How to Write a Sales Page That’ll Make Your Client Ecstatic

As we’ve established, sales pages are great projects for copywriters. Sales pages generally require plenty of copy, and, since they directly help your clients make money, they’re very valuable to those clients. Once your client hires you for a sales page project, it’s time to deliver a page with wildly effective copy that helps convert customers.

Now, it should go without saying, but this project (like every other) needs to start with a creative brief. No questions asked.

A great sales page includes everything that a potential customer needs to know to make a purchase decision. Which means there are a lot of possible elements in them:

• The overview (the benefit and introducing the concepts)
• About the company/owner
• The details of the offer
• Any bonuses included with the purchase
• Results
• Testimonials
• Case studies
• FAQs
• Who it’s for and who it’s not for
• Pricing
• Guarantee (if there is one)
• And lots more

Today, though, we’re going to focus in on three elements that help make a sales page especially effective—three elements that help the perfect target audience identify themselves, identify that the product or service is right for them, and make the decision to purchase.

And, of course, the more people that purchase, the more thrilled your client will be! So, let’s dig into those three elements.

1. The Customer Transformation

You already know the importance of emphasizing the benefit to consumer when you’re writing copy.

But I want you to take it even one step further. Because people don’t really want to buy a product or service. What customers want to buy is a transformation. They want their lives to be different, and they want this product or service to make their lives different.

And, as the copywriter, it’s up to you to tell them how that’s going to happen. It’s you’re job to show them what the full transformation can—and will—look like if they purchase. How is their life going to change? The more detail you can put into this—the more you can make the potential customer really see themselves after the transformation—the more effective your copy will be.

For example, let’s look at a mini-van that has a truck that opens when you wiggle your foot underneath the back bumper. The benefit of that is you can juggle groceries, kids, and more—without dropping any of it. You can, and should, dig deeper into that. The benefit of this feature is that it makes life easier. It’s a vehicle that keeps up with your busy lifestyle.

The transformation helps the customer envision their life with the product or service. In this case, with this minivan, they’re acing work, life, and parenting. Their life is smoother. There’s a level of ease to the day-to-day tasks that have to get done. Heck, errands are even enjoyable thanks to a vehicle that has thought of their needs.

2. Your Client’s Goals for Purchasers’ Success

This is an opportunity for your client to really connect with their potential customers.

There are a lot of programs/products that can’t guarantee a specific outcome. For example, a business marketing program can teach people the tactics to market themselves, but those people still have to take actions. The person selling that program can’t guarantee specific results like “double your business!” since that’s contingent on how the customer carries out the program. If the customer doesn’t do anything, that’s certainly not the program’s fault!

But if your client has a goal for what will happen for the clients who purchase, you can write about that. In the example above, you could write (from your client’s point of view): “My goal for you is to double your business.” And then really detail the vision your client has for their customers’ successes.

This can help customers understand the possibilities as well as really get a feel for how important the customer success is to your client. It creates an immediate connection between them and that helps make it easier for a customer to purchase.

3. Facing Objections Head-On

Any time someone is thinking of buying something, justifications for not purchasing—or “objections”—are going to pop into their head. Some of the most common ones are concerns about price, concerns that it won’t work for them, and concerns that they won’t use it (when applicable). You may be able to come up with additional objections based on the product or service itself.

One of the most effective ways to help people overcome these objections is to address them head-on. Giving voice to objections—maybe even before the potential customer has a chance to—diffuses their power.

Instead of being scared of objections, you can embrace them and help potential customers understand why they’re not really a reason at all not to purchase.

You should also carefully mine the testimonials for anything that addresses these objections directly. Ones that start out with “I was so afraid to invest but…” or “I was scared it wouldn’t work for me…” or things like that are GOLD. You can also have your client get new testimonials with the prompt “What would you tell someone who’s considering investing in this?”

Your Turn

Which of these elements feels most powerful to you? And why? Let us know in the comments below.

Last Updated on October 18, 2023