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Build a problem-solution landing page

Use this playbook when the visitor arrives with a specific problem, frustration, or job-to-be-done and needs to understand why your product is a relevant solution. This is often a stronger choice than an advertorial when the problem is already understood and the visitor does not need a long editorial argument.

When to use it

Good fits include:
  • Google or paid-social traffic around one clear problem
  • a product with several use cases, where this campaign focuses on one
  • audience-specific pain points
  • a product that needs brief mechanism education but not a full category lesson
  • campaigns where relevance matters more than storytelling

Step 1: define the problem narrowly

Avoid broad problems such as “I want to feel better.” Use the real campaign context.
The page should be able to stay on this problem without drifting into every possible benefit of the product.

Step 2: use a simple conversion story

A useful structure is:
  1. Problem-matched hero — show immediate relevance.
  2. Recognition — describe the situation accurately.
  3. What matters in a solution — teach the criteria without overcomplicating.
  4. Product fit — show how the approved product characteristics address those criteria.
  5. Proof — support the key claims.
  6. Purchase decision — make the product and next step clear.
  7. FAQ — resolve remaining objections.

Copy-ready Jurni prompt

Step 3: distinguish empathy from exaggeration

Recognition copy should make the visitor feel understood, not frightened or manipulated. Prefer specific everyday friction over dramatic statements that are unsupported. Better: “You remember your routine in the morning, then forget it once the workday starts.” Weaker: “Your entire day is being ruined by…” Use the audience’s real language when available from research or customer conversations.

Step 4: teach decision criteria before product claims

A powerful problem-solution pattern is:
“If you are trying to solve X, look for A, B, and C.”
Then show how your product fits those approved criteria. This makes the product explanation feel useful rather than self-congratulatory. Example:

Step 5: keep proof specific to the problem

A five-star review saying “love it!” adds less to a problem-specific page than an approved customer quote directly related to the campaign’s use case. Use proof that answers:
  • does the product fit this use case?
  • is the claim credible?
  • is the product easy to use in this context?
  • can I trust the purchase?

Step 6: know when the product should appear

For highly aware traffic, introduce the product early. For less aware traffic, one short problem/criteria section may create useful context first. Do not hide the product until the bottom just because “storytelling converts.” That is a hypothesis, not a rule.

Step 7: review for benefit drift

What good looks like

The visitor should feel that the page is specifically about the problem they clicked to solve. The product should enter as a logical answer, with enough proof to earn the next action. The page should not read like a full catalog of everything the product can do.

Common mistakes

Problem too broad. The page loses campaign specificity. Over-dramatizing pain. This can damage trust and create unsupported claims. Introducing product without criteria. The page jumps from “you have a problem” to “buy ours” without explaining fit. Using unrelated proof. Keep proof connected to the decision. Too much education for high-intent traffic. Match page depth to awareness.

What to test next

  • problem-first versus product-first hero
  • criteria section before product versus after
  • one core proof point above fold versus later
  • short direct path versus a longer educational path

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