Friday, March 20, 2009

Advertisement Strategies on the Internet

Advertisement strategies on the Internet need to be well thought out before spending any money or time. The following list gives some insight on how to prepare your company to effectively advertise on the Internet with success.



1. Advertisements should be colorful to catch the reader's attention. Interactive and moving Web content is visually appealing and that is extremely important when catching a reader's eye.

2. Your content should provide some sort of value. If you don't then the potential for capturing the client is almost immediately lost.

3. Your company must emphasize who you are, what you do, and how you differ from the competition.

4. All activities should be part of the overall strategy of your company. Both online and offline.

5. Placement of the ad on your site is extremely important. Athenia Associates ran a survey and it demonstrated that ad's placed in the lower right hand corner of the screen generated a 228% higher click-through rate than at the top of the page. (http://webreference.com/dev/banners)

6. Don't give information overload. Irrelevant information can only produce frustration and that can lea to a potential customer leaving your site. Always think simple and effective when placing an ad on the Internet



Steven Hume
www.linkedin.com/in/stevenhume66

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