How to Make Effective Banner Ads – by Ted Dhanik

Banner ads are one of the best tools that businesses can use to advertise their products and services.  There is no perfect formula for making banner ads successful.  Banner ads vary significantly in their designs and messages.  There are a few different factors that can have a profound impact on whether banner ads work or not.  Many advertisers have to experiment with different types of ads before finding one that works for their company.  Essentially, this just involves a company putting up a banner ad and monitoring the reaction from viewers.

Here are a few tips that might just turn your banner ad into an effective marketing tool for your business:

  • Focus on advertising a particular product or service instead of just a website.
  • When they click on the ad, visitors should be directed to the web page featuring the product instead of the homepage.
  • Banner ads are typically more successful when they’re at the top of the page.
  • Choose animated and dynamic ads over static ones.
  • Select a direct and simple message instead of an overly complicated one.
  • Choose smaller banner ads.  Visitors become impatient if a page takes too long to load.

There are two critical tips to follow in order to have a successful ad.  First of all, ads have to be visually intriguing.  Also, the ads have to be placed in an area on the page that will catch the attention of viewers.

Advertising is a constantly changing field.  Advertisers are always coming up with new methods to make effective banner ads.

Author bio: Guest post is submitted by Ted Dhanik, the president and co-founder of engage:BDR.  engage: BDR creates engaging advertising that has a reach of over 200 million users.  This top media company is skilled at driving traffic, creating leads, and building brand recognition.  Ted Dhanik has his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Marketing from California State University, Hayward.  Ted Dhanik was previously the VP of Strategic Marketing for Myspace for over five years.