Despite recent trends,
advertising your online business with banners is very
powerful and very
effective. When setting out to start a banner
campaign, there are
two main factors that will determine its success or
failure. The first
is the banner itself and the second is where you put
that banner. In this
article I am going to talk about ways to improve
your banner design
to get the most out of your campaign.
In order to have a
truly successful campaign, your banner needs to be
relevant to your site
and your product. Advertising your site with
banners that trick
people into clicking on them may give you a higher
click through rate
but what is the quality of those clicks. You have to
not only setup your
banners for a high click through rate but try to
give a good sales
impression. Don't wait until they get to your site to
start selling.
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Another, often overlooked
use of banners, is their use in helping to
brand your business.
Anyone who is running a successful business
knows the importance
of branding. To brand your banner simply place
your url or a scaled
down version of your logo on every banner you
make. You have to
start seeing every single impression as a valuable
advertisement, not
just the click-throughs.
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Make your banners stand
out by animating them. Using animation on
your banners will
greatly increase your click through rate. The goal of
your banner is to
draw attention away from the web site it is being
advertised on. You
have to make the visitors of that site view your
banner as being more
important to them than what they originally went
to that site for.
Even with a banner,
copy writing is very important. Use words that
excite and instruct
the viewer. It is a well know fact that telling
people what to do
by putting "click here" on your banner will greatly
increase your click
through rate. Using words that excite people like
"Free" will definitely
help to grab the attention and peak there
interest.
Your banner needs to
load fast so try to keep it under 10 kilobytes.
Most people on the
Internet are impatient and you do not want to make
them wait for your
advertisement. Many people will not wait, so don't
give them a chance
to click someplace else before your banner is
finished loading.
With all that said,
the design and layout of your banner is very
important. Don't waste
time with on of those free banner generators
because for most people,
they just don't work. If graphics isn't your
thing, hire a professional
to design it for you. One of the best
companies around for
this is BannerWorkz. They are very affordable and
there work is top
notch. Check them out at
<a href="http://www.bannerworkz.com">http://www.bannerworkz.com</a>
I know that is a lot
of stuff to keep in mind but then again who ever
said marketing was
an easy game.
Brian Welch
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Brian Welch is
the owner of the BizBot Search Engine. A search engine
designed to help
people do business online. Check it out at
http://www.bizbot.net.
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