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LANDING PAGES IN PR: INSIGHTS FROM A WEB DESIGNER’S PERSPECTIVE

Date: 17 Nov 2023
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By Michael Gephart, Web Designer

At the start of 2023, there were 311.3 million internet users in the U.S. alone – that’s about 92% of the country’s population.1 While it’s not news that the dominant method of media consumption is digital, this shift has caused unique challenges for businesses seeking to adapt to the rapidly-changing virtual world. In the digital age, achieving seamless, personalized customer experiences demands careful tech and vendor selection within budget constraints. Choosing inadequate vendors or solutions can result in compatibility issues, service disruptions, and significantly escalated costs.

As a seasoned web developer, here are some of the ways I’ve seen our landing pages solve PR problems for comms pros:

Data, data, and more data.
Depending on the type of data you have, it can be one of the most valuable resources in the world. Don’t take it from me, though. IBM’s annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report” listed the average cost of a breach in 2023 to be 4.45 million USD.2 Clearly, data is big money and big business, so where do we come in? Our landing page solution has custom tagging systems that allow us to categorize and track every click and interaction a user performs on the page. With that information, we can generate reports over time on page reach, page interactions, and even more.

Call to Action!
Unfortunately, the average attention span for a human is only eight seconds, which means I’ve already lost most readers by this paragraph.3 But that’s what makes landing pages great! A landing page offers the most direct route for having a user perform a desired action. Putting your CTA front and center removes this eight-second timer from preventing your message from being heard. As the human attention span continues to decline, less will continue to be more.

ONE SPOT.
Is there any more dreaded email than a “Do you know where I can find X?” It’s not fun to send or receive one of those, especially if you’re on a deadline or mid-launch. A nervous file-exploring session follows quickly after receiving one. A landing page prevents this by providing a convenient, centralized, and easily accessible location for your assets. Our landing pages are built responsively, allowing anyone with any device and internet connection to see your page. Smartphone ownership continues to grow rapidly with 85% of adults in the U.S. owning one, so being accessible on any device has become mandatory.4

Custom Builds.
I’m oversimplifying quite a bit, but we manipulate the language computers speak to produce websites to create various web experiences. Just like a normal language, it must be constrained by its rules. Our custom landing page solution has been built to let us make the rules, allowing for a completely customizable design for your page. We can match your brand’s site or make something completely new to match your vision.

We’re excited to help our clients have the largest outreach they can while providing a clear and concise user experience. The process begins with us listening to our clients’ needs and performing a comprehensive wireframing process. Once aligned on the design, assets, and content, our team begins building a landing page that replicates the finalized wireframe. After making appropriate edits and receiving approval, the page is published on the project’s launch date. In just a few short weeks, you’ve launched one of the most accessible and easy-to-use forms of communication today. That’s pretty cool if you ask me 🤷‍♂️

1Kemp, S. (2023, February 9). Digital 2023: The United States of America – DataReportal – global digital insights. DataReportal. https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-united-states-of-america#:~:text=There%20were%20311.3%20million%20internet,penetration%20stood%20at%2091.8%20percent
2Cost of a data breach 2023. IBM. (n.d.). https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach
3Schiller, J. (2022, December 7). Average human attention span by age: 31 statistics. The Treetop ABA Therapy. https://www.thetreetop.com/statistics/average-human-attention-span#:~:text=Average%20Human%20Attention%20Span%20Statistics,than%20goldfish%20(9%20seconds)
4Pew Research Center. (2021, April 7). Mobile fact sheet. Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/

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