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The fastest way to know if your sales page is working
Read it out loud. Top to bottom. No skipping.
If you have to clear your throat, change your pacing, or pause to figure out what a sentence means, that's where the page is losing readers. Not metaphorically. Actually.
Conversion problems are usually rhythm problems first. A reader who can't follow the sound of your page can't follow the logic of your offer. The eye skims. The ear catches.
This is why the best sales pages don't read like sales pages. They read like someone talking to you. The rhythm has to be human before the strategy can land.
Three things to listen for as you read:
Sentences that are too long for one breath. Break them.
Stretches without a paragraph break. Add white space.
Words that feel like marketing. Replace with how you'd actually say it.
Try this on any sales page you've already published. Five minutes. You'll find at least three things you want to change.
If your sales page needs a strategic rewrite, that's one of the things I do. Contra services link.
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