display error message after submitting a form

i have a registration form in which i have placed a check on email id and status so that a person cannot signup again with the same email. Both the form and script are on a single page and the page is in .php format. The problem is that although the check works fine but i am not able to display an error message in front of email box. would appreciate if someone could help me

<form role="form" action="" autocomplete="off" method="POST">

    <div class="input-group">
        <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-user"></i></span>
            <input type="name" class="form-control" name="name" placeholder="Company Name" required>
    </div>
    <span class="help-block"></span>

    <div class="input-group">
        <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-user"></i></span>
            <input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" placeholder="email address" required>
    </div>
    <span><?php echo $errormsg;?></span>

    <div class="input-group">
        <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-lock"></i></span>
            <input  type="password" class="form-control" name="password" placeholder="Password" required>
    </div>
    <span class="help-block"></span>

    <div class="input-group">
        <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-user"></i></span>
            <input type="tel" id="tel" class="form-control" name="phoneno" pattern="\d{10}" placeholder="Please enter a ten digit phone number" required />
    </div>
    <span class="help-block"></span>
    <input class="form-control" value="" type="hidden" name="status">

    <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block" name="submit" type="submit">Sign Up</button>

</form>

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}

// escape variables for security
$name = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['name']);
$email = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['email']);
$password = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['password']);
$phoneno = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['phoneno']);
$status = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['status']);

$sql = "SELECT * FROM register WHERE email='".$email."' AND status='1'";
$result = mysqli_query($con, $sql); 
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0)
{
    $errormsg="email already exist";
}
else
{
    $sql="INSERT INTO register (name,email,password,phoneno,status) VALUES ('$name','$email','$password','$phoneno','1')";
    if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql)) 
    {
        die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con));
    }
    exit;
    mysqli_close($con);
}
?>