Advertising: Target Practice And The Internet Entrepreneur

Target Practice And The Internet Entrepreneur

Written by Elizabeth Piotrowski

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idea of submitting to individual ffa pages, try a database submitter, like worldsubmitter.com or mymegasubmitter.com. Your ad can be on thousands of sites in minutes. And don't forget to set up a 'junk' email account BEFORE you post to repparttar

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safelists. I submit to under 40 safelists daily, but receive over 1000 emails in each of my 7 mailboxes every 2 days! The point is, whether you use ffas or safelists, you cannot escape a full inbox :) Safelist examples are adtactics.com and mbpsafelist.com, and they get pretty good results if your headline is effective. If you can, try a sponsor ad (your ad at repparttar 101074

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mix that works best for you. And, when it stops working, either drop it entirely or mix differently. Eventually you will find a winning combination. ------------------------------------------------- Elizabeth is a freelance copywriter and owner of Strategy Ad Service. She provides copywriting solutions for small businesses worldwide. For promotion ideas, free articles or more information about her services, visit her website at http://www.strategyadservice.com -------------------------------------------------

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Banners Do Bring Traffic!

Written by A. T. Rendon

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8. Your goal is for repparttar viewer to CLICK on repparttar 101072 banner! A short one or two lines should be more than enough to accomplish your goal. Keep it simply but compelling.

9. Studies prove that using repparttar 101073 words "Click Here" work better than banners with repparttar 101074 same message but without repparttar 101075 call for repparttar 101076 action of "Click Here".

10. Name recognition is great if you have it to get folks to click on a banner. But if you are like most people you will do better if you stir their curiosity to get them to come visit your not-so-well known business, etc.

11. If your URL or email is short and easy to remember, use it on repparttar 101077 banner. Maybe they do not want to click and visit just then but will jot down repparttar 101078 info for a future visit to your web site.

12. Test Your Banners. If one banner message or design is not performing then try another. Keep testing different lines of text and color combinations till you find repparttar 101079 right mix for your individual situation.

13. Remember, banners with a combination of action phrases, such as Click Here, Submit, Press Here and graphic buttons to push are known to result in greater response.

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The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), located at: http://www.iab.net/, and member companies DoubleClick, http://www.doubleclick.com/, and MSN, http://www.msn.com/, released their individual studies on repparttar 101080 effectiveness of "branding" on repparttar 101081 Internet at a press conference in New York City, on Wednesday, July 18, 2001.

Additionally, CNET Networks, http://wwwcnet.com/, released information from a study done in conjunction with IntelliQuest, http://www.intelliquest.com/, which also examined brand effectiveness of online marketing.

Each study independently reinforces repparttar 101082 fact that online banner ads CAN BE used effectively for online branding.

And they confirmed that banner ads are best at 468x60.

So take advantage of these free resources to market and promote your web site for free. Because banners do bring traffic to your web site.

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