Banners or text links?

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I've been promoting a handful of really small sponsors lately and they have fuck-all for banners. So what I do is try to use one banner per gallery page and use pure text for the two remaining sponsor links. Text is better for SEs and it's also better for making your sales pitch. But I almost think you need the occasional banner to add some level of legitimacy to the site being marketed.

I may not be a good example to follow though. I only make one sale every three years or so.