Over the past several years as I’ve been working with writers and bloggers, I often get asked the question, “What is a landing page?”
Perhaps you’ve heard someone say you should have a landing page for potential email subscribers, but you don’t really know what it is.
If that’s the case, read on! This article is for you.Â
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What is a landing page?
A landing page is, quite simply, a stand alone page created either on your website or via your email service provider (such as ConvertKit) where you can either advertise a product or offering, or invite people to sign up to join your mailing list.
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Here are some examples of pages I’ve created for various purposes using ConvertKit:
General Five Minute Friday sign-up
5 Writing Prompts to Help You Tell Your Story
As you can see, in each example I used the opportunity to offer a free download in exchange for the reader’s email address.
In this way, the reader gets something valuable to them at no cost, and I get to grow my email list so I can build a relationship with my readers and continue to offer them content that will benefit them and meet their needs.
Ready to get started?
If you’re ready to create your own landing page, I recommend using ConvertKit as your email provider.
With ConvertKit, you’ll learn the step-by-step process to creating a beautiful landing page that will attract new subscribers to your email list.
In just 10 minutes you can have a fully designed and branded page live and ready to share with the world.
This sounds amazing. Question, I have just barely mastered MailChimp. Would MailChimp just go away and I start over? Wouldn’t that sort of aggravate and confuse my small group of readers?
Hi Lisa Anne ~ Great question! I used MailChimp for about four years before switching over to ConvertKit, and I am SO glad I switched! In fact, I wish I would have done it a long time ago. I wrote a post here on the FMF site about some of the reasons why I switched, and I included a brief video explanation as well, if you’re interested: https://fiveminutefriday.com/2018/04/27/why-i-switched-from-mailchimp-to-convertkit/ . . . In answer to your question, you will be able to download your list of subscribers and upload them into ConvertKit quite easily. You would just need to change the sign-up forms on your site after you make the switch. It is a bit of work in the beginning to switch it all over, but in my opinion it is so worth it. Let me know if you have any questions!
Kate, thank you so much for sharing this link when I asked to see Free Offers made with ConvertKit. This is very valuable and I will save it. I appreciate you.