Company
Date Published
Author
Matt Hodges
Word count
2018
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Most landing pages for SaaS products focus too much on highlighting features and not enough on the benefits, or vice versa, resulting in unclear messaging. A high-converting landing page should strike a balance between both, using concise language to resonate with the target audience. To create such a page, one needs to understand the "job" that people are hiring your product for, creating a messaging guide that highlights both benefits and features. The page should also be optimized for organic search, have a clear hero section that illustrates how the product gets the job done, showcase key features in an engaging way, include social proof such as customer logos and testimonials, clearly state pricing, make it easy to sign up with multiple call-to-actions, and measure, test, and iterate on the page's performance.