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	<title>FutureNow&#039;s GrokDotCom / Marketing Optimization Blog &#187; Volume 92</title>
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		<title>Missed Opportunities?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2004 06:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><em>To improve conversion, make sure your landing pages deliver on their pre-click promise</em></p>
<p>Having <a class="link" href="http://www.grokdotcom.com/topics/landingpage.htm">landing pages on the brain </a>(like you do), I was swapping grumps with my friend and colleague, Brad Powers of <a class="external" href="http://www.nextresponse.com/">NextResponse</a>, a marketing delivery and analytics company.</p>
<p>One of the most obvious ways to channel your visitors successfully&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>To improve conversion, make sure your landing pages deliver on their pre-click promise</em></p>
<p>Having <a class="link" href="http://www.grokdotcom.com/topics/landingpage.htm">landing pages on the brain </a>(like you do), I was swapping grumps with my friend and colleague, Brad Powers of <a class="external" href="http://www.nextresponse.com/">NextResponse</a>, a marketing delivery and analytics company.</p>
<p>One of the most obvious ways to channel your visitors successfully into the persuasive architecture of your site is to understand and acknowledge the nuances of your traffic (you can <a class="external" href="http://www.realworldsales.com/calculator/persuasionarchitecture.pdf">get our latest white paper on Persuasion Architecture</a> in pdf-format). Where did these folks come from? What was the implicit promise you made to them that brought them to you? What action are you motivating them to take? Where do you want them to go?</p>
<p>Higher-Powered-Beings know, we aren&#8217;t talking rocket science. But this isn&#8217;t always obvious to some folks. So let&#8217;s make it real obvious.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.grokdotcom.com/topics/landingpagedesign.htm">Read the rest of this article</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.grokdotcom.com/Volumes/Volume5-15-04.htm">Read the entire newsletter: Volume 92</a></p>
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