Have you lost of art of talking to the surfer?

MadMax · 2005-03-09, 09:48 PM

When building free sites (which I don't do nearly enough of) I always use a lot of text with strategically placed banners...sometimes I feel like too much. I try to balance my pitch between telling them what the sponsor site is offering and trying to get them worked up. I agree that most free sites rely way too much on banners. If I'm using a given banner or graphic ad I try to match the sales text to what the ad is showing to (hopefully) increase the impact of both.

mikeyddddd · 2005-03-10, 06:25 AM

I think you have to do something different.

For example, I posted my Geo IP thread on another board with the title "This is a PHP test - Do NOT click here".

One webmaster said "It's reverse psychology. When it says don't click, people just click".

Another said "hehehehehe its toooooo damn hard not to click".

Linkster · 2005-03-10, 07:16 AM

One thing that always has worked for me - if you look at the Sunday newspaper sales ad copy - look at what they are using to entice/sell in short sentences
The second thing I do is try to write text which becomes an extension of the paysites tour page - matching text to their tour text (if its worth a shit) seems to work well

Joe · 2005-03-10, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Linkster

One thing that always has worked for me - if you look at the Sunday newspaper sales ad copy - look at what they are using to entice/sell in short sentences
The second thing I do is try to write text which becomes an extension of the paysites tour page - matching text to their tour text (if its worth a shit) seems to work well

On the same note, having a similar design/color scheme to the paysite tends to work in favor of higher conversions.

2005-03-10, 06:25 AM	#2
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2005-03-09, 09:48 PM	#1
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	When building free sites (which I don't do nearly enough of) I always use a lot of text with strategically placed banners...sometimes I feel like too much. I try to balance my pitch between telling them what the sponsor site is offering and trying to get them worked up. I agree that most free sites rely way too much on banners. If I'm using a given banner or graphic ad I try to match the sales text to what the ad is showing to (hopefully) increase the impact of both.