text where you have to scroll down.

    Comment by Zac Johnson
    2008-06-11 19:27:20

    I don’t like long landing (sales) pages. I like to get them to click to the offer.

     
     
    2008-06-11 16:20:25

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    Comment by Tonny
    2008-06-12 12:04:25

    Thanks Zac, a free stuff but quality stuff, I could paid you easy 5 bucks or more for this, but thanks for your generosity and the quality easy template. It will help me in the CPA offers..good day

     
    Comment by Luke
    2008-06-12 15:19:04

    Also, forgot to ask: can you recommend a good program for building landing pages in? Do you use something like dreamweaver or photoshop (and then converting to CSS) or do you know of any freeware editor that is really great?

    Thanks for all the awesome, useful stuff!

     
    Comment by Affiliate Drama
    2008-06-12 21:43:29

    I really like the layout. I have been using something similar for other products.

    I will definitely use this layout for weight loss but I would change the models picture as I think it doesnt connect with the customer. Now thats just me talking :)

    Thanks Zac

     
    Comment by azzam
    2008-06-13 05:34:32

    Cool, thanks for the template. will put it to use.

     
    Comment by Start Blogging
    2008-06-14 08:43:57

    Hey, thanks for that! Very helpful for those who are a bit new to the game.

     
    2008-06-14 22:27:42

    […] I was pushing ,000+ a day with them through last month and this month. I even provided you with a landing page that you can use to promote their […]

     
    Comment by Jay
    2008-06-15 02:48:46

    Wow Zac, you are the man!!! I know you probably get that a lot but I figured I’d give my two cents, “you’re the man!” lol… man, I’ve been slightly struggling with getting a good landing page so thanks for this, definitely appreciate it!

    I’ll be visiting a lot more than once a week now!

    Jay

     
    Comment by Hugo Santos
    2008-06-15 14:49:31

    Great post. i have been thinking in using landing pages. and im sure i will use this template. thanks zac

     
    Comment by matthew berman Subscribed to comments via email
    2008-06-15 18:34:49

    hey zac,

    i made a landing page, and it looks great. but i put the campaign live and almost immediately my QS jumped to POOR and my CPC’s jumped to $10/click. Obviously this doesnt work. I am not sure quite what i did wrong. Any suggestions?

    Comment by Jay
    2008-06-16 10:20:12

    Well, I’m sure TONS of people just created a landing page for the same exact product… so you’re probably having LOTS of competition, that’s why your CPC’s went to $10/click…

    I think? lol

    Jay

    2008-06-16 12:16:00

    no, i dont think so. i looked around and no one else is promoting this deal that I can see. but, the last CPA deal i promoted had TONS of competition and my QS was high, so i dont think that was it.

     
     
     
    2008-06-16 00:56:36

    […] I was pushing $1,000+ a day with them through last month and this month. I even provided you with a landing page that you can use to promote their […]

     
    Comment by Juergen
    2008-06-16 11:06:02

    On June 9 is my birthday. Thank you so much for your present. ;-)

     
    2008-06-16 15:17:31

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    Comment by Net Startup
    2008-06-16 16:32:22

    awesome blog post. (found on google: “landing page template”)

     
    Comment by Goran Web Design Subscribed to comments via email
    2008-06-16 16:37:41

    Hi Zac, thank you for the template and info. I will definitely try it out on my next site. Landing pages are so important.

     
     
    Comment by R Allen
    2008-06-17 16:21:37

    Your post is worth $$.
    Actually, this information can be sold but I’m glad you share here as an opening report. Nice, mate. I’ll try to implement it at my project.

     
    Comment by RIP Subscribed to comments via email
    2008-06-18 21:50:02
     
    Comment by Will
    2008-06-18 22:08:34

    Very good post! Love it when the free stuff is 10x better then the so call guru crap that’s out there. Also, some folks would think you are creating your own competition but, a super affiliate