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Summary: Learn a new way of using banners that will help you promote your website.

Banners without links make great promotions!

Normally a banner has information about a website at another location. When you click on banner it links you to this website and you must click 'Back' to return to page you were originally on. Even though this is most common use of banners, it is not ONLY one.

You can also create an animated banner for promoting very website it is placed on. This banner has no link. It is called a "promotional image".

A promotional banner can be used to: a) provide an exciting title b) announce an upcoming event c) feature a new product or service d) send out a public message e) welcome visitors f) give an explanation or definition g) announce a feature article

You can place a linkless banner anywhere on a webpage: at top, in middle, to side, or at bottom.

There are several websites on Internet that allow you to create your own free animated banners. You can quickly create a banner and have it emailed to you as a "gif" file. Then you can upload image to your webpage in exactly same way that you would upload a photograph.

If you already know how to create your own animated banners, simply omit link and "click here" (or minimize it at best).

The following are step-by-step instructions on "how to create a linkless banner" using excellent services of Ad Designer.

An autoresponder system for your site can increase your efficiency, save you time, and ultimately, by providing more information to your customers, increase your profits.

In short, an autoresponder is an automated "e-mail-on-demand" system that automatically responds to e-mails sent to specific addresses.

Now, let me go into a bit more detail so you can have a clearer understanding...

Have you ever used a "fax-on-demand" system? You know, ones where you dial a certain fax number and automatically receive a fax back without actually interacting with someone?

If so, you know they're great because they allow you, customer (or person seeking information) to get that important info quickly and easily.

Well, e-mail autoresponders work in exactly same way, only you send an e-mail to a specific address and get a pre-written response back.

But there was a problem...

For a long time, functionality of autoresponders was very limited in that you could only receive one message back. That made autoresponders a great way to send information, but they weren't too effective at increasing sales.

Here's why:

Because it normally takes 5-7 exposures (or "contacts") to a product or service before most people will buy. Clearly, only creating one contact with a single autoresponder message wasn't getting job done; people simply weren't being exposed enough to product. More importantly, trust and credibility were not being built.

Now, that's all changed. With today's new "smart" autoresponder systems, you can send a series of follow-up messages that can really increase your response rate!

Here's how smart autoresponders work: