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Innovation Happens When You Solve A Problem In A Unique Way

Started by Jim Kukral TheBizWebCoach · 6 months ago

Jason from Successforyourblog is right. Blog ads, and ads in general these days, are boring.
I find most blog are doing the exact same thing and its kinda boring if you ask me. The typical ad layout is a 468 x 60 banner up at the top of the page. Then the 125 x 125 button [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Jason

    1 year ago

    I think your ScratchBack widget would get innovative ad award of 2007. Its more fun than most ads and certainly any other text link ads wigdets out there. I should have included it in the article as "ScratchBack - what happens when ads meet innovation" :-)

    I have some ideas (well maybe just one) so I'm going to try and develop it. When its done I'll let you get a first look at it.
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  • Eric Dytzel

    1 year ago

    You know this may sound really really simple but I haven't seen it before. I placed a 125x125 banner at xfep.com. What was different is that I designed the banner to be a circle instead of a square and it does stand out. I have made several circular banners for clients and they have all had good results with them.

    Sometimes simplicity is the answer to standing out. What do you think.
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  • Jim Kukral

    1 year ago

    @Jason, thank. Good luck with your ideas. Looking forward to seeing them.

    @Eric, That's a neat idea. Solves the problem of banner blindness, pretty smart. Will have to try that. Also you might try making the banner look like a video player, that works too.
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