StumbleUpon is the ultimate time suck, and thus a site from which I’ve tried to keep my distance in the past few productive months. But in a moment of weakness I found myself wandering over to their homepage – which I was pleasantly surprised to find has undergone a full-scale redesign.
Here’s why the social discovery engine made our list of best landing page designs:
- Simple sign-up. The click of a button takes interested parties to a sign-up with 5 – not 50 – questions. Basic logic tells us the easier it is to create an account, the more users you will acquire.
- Learn more with a video. Video is a quick way to tell users why your product rules. And graphics, music and narration are always sexier than a block of heavy text.
- Highlights. Get everything you need to know in three quick doses at the bottom. With one glance at the page, users see that StumbleUpon is mobile-ready, used by over 20 million people and has a new feature for exploring.
Aesthetically and functionally speaking, the new look blows the original StumbleUpon landing page (seen below) out of the water. Kudos, StumbleUpon – I’m feeling inspired to pick up my old stumbling habit again.
Whether it’s on purpose or a happy accident, when consumers land on your page, you’ve got a limited amount of time to reel them in. A well-structured landing page is key in getting users to take that next step – whether it’s signing up for your email list, “liking” your Facebook page or clicking to your website. Each week, lonelybrand highlights a killer landing page design that gets the job done.
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