How to create a landing page with Convertkit

june 25, 2023
elias yosofi

Are you looking for a tutorial on how to create a landing page with Convertkit? if so, you’ve come to the right place.

A landing page is a page on your website where you collect a visitor’s contact information in exchange for a resource, like an ebook.

Convertkit allows you to build landing pages and offers web hosting for free.

However, we understand that creating a landing page can be a complicated process.

So we decided to create this tutorial and guide you on how to create your first landing page with Convertkit.

Let’s get into it!

Create and design the landing page

Set up the landing page

1. Click Grow and go to Landing page and Forms.

2. Click Create new.

3. Click Landing Page.

4. Now, you must choose a template for the landing page. First, filter the templates by category that makes sense to your business and goals.

5. Preview and choose a template similar to what you have in mind. If you can’t decide, go with Abbey.

Add content and design the landing page

1. Change the background image in General Styles tab.

2. Edit and customize the text.

3. Click on the plus Icon and add fields to the form.

4. Change the button style and button text to match your brand.

5. Remove the Convertkit badge.

6. Finally, edit the Disclaimer style and add a link to your business privacy policy.

Add content to the success page

The success page is where your audience will be redirected once they take the desired action.

1. Click Add page in the menu bar of the editor.

2. On the success page, you can thank your new subscribers for taking action and also tell them their next steps.

Edit the settings

Choose a domain and set up success settings

1. Go to Settings.

Note: You have to edit the success page settings separately.

2. Click Domain Name.

3. If you have already added your own domain to your Convertkit account, you can select it from the menu. If not, select the domain provided by Convertkit.

4. Create a page URL and click Add.

5. In the settings, go to General and select Redirect to thank you page.

6. Go to your Success page and click Settings to change the settings for the Success page.

7. Enter a URL for the success page and click Add.

Set up SEO and analytics settings

1. In the Landing page settings, go to SEO and analytics.

2. Enter a page title. The title will appear as the title in the search results and social media posts.

3. Add a description. The description will appear in the search results.

4. Click Change image to add a thumbnail for the landing page.

5. To track your performance and get insights into the performance of your landing pages, set up Analytics with one of the platforms on the list.

Setting up analytics for the landing page

6. Feel free to contact us if you need help with this part.

Set up additional settings

1. Go to Advanced to set up reCAPtCHA, edit visibility settings and edit the success page personalization settings.

2. In Incentive, you can turn Off/On the confirmation email, edit the content of the incentive email and change the page your contacts will be redirected to after the confirmation.