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The Sales Page, Section by Section
Eight blocks, written in order, from the first line to the button
The Sales Page, Section by Section
Eight blocks, written in order, from the first line to the button
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A4 Β· this is a layout preview in the βClipboardβ design. When you generate, the studio writes every chapter in full, paints the cover and chapter art, and composes a downloadable A4 PDF with your name, bio and store link on it.
A sales page is not an essay. It is eight small pieces of writing stacked in an order that matches the questions a buyer asks in their head. Write them one at a time, in the order given here, and the page assembles itself without the usual staring at a cursor.
What's inside
- 1The one sentence at the topYou write the headline as a plain statement of what the thing is and who it helps, then test it by reading it to somebody outside your field. After this chapter the top of your page says something specific instead of something clever.
- 2The problem, in their wordsYou gather the phrases real people have used to describe the problem, from messages, comments and calls, and write the problem paragraph almost entirely from those. The result reads as recognition rather than persuasion.
- 3What it is and what is insideYou describe the format, the length and the contents in concrete terms so nobody has to guess what arrives after payment. This chapter turns vague promises into a list a buyer can picture.
- 4Who it is for, and who it is notYou name the reader it suits and the reader it does not, which sounds like turning away money but reliably reduces refunds. By the end you have two short lists that do most of your qualifying for you.
- 5Proof you can honestly showYou work out what evidence you actually have, whether that is a sample chapter, a screenshot of the tool working or a quote from one early reader, and how to present it without inflating it. This chapter covers what to do when you have no testimonials yet.
- 6Price, and what sits around itYou place the price where people are already looking for it and surround it with the practical facts, such as what is included, how it is delivered and what happens if it is wrong for them. After this chapter the price stops feeling like a surprise halfway down the page.
- 7The questions people ask before payingYou write six to ten real questions with short, direct answers, including the awkward ones about refunds and suitability. Doing this properly removes most of the email you would otherwise have to answer by hand.
- 8The last block and the buttonYou close by restating the job the product does, repeating the price, and putting the button somewhere obvious with a label that says what happens next. This chapter also covers where to repeat the button further up the page.
A sample from chapter one
Say what it is before you say why it matters
The first line of a sales page has one job: to tell a stranger what they are looking at. Not to intrigue them, not to set up a story, just to say what the thing is and who it helps. People arrive from a link with about a second of patience, and a clever line spends that second on you rather than on them. Say it plainly and you keep the reader long enough to be interesting later.
A simple shape works for most products: a named thing, a named reader, and a named outcome. A pricing workbook for freelance designers who quote by feel. A four-week plan for runners coming back from injury. It is not exciting to write, and that is fine, because the excitement belongs further down the page where you have earned the attention to spend on it.
- Name the thing, the reader and the outcome in the first line.
- Cut any word in the headline that could describe a different product.
- Read the line to someone outside your field and watch where they hesitate.
- Keep the subheading for the detail the headline had to leave out.
Key takeaways
- A headline that explains beats a headline that intrigues, because the reader is deciding whether to stay.
- Specific nouns do more work on a sales page than adjectives ever will.
- If the first line could describe someone else's product, it is not finished.
The studio writes every chapter from this outline, paints the art and hands you a PDF you can sell the same afternoon.
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