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The Landing Page Copy Audit for SaaS Founders

Your landing page copy is killing conversions.

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Principle · Specificity
The hero promises everything and says nothing
Rewrite →
Principle · Proof
No testimonials or logos above the fold
Fix →
Principle · Clarity
Feature section uses jargon (‘orchestration’)
Rewrite →
Principle · Hierarchy
Secondary CTA competes with primary
Fix →
The framework

Every audit traces to a primary source. No black box, no fake studies.

01

Clarity

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Can a first-time visitor understand what you do, who it's for, and why they should care — in 5 seconds?

Source: CXL · Ogilvy
02

Relevance

Does the page meet visitors where they are — by awareness state and search intent?

Source: Schwartz · CXL
03

Value

Is the value proposition specific, quantified, and clearly differentiated from category leaders?

Source: Ogilvy · CXL
04

Motivation

Does the page channel an existing mass desire — or try (and fail) to create one?

Source: Schwartz · Cialdini
05

Trust

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Are testimonials, authority, and social proof real and verifiable — or smuggled in?

Source: Cialdini · CXL
06

Friction

Does the path from interest to action have any unnecessary friction?

Source: CXL
07

Distraction

Does the page focus attention on the primary action — or compete with itself?

Source: CXL · Ogilvy
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Before / after

Not just a list of problems. A fix you can ship.

HERO · linear.appPrinciple 01 · Specificity
Why this is stronger. The original is a category (“issue tracking”) and a promise (“enjoy”). Neither is specific. The rewrite names the buyer (fast teams), the behavior (ship daily), and the product posture (fast) — three concrete anchors in one sentence.
Research library

Every check cites its source.

Long-form articles on each audit check — traced to Ogilvy, Cialdini, Schwartz, and CXL. Not summaries. Source material, quoted and argued.

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Check articleCL-1

One dominant H1: what Ogilvy's headline arithmetic actually means

Ogilvy's 80-cents-out-of-a-dollar claim is about concentration, not volume. What it actually argues — and why most landing pages misread it.

9 min readMay 2026
Topic

Cialdini's 6 principles of persuasion, plus Unity, on landing pages

Reciprocity, scarcity, authority, consistency, liking, social proof, unity. What each one looks like in copy — and how often we get them wrong.

22 min readFeb 2026
Topic

Schwartz awareness states explained

Unaware, problem aware, solution aware, product aware, most aware. Mapping each state to the headline you should be writing.

18 min readFeb 2026

Also in the library: the 8 Trust checks that make visitors believe a landing page and how to write headlines for most-aware visitors (Schwartz).

Pricing

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Frequently asked

Questions, honestly answered.

The free quick audit runs the Clarity and Trust lenses — 16 checks in total. You get a score and your top findings with sources cited. No signup, no email, results in seconds. Clarity checks whether a first-time visitor understands your offer in 5 seconds; Trust checks whether your social proof and authority signals hold up.