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The Magic Is in the Research, Not the Landing Page

September 30, 2026 · Elias Lazaris
Quick answer If you're spending more time designing your landing page, offer, or creatives than researching who's actually going to buy your product, you have a problem — the magic is in the research. Don't settle for a broad audience like "women." Get detailed enough that you could describe one real person you're speaking to. Research can take four to six days; a landing page can be built in a day. If your research took 15 minutes and your landing page took three days, you did it backwards.

If you're designing more than researching, you have a problem

If you're spending more time designing your landing page or designing your offer or designing your creatives versus researching who's going to buy your product, then you have a problem.

The magic is in the research

That's what's going to start everything. I spend a lot of time on calls every single week, and it blows my mind how many people don't properly research. That's where it's all at. Spend all the time you could researching who's going to buy your product.

"Women" is not a customer — get specific

And I don't mean just be general, "women." It's way too broad. Get very detailed on who's going to buy your product.

If you had to speak to one person, who would it be?

If you had to speak to one person, who would this person be? That's what you have to figure out.

Research takes days, the landing page takes a day

In my world, the research could take four, five, six days, depending on how deep you want to get. And the landing page could be done in a day. Now, if you're telling me you spent 15 minutes analyzing who's going to buy your product and you spent three days creating a landing page, you're probably doing it wrong.

FAQ

Should I spend more time on my landing page or researching my customer?

Researching. If you're spending more time designing your landing page, offer, or creatives than researching who's going to buy your product, that's backwards.

What's wrong with targeting an audience like "women"?

It's too broad. You need to get very detailed about who's actually going to buy your product — detailed enough that you could describe the one person you'd be speaking to.

How long should customer research take compared to building a landing page?

Research can reasonably take four, five, six days. A landing page can be built in a day. If you spent 15 minutes on research and three days on the landing page, you're probably doing it wrong.

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