Comments on: Marketing FAIL – 7 Newbie Landing Page Mistakes

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:01:11 +0000

Number 5 raises a moral issue.

This technic improves conversion rates, I don't think there's any debate about that.
And after all, we all just want to make more money.

While I'll never use it myself, because I'd feel dirty if I did - a lot of times I can't really give my partners a really good reason why not to, when so obviously it's an easy method to make more sales.

By: 13 Epic Marketing Fails | Joe The Flow

13 Epic Marketing Fails | Joe The Flow — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:04:53 +0000

[...] off this week with a look at the world of bad marketing. A few weeks ago I posted an article called Marketing FAIL – 7 Newbie Landing Page Mistakes. Today’s post points the finger at some of the people who clearly didn’t heed those little [...]

By: Oli Gardner

Oli Gardner — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:38:55 +0000

I agree 100% Adrian – thanks for joining the discussion.

With reference to my airbrushing comment – this is just a tongue-in-cheek jab at someone foolish enough to follow this route.

By: Adrian North

Adrian North — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:19:58 +0000

Nice article – thanks for the info.

One thing with regard to point #4 (OK I have a vested interest as a photographer) but stealing photos is illegal. The copyright belongs to someone else and may be their main way of putting food on the table for their families. Since you were describing usage on a commercial website my view is that you want the image you pay for it. There are (as you rightly stated) plenty of agency websites where there are images for not much money.

By: Julie Weishaar

Julie Weishaar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:46:01 +0000

This is my kind of post – great info with a sense of humor. Playing hide and seek with calls to action is great. How do you feel about those that have the call to action fade in while you are trying to read what is behind it? That irritates me. If you do that – sorry :)

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Oli Gardner (unbounce) 's status on Friday, 23-Oct-09 18:33:58 UTC - Identi.ca — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:34:07 +0000

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By: aaranged (Aaron Bradley)

aaranged (Aaron Bradley) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:51:11 +0000

RT @unbounce Marketing FAIL – 7 Newbie Landing Page Mistakes - http://bit.ly/1tUVJ3 < Nice pice, Oli :)

By: Oli Gardner

Oli Gardner — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:58:41 +0000

Thanks Matt, and nicely done on your video interpretation.

By: Matt Shaw

Matt Shaw — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:51:56 +0000

Oli,

Loved this article so much I adapted the theme for a blog post of my own. Check it out: http://blog.flimp.net/bid/24783/Top-7-Video-Landing-Page-Mistakes

Great stuff! I’ll be sharing this one.

–Matt

By: Oli Gardner

Oli Gardner — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:17:39 +0000

Thanks Robyn. Good catch.
Looks like I just made my own marketing fail…