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18Feb/100

Why I like The Ads I Hate! – Marketing

Why I like The Ads I Hate!
Yvonne Finn

Its been said that the antidote to liking/loving is not hating, but indifference. So, when an ad makes you angry or disgusted or evokes any other strong emotion, it has done its job.

That is what advertising is supposed to do! Isnt it

There is an advertisement currently running on T.V. that makes me so disgusted that I spent quite a few minutes last night, discussing it with my sister,

The ad is for a well known brand of toothpaste that is being recommended for people with sensitive teeth. Nothing wrong so far. There are plenty of people with sensitive teeth and I have no personal knowledge of the truthfullness of the claims made by the manufacturer.

My objection is to the presentation of this product. There is a beautiful women, dressed only in camisole and under wear parading around as she touts the benefits of using this product. There is nothing wrong with that either, and I am no prude But what is the connection Do you have to be beautiful, female and barely dressed to benefit from this toothpaste

I am sure the manufacturer would not want to limit his market to that niche only. What a waste of his advertising money It is getting harder and harder to get your message noticed, with so many other products vying for the same market shares that youre after.

Why get that consumers attention, only to then turn them off or away, with an inappropriate advertisement

So, I like this ad because it certainly demonstrates that advertising gets you noticed and talked about.

It is up to you. however, to target your market appropriately and benefit from your hard won exposure.

P.S. By the way my sister hates the ad, too!

About The Author

Advertising like beauty has to stike an almost perfect balance in order to achieve and maintain the desired results/effect.

Visit Yvonne at: http://www.herbalhealthyskin.com for your free beauty balancing tips!

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11Feb/100

How To Use Banner Ads Effectively – Site

How To Use Banner Ads Effectively
Rick Rouse

Its no big secret that banner ads have become less effective than text links over the years. This phenomenon is called "banner blindness". Banners were so ubiquitous in the early years of the Internet that users simply began to ignore them.
So what did many advertisers do to combat banner blindness They made their banners harder to ignore by causing them to flash, rotate, jump around, and all sorts of other annoying tricks.
This of course led most users to like banners even less!
Does this mean that banner ads are useless No, not at all!
There are several things that you can do to make your banner campaigns more effective. First of all, ensure that each of your banners is pleasant to look at and blends in well with the web page its displayed on. Match up the design and color scheme with those of the site.
This means youll need to create a customized banner for each and every site you advertise on, but the results will most definitely make the extra effort and expense well worth it!
You also need to place your banners on relevant pages not just relevant sites. For example, a banner ad for a logo design service will convert much better on an article page about web design than on a page about dog grooming.
Another technique that works extremely well is making your banners look just like regular text links. Heres how to do it:
1 - Create a normal text link for your offer that is designed to fill up the space used by a regular 468x60 banner.
2 - Upload a blank page with the text link on it to your website and view it in your web browser.
3 - Press the "Print Screen" button Prt Scr.
4 - Load the Windows Paint application and click "Edit", and then "Paste". Youll see a screenshot of your new web page with nothing on it except for the text link.
5 - Click "File", and then "Save As". Save the image as a JPEG.
6 - Load the saved JPEG image into any photo editing program, then crop it to 468x60 pixels. You now have a standard 468x60 banner that looks just like a normal text link!

About The Author

Rick Rouse is the owner of RLROUSE Directory & Informational Resources, one of the fastest growing Directories on the web. Visit http://www.rlrouse.com and submit your URL!

24Jan/100

What to do When AdSenseTM Serves the Wrong Ads – Diet

What to do When AdSenseTM Serves the Wrong Ads
Dave Lavinsky

The most common frustrations among AdSense publishers are 1 Google serving inappropriate ads on their web pages, 2 low click-through rates and 3 low payouts per click. This article discusses the first frustration, which is highly correlated with the other issues, and discusses what webmasters can do to combat it.
To begin, it is important to understand how Google determines what ads to serve via the AdSense program. This explanation goes back to April 2003 when Google acquired Santa Monica, CA-based Applied Semantics. Applied Semantics