Module 1: The Perfect Page
This is the rebuild module. You'll go section by section through the page — visuals, tagline, about, specialties, CTA — and turn each one from placeholder into proof. One focused afternoon and your page is done.
The 5-second page test
Open your company page in an incognito window — see it the way a stranger does. You get five seconds. In those five seconds the visitor sees three things: your logo, your cover image, and your tagline. That's it. If those three don't answer "what does this company do and who is it for," the visitor is gone before they scroll.
The logo is non-negotiable: a clean, legible mark at 300×300 pixels. No tiny text, no busy backgrounds — it renders small in the feed, so it has to read at thumbnail size. The cover image (1128×191) is your billboard. The best covers show one of three things: your team (humans build trust), your product in use (clarity), or a single bold statement of what you do. The worst covers are stock photos of handshakes and skylines that could belong to any company on earth.
Then the tagline — 120 characters, and the most wasted real estate on LinkedIn. "Innovative solutions for tomorrow's challenges" says nothing. A working tagline follows the formula: what you do + who it's for + proof. "Bookkeeping for agencies that hate bookkeeping — 40+ firms served." A stranger knows in one line whether this page is for them. Specificity is the whole game. Vague is invisible.
The test
The 5-second page test
Build brief
Run the 5-second test on your page (or a competitor's). What do the logo, cover, and tagline communicate in five seconds? What would you change?
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The about section that works
The about section gives you 2,600 characters, but only the first two lines show before "see more." Those two lines are doing the heaviest lifting on the page — they must state what you do and who it's for, in plain words. Everything after is for the visitor who's already interested. Structure it like this: line one and two, the plain-English what-and-who. Then the story: why you exist, in two to three sentences. Then the proof: numbers, names, results — whatever makes "trust us" concrete. Then the close: what to do next and how.
Write it for two audiences: humans and search. Humans need the story and the proof — they're deciding whether to trust you. Search needs your keywords — LinkedIn's internal search and Google both index this section, so the actual words your buyers type (" fractional CFO," "HubSpot implementation," "commercial landscaping") must appear naturally in the text. If your about section reads like a mission statement, it serves neither audience.
The most common failure is writing about yourself instead of the buyer. "We are a leading provider of best-in-class solutions" is about you and says nothing. "We handle bookkeeping for marketing agencies so owners stop dreading month-end — 40+ agencies, average 6 hours saved per month" is about the buyer and says everything. Every sentence should survive the "so what?" test. Read each line and ask: so what? If there's no answer, cut it.
The numbers that matter
2,600 characters — two lines that matter
The about section blueprint
Build brief
Draft the first two lines of your about section — the what-and-who that shows before "see more." Then list the 3 proof points (numbers, names, results) you'd put in the proof block.
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Buttons, specialties, and the details that close
The CTA button sits right under your cover image — it's the highest-visibility action on the page, and most businesses leave it on the default or forget it entirely. Your options: Visit website, Contact us, Learn more, Register, Sign up. Pick the one that matches your actual next step. Selling a service? "Contact us." Running a newsletter or demo? "Sign up" or "Register." The button should point at a page built to convert that specific action — not your homepage by default. A "Contact us" button that lands on a generic homepage wastes the click; point it at the contact page.
Specialties are your search fuel: up to 20 keywords that describe what you do. Use most of them. These feed LinkedIn's search — when a buyer searches "email marketing agency," pages with that specialty rank. List the actual services buyers search for, not internal jargon. If your clients call it "done-for-you email" but search "email marketing services," the specialty should say "email marketing services."
Then the unglamorous details that quietly build trust: industry, company size, founding date, locations, website URL. An empty "company size" or missing website makes the page feel unfinished — and an unfinished page undermines everything else you built. Trust is built in the details visitors never consciously notice. Fill in every field. A complete page looks like a going concern; a half-filled one looks like a side project.
The button
Pick the button that matches your goal
Build brief
Which CTA button matches your real next step, and where should it link? List 10 specialties (search terms your buyers actually type) for your page.
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David's IT consultancy page has the tagline "Innovative technology solutions for the modern enterprise." His about section opens with "We are a leading provider of best-in-class IT services." Traffic is fine, but nobody contacts them. What's the core problem?
Your turn: Write three tagline options using the what + who + proof formula. Then pick the strongest and say why in one sentence.
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Your next 24 hours
Rewrite your tagline, first two about lines, and specialties list. Update the page today — this is the highest-leverage afternoon in the whole course.
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THE PERFECT PAGE CHECKLIST
☐ Logo legible at thumbnail size
☐ Cover image: team, product, or bold statement (no stock handshakes)
☐ Tagline: what + who + proof (120 chars)
☐ About lines 1–2: plain-English what-and-who
☐ About body: story → proof → close
☐ CTA button matched to your real next step
☐ 10–20 specialties in buyer language
☐ Every detail field filled (size, industry, founded, locations, URL)
Module 1 cheat sheet
- The 5-second test: logo + cover + tagline must answer what you do and who it's for.
- Tagline formula: what you do + who it's for + proof, in 120 characters.
- About section: first two lines carry the what-and-who; body goes story → proof → close.
- Write for humans and search — buyer keywords must appear naturally in the about text.
- Every sentence must survive the "so what?" test or get cut.
- CTA button matched to your real next step; specialties in buyer language; every field filled.