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3 Banner Ad Best Practices Debunked

Convince & Convert

Throughout the years, advertisers have developed guidelines for most industries (including banner advertising), and those guidelines are often regarded as absolute by any advertising professional. Rarely do we question the so-called “best practices” of advertising, and when problems start to come up (not enough conversions, bad CTR, etc.),

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9 Ways to Increase Landing Page Conversions

Marketing Insider Group

Here are nine strides to increase conversions on your landing page. Setting up prominent call to action buttons will help increase conversion rates. If banner ads and affiliates are just supplemental revenue for your website, make sure they are not prominently displayed on your landing page. Attention Grabbing Headline.

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Banner Ads Work; Really

NuSpark Consulting

As a business, there’s always a question on the effectiveness of banner ad campaigns (or online display) as a portion of an online media mix. The doubters are aware of the low click-through (CTR) rates banner ads receive, the amount of clutter, the lack of creativity, etc. The above is true of a b2b message as well.

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Banner Advertising Basics – Your Gateway into Driving More Conversions with Display Banners

Bannersnack

Digital banner advertising had its Eureka moment of inception as well–and it also has changed quite a bit since it first came about. On October 27th 1994, Wired Magazine (back then hotwired.com) published the first banner ad ever: “Have you ever clicked your mouse right here? Source Pretty? Because, […].

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69% of Marketers Primarily Use Email for Lead Nurturing

KoMarketing Associates

The majority (47%) at least “somewhat agree” that allocating more time/resources to lead nurturing efforts would improve their conversion rates. It outperformed SMS by 92% and banner ads by 39%. Although email is helping marketers in this area, many still think that there is room for improvement, according to the report.

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The State of Banner Ads

Bluetext

October 26, 1994 is a day that will be forgotten by few…it was the first day a banner ad (or any ad for that matter) was posted on the internet. AT&T paid $30,000 for the appearance of the first banner ad. Here are four reasons why Bluetext believes banner ads are still an asset to any company.

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Does Marketing Have A Marketing Problem?

Marketing Insider Group

Traditional advertising campaigns from the 1950s and 60s were translated into banner ads which was fine when click-through rates saw double digit percent. Today, we see banner ad click through rates averaging.06%. Banners have 99 problems and click ain’t one ! Marketing is a Conversation.