Your home page needs to grab your visitors by
collar--persuade and engage them. You have
power to gain your visitors loyalty, to book mark your site, and eventually, to buy your products if you write irresistible, streamlined copy that engrosses them all
way to your order pages.
Here's a rough draft of my new home page:
Part One. Start with an intriguing headline that is benefit- oriented that will lead your visitor to your products.
Sample: I wrote "Want a Quick and Simple Way to Quadruple your Web Sales within Four Months?" when they clicked
link it took them directly to my success story, somewhat like a sales letter.
After reading
success story I provided a link that took them to
products page where a popup gave them more benefits on my new eBook _Ten Non-techie Ways to Market Your Book Online_.
Sample: For my book coaching services I opened with this headline "Let
Book Coach Make your Book Dream a Reality." This link takes my visitor directly to my coaching services information and why I'm
coach for them.
Instead of just listing your book title, try a benefit-driven statement like this: Discover
hidden truths about getting your salable book written, finished, published and marketed. Learn
"fast-forward" way. Here, I added a link saying "click here" to take my visitors to _Write your eBook or Other Short Book Fast!_ where multiple benefits pop up with ordering information.
Part Two. Add who you are and what you can do for your visitors, but make it short. Nothing turns a visitor off more than long bio copy. They don't care about you, they care about what problems you can solve for them. They especially love free information.
Sample: The Book Coach can answer your questions, and make your book dream a reality. Judy Cullins, M.A. offers her 20 years as an author, publisher and marketer of over 40 books and special reports--all in short, easy-to-read, formats, with lively teleclasses and phone coaching..