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Landing PageRA Mutiara Islam Kendari2023

RA Mutiara Islam Kendari: PPDB Landing Page

RA Mutiara Islam Kendari runs Meta and TikTok ad campaigns every admission season. It needed a landing page built specifically to convert that paid traffic, not just a general information page shared organically over WhatsApp.

Preview

Walk Through the Site

A scrollable look at the finished site, exactly as a visitor would browse it.

RA Mutiara Islam Kendari: PPDB Landing Page desktop preview

Desktop

RA Mutiara Islam Kendari: PPDB Landing Page mobile preview

Mobile

Tech Stack

Technologies Powering the Build

The tools and technologies that came together to bring this project to life.

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Roles

A Skill-by-Skill Breakdown

Each project draws on a mix of disciplines, here's how they came together on this one.

Web Development

  • Purchased the domain and configured DNS to point to Cloudflare Pages.
  • Built the landing page with HTML, CSS, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Deployed and hosted the page via Cloudflare Pages, with the codebase managed on GitHub.
  • Integrated Facebook Pixel for ad campaign tracking.
  • Implemented responsive breakpoints across a wide range of devices.
  • Optimized image, JS, and CSS delivery to achieve a green Google PageSpeed score across all four categories.
  • Used Claude to speed up development and optimization work.

Web Design

  • Designed the full UI/UX from scratch, including layout, color palette, typography, and icons.
  • Designed a single-page structure around ad-conversion best practices: hook, sections, and clear CTAs.
  • Designed a scarcity badge to create registration urgency.
  • Structured content into clear sections: school profile, statistics, activities, facilities, gallery, registration steps, and FAQ.
  • Kept the visual hierarchy scannable for parents browsing on mobile.
  • Refined layouts and content placement based on Google Analytics data on breakpoints, screen size, and location.

Graphic Design

  • Adapted the school's existing logo for web use, adjusting sizing, format, and background.
  • Selected the color palette and typography system.
  • Designed simple highlight icons for school advantages and activities.
  • Selected and cropped facility and activity photos for the gallery.
  • Curated video testimonials and gallery footage for trust-building.
  • Created the site's favicon.
  • Compressed every image to WebP and under 200KB before upload, without a visible drop in quality.

Digital Marketing

  • Wrote persuasive, conversion-focused copy for each section.
  • Structured the page specifically to convert paid traffic from Meta and TikTok ad campaigns.
  • Optimized the page around the target keyword "PPDB TK Kendari".
  • Set up Google Search Console and Google Analytics to monitor traffic.
  • Integrated Facebook Pixel for ad campaign tracking and retargeting.
  • Analyzed ad performance and analytics data to continuously refine the page's structure and hooks.

Highlights

Behind the Scenes

A closer look at what the finished product offers, the obstacles along the way, and what came out of it.

Key Features

  • Fully responsive design across desktop and mobile devices.
  • Optimized images for fast loading.
  • Google Analytics and Search Console integration.
  • Facebook Pixel integration for ad campaign tracking.
  • School profile and program highlights.
  • "Why choose this school" section.
  • Scarcity badge to create enrollment urgency.
  • Clear, prominent call-to-action buttons.
  • Video testimonials.
  • School statistics: alumni count, founding year, teacher count, and teacher-to-student ratio.
  • Student activity breakdown: Islamic, academic, and outdoor programs.
  • Education level and school hours information, with a detailed activity breakdown per hour.
  • Facilities overview.
  • Photo and video gallery for trust-building.
  • Step-by-step registration guide with document requirements.
  • Location information.
  • FAQ section.

Challenges Faced

Very Short Turnaround Time

The landing page had to launch before the registration season started, so the initial build was sped up using Tailwind CSS for rapid styling.

Optimizing for Paid Ad Traffic, Not Just Organic Visitors

Traffic arriving from Meta and TikTok ads behaves differently from organic visitors, so page structure and content were continuously refined based on Google Analytics data on breakpoints, screen size, location, and load time.

Hitting a Perfect Google PageSpeed Score

Getting a green score across all four PageSpeed categories required careful optimization of image, JS, and CSS delivery across many device breakpoints.

Lessons Learned

  • Learned how much a tight deadline sharpens decision-making on what actually matters for launch.
  • Learned to treat a landing page as a living, data-driven asset instead of a one-time build, since paid ad traffic kept surfacing new things to fix.
  • Learned how much page speed directly affects ad campaign performance and cost efficiency.

Impacts

Problems Solved After Launch

How this project changed things for the business and its users after launch.

Dedicated ad landing page

PageSpeed green across all 4 categories

Images under 200KB

Trust content above the fold

Facebook Pixel integration

Self-service registration guide

Data-driven design process

Critical Fix

A Landing Page Purpose-Built for Paid Ad Traffic

Before

Ad campaigns pointed to a generic page not built to convert cold traffic from Meta and TikTok, risking wasted ad spend.

After

A dedicated, conversion-focused landing page now captures and converts ad traffic efficiently, continuously refined using ad performance and analytics data.

Performance

Below-Target Google PageSpeed Scores

Before

Early performance was inconsistent across the four Google PageSpeed categories.

After

Continuous optimization of images, JS, and CSS delivery brought all four categories into the green.

Performance

Slow-Loading Pages From Unoptimized Images

Before

High-resolution images across the site, not just one section, risked slowing down every page.

After

Every image across the site is compressed to WebP and kept under 200KB, keeping pages fast without a visible drop in quality.

Improvement

Fast Trust-Building for Cold Ad Traffic

Before

Cold visitors from ads had seconds to decide whether the school felt credible, with little to go on.

After

Video testimonials, school statistics, and a facilities gallery give cold visitors concrete reasons to trust the school quickly.

Improvement

Ad Tracking and Retargeting Capability

Before

There was no way to track which visitors came from ads or retarget them later.

After

Facebook Pixel integration now tracks ad-driven visitors and enables retargeting campaigns.

Improvement

Clearer Registration Process

Before

Prospective parents didn't have a clear picture of the registration steps or required documents before starting.

After

A step-by-step registration guide with document requirements sets clear expectations upfront.

Improvement

Data-Driven Iteration From Real Visitor Behavior

Before

Design decisions had little real visitor data to draw on.

After

Breakpoint, screen size, location, and load time data from Google Analytics directly shape ongoing page refinements.