Thank you for the comment. I don’t see anything wrong with using a blog post as a landing page. In fact, that’s how many people find my site. My point is that if you know a blog post will be a landing page, make it persuasive, give it a single focus and minimize distractions. You’ve done all three with your page.

One thing that’s missing, in my opinion, is a contact form. Even though you have a call to action at the bottom of the blog post (at least I made one out using my knowledge of Japanese), the link appears the same color as the text, and if that link isn’t seen, the page is a dead end.

With some tweaking, you’re well on your way. Thanks again for the comment.

I have a modest rebuttal for this post, though. I realize that this example might not do you any good because it’s in Japanese, but we’re using a slightly different approach to our landing page. We’re using blog entries as landing pages. The blog follows the design parameters that you recommend, in that they:
+ lack the normal navigation of the site
+ they’re completely free of distractions

In fact, they’re plain black text on white.

But I’m not sold on the idea of keeping landing pages hidden from normal navigation. One of the things I find most frustrating and confidence-deflating about a site is the inability to get back to where I read something of interest. If that’s a landing page that made me have a closer look at the site, all the worse. Here’s an example to illustrate:

http://blog.caritas.co.jp/post/805115434