Effective online banner advertising has two main functions — branding and response — but ads don’t always do both jobs equally well. Discover useful tips and tactics in building a banner for any online business.
Online Advertising Rates: Guidelines and Best Practices
Online advertising rates are set through a combination of ad size, ad location, ad performance and market demand.
Optimizing this key ad sales tactic results in higher revenue, increased advertiser acquisition and increased advertiser retention. (more…)
Ad Unit Audit Increases Revenue Performance
An ad unit audit on a regular basis will often lead to an improvement in revenue performance.
What is an ad unit audit? It is a review of the results of different ad units, advertisers and locations to see which ones perform above average and below average. The audit should lead to changes in creative and placement that improve click rates.
Online Display Ads Work Best With These 4 Steps
Online display ads deliver both branding and response, but only if they follow certain tactics to maximize results.
But: “Online display advertising is a failure because the average clickthrough rate is less than 0.2 percent.”
I have run into the above comment many times. And many times I have tried to explain that it’s just not that simple. In fact, that number is largely meaningless. (more…)
Use Banner Advertising Tactics to Drive Repeat Visits
Banner advertising tactics have powerful branding potential that help visitors remember a site and increase the odds they will return again.
It has its place in any online promotional campaign and online marketing strategy. (more…)
Online Ad Sizes Get Fluid With Responsive Designs
The most important online ad sizes include the 300 x 250, 782 x 90 and 300 x 600, but mobile sites and responsive design are driving new standards.
Two important references to current standards are available from the Internet Advertising Bureau and Google. (more…)
Brand Your Business With Banner Ad Promotions
The best banner ad promotions market an online and offline business with a mix of branding and response.
Promoting an online or offline business is not entirely about pay per click advertising, which in the case of the search engines emphasize text ads. (more…)
Contextual Ads Need Help From Contextual Content
Contextual ads from Google AdSense will deliver high CPMs and click-through rates if they appear with content that provides the right context.
What are contextual advertising banners? They are ads whose subject matter is determined dynamically by the site content that surrounds it. (more…)
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