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5 Creative Ideas For Click-Grabbing Online Ads
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Tatiana Velitchkov
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By Tatiana Velitchkov © 2001-2002
"(Pop under ads are) like many of the impulse items you'll
find in a check out line." writes Keith Boswell at his
website, www.MarketingProfs.Com .
"As you close down your connection, you see the ad as the
last window to close. Your mind isn't distracted; you are
MORE LIKELY to gain interest and decide to visit the site."
Visitors to MY site at Guaranteed-Hits.Com know that my
service involves the delivery of pop-under advertising.
And most of my clients know that, while pop under ads
already DELIVER RESULTS, it's the QUALITY of their ad or
site that makes sure they DELIVER PROFITS.
"But how do we make our ads more effective?" they often ask.
Design & usability, I often answer, and a visible URL.
Plus a little bit of something else... something that can
make it stand out, attract the surfer's curiosity, and pull
his mouse-hand towards the "click here" button.
In the fashion industry you might call it the X Factor. In
online advertising you could call it creativity.
And going on Keith Boswell's analogy that pop under ads are
like the "impulse items at a check-out line," here are 5
creative ways to make surfers IMPULSIVELY click on your pop
under ads:
1) Turn your ad into a special coupon.
Better yet, turn it into a choice of 3 coupons, or 4, or
more!
These "coupons" can contain passwords they'll need to enter
when they visit your site, so they can get special discounts
or free downloads.
If you want, you can even make these "coupons" printable, so
they can continue thinking about visiting your site long
after they've seen your ad.
2) Turn your ad into a comic strip.
And you don't even have to manage a humor site to get away
with it!
Just think of a good joke that people often crack about your
industry (or your name, or your business), have it rendered
into a comic strip, and use it as your online ad.
Everybody loves a good laugh, and the kind of site that
gives them that is the kind of site they'll most likely
visit.
3) Turn your ad into a "commercial."
With the ongoing popularity of flash animation, it's now
easier than ever to create full-length commercials that load
in as little as a few seconds.
Take advantage of this opportunity, draft out a storyboard,
and turn your next ad into a "mini-flick" so absorbing that
people will want to download it & pass around.
4) Turn your ad into a "quiz."
Personality quizzes are best, since people are always
interested in themselves.
"But I don't run a psychology site!" you might protest.
Well, you don't have to!
A marketing site can use a quiz that tells "What kind of
marketing person are you?" and a fashion site can predict
your "Fashion Personality Type."
And if you run a zoo, you can reveal "What kind of animal
are you?"
:-)
Quizzes are fun, easy, and occasionally enlightening.
(Just make sure to remind quiz-takers to visit your website
for the results... and click on the link to buy your new
book.)
5) Use your ad to offer useful information.
And when I say "useful information," I MEAN "useful
information."
Useful for YOUR SURFERS, that is.
Real-world check out counters are full of information
offerings. They come in different forms: tabloids,
magazines, classified ad papers, specialized newsletters.
And if you'd take a look at their cover titles, you'll find
feature titles like:
- 7 ways to improve your relationships
- The top 50 stores with the best price deals, and
- Tom Hanks' secret love child is an alien princess -
pictures inside!
Take a hint from these titles, and run an ad with articles
just as compelling, stimulating, or downright interesting...
then invite them to your site for some more.
Indeed, the Internet advertising industry is growing and
innovating, and only YOU can decide what your ads can or
cannot do.
The only limit here is your imagination... and the strength
of your determination to REALLY succeed online.
Tatiana Velitchkov
About the Author:
Tatiana is the publisher of: www.TheFortunesEzine.com ,
the FortunesEzineWeekly at www.TakeYourFortune.com ,
and owner of the traffic-solution slam advertising
sites www.Guaranteed-Hits.com and www.Guaranteed-Hits.net
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