PB099: An Introduction to Landing Pages for Bloggers–An Interview with Tim Paige from LeadPages - a podcast by Darren Rowse: Blogger, Speaker, Author and Online Entrepreneur

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Strategies for Better Conversions with Tim Paige from LeadPagesToday I am speaking with Tim Paige. Tim is the conversion educator for LeadPages. With LeadPages, you can publish an optimized landing page in five minutes. They also offer other great conversion tools like LeadBoxes, LeadDigits and LeadLinks.

Tim is the guy that educates everyone about how to use LeadPages and its products and how to create the best performing landing pages.On this show, Tim shares time-tested strategies for better conversions with or without LeadPages. Including Reverse Value Bomb opt-ins to really increase your subscriber count. He also shares how to use “content upgrades” as an opt-in strategy.

Tim discusses the latest emerging trends for marketers, and gives his best tips on email segmentation. He also shares a special offer with ProBlogger listeners.In This Episode

How Tim as a Conversion Educator, shares everything LeadPages as a company has learned over the past few yearsHe speaks at live events, hosts the ConversionCast Podcast, and he has presented over 450 webinars in the last two years
Tim’s background from musician to sales to online marketing to LeadPagesThe power of connection, John Lee Dumas introduced Tim to Clay Collins of LeadPages which led to becoming the conversion educator

Listener QuestionsWhat exactly are landing pages and how do they fit in with blogging? What would be the advantage of LeadPages over just doing them in WordPress?

Primary function of bloggers is to take away overstimulation of information overload and too many choicesA landing page focuses on getting a visitor to do one thing like sign up a newsletter
LeadPages is a software tool built with billions of data points about how to get a visitor to sign up, buy or convert in some formIt enables a blogger to have a landing page that has already been tested and proven to get results

Types of PagesOpt-in landing page
Webinar registration page - Webinars are a great way to connect with an audience and they convert really wellHome page - Let the first connection be something that can help your reader, offer a guide or resource

LeadPages ToolsLeadBoxes - Fastest way to grow an email list. It’s a pop-up opt-in form that is triggered by a link or image. Tested across 35,000 customers and it had a 32% conversion increase
Content Upgrades - Include a LeadBox or opt-in form that gives away something made specifically for that blog post, PDF checklist, PDF blog post, etc.As an example the yellow button at the end of these show notes is a LeadPages LeadBox
LeadLinks - A tool that allows inserting a link in an email that adds the subscriber to a list or webinar, used for segmentation, webinar registration, and growing a list though partners by sharing a link on their listLeadDigits - Allows collecting opt-ins via text message, great for public speaking

Can I use LeadPages to build up my list, while I’m in the process of the design and setup of my new site?Yes, even if you don’t use LeadPages, grow your list with at least a simple landing page that speaks to your target audience
Giveaway a simple one page list of tools or resources that you use to accomplish your blog topicLink your domain to a simple landing page and direct readers there
You will have a ready built audience when your blog launchesYou can also use this tactic when developing a product
This method can even be used as part of your market researchValue Bomb Reverse Landing Page

You create something of massive value, tons of content, takes a long time to createOnce you have this content it will be a big lead generator for years to come
An example: Year End Social Media Report from Social Media ExaminerCreate a big report, with a couple of pages free and then an opt-in for the rest

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