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Online advertising
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form of advertising => uses Internet and World Wide Web
deliver marketing messages
to reach customers
examples: banner ads, advertising networks, e-mail marketing
Advantages
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information and content not limited by geography or time
content can be modified and updated
interaction between advertiser and user possible
visitor communicates with advertiser through e-mail, chat or phone
control effectiveness directly and precisely
requires users to click on the message and to go to the website
results of campaigns immediately measured and tracked
advertisers pay per banner impression (CPM), pay per click (PPC) or pay per
action (CPA)
easy to find out which messages more appealing to the audience
offline-marketers segment their markets according to age group, sex,
geography, other general factors
online marketers => advantage of targeting by activity
advertiser knows target audience people will like his new product or service
Different types of online advertising
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Interstitial ad
– display of ads before requested content
– form of interruption marketing
– most common => pop-up ad
Pop-up ad
– effective form of online advertising
– new window in front of the current one
– appear without clicking them on
Pop-under
– new browser window hidden under the active one
– do not interrupt user
– difficult to find out which site opened them
Banner ad
– displayed on an external website, in an application or in an HTML email
– a graphic image or an animation
– have got different sizes
– placed on the top or on the bottom
– purpose: attract people and make them visit the web site by linking
them automatically
– usually on highly frequented sites such as online-newspapers and
search engines (google, yahoo and AltaVista)
– also so called “moving banners”
– banners of different sales promoters are shown one after the other
Button ad
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– graphical advertising unit
– little bit smaller than a banner
– placed towards the middle of a page on the left or right side
Floating ad
– moves across the user’s screen or slides above the content of a web
site
Other ads:
Leaderboards
- long ads at the top of the page
Sky-scraper ads
- similar to banner ads
- run vertically down the left or right hand side of the page
- more expensive than banner ads
Text ads
- text link to your site
Unicast ads
- basically a TV commercial
- run in the browser window
- last from 10 to 30 seconds
- offer the ability to click on the ad for more information
Advantages and disadavantages of ads:
Banner Ads:
Pros: message in front of customers eyes
Cons: does not usually convert directly to sales
Pop-Up Ads:
Pros: Harder to ignore
Cons: irritating; surfers are using software that blocks pop-ups
Interstitial Ads:
Pros: visitor is much more likely to look at the ad
Cons: annoying
Leaderboars and Sky-scraper Ads:
Pros: large eye-catching ad
Cons: may not convert directly to sales well
Purchasing variations
CPM (Cost Per Mille)
- advertisers pay for exposure (Darstellung) of their message to a specific
audience
CPC (Cost Per Click)
- advertisers pay a user clicks on their listing
- they do not pay for the listing, but when the listing is clicked on
- this system allows advertising specialists to gain information about their
market
CPA (Cost Per Action)
- publisher takes all the risk of running the ad
- advertiser pays only for the amount of users who complete a transaction such
as a purchase or sign-up
How to design a powerful ad?
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secret to a successful ad is the headline
with AIDA approach (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) you would be
successful in creating a powerful ad
first job of advertising is to get people’s attention, then their interest, …, and
finally, get them to act
A -Attention -Grab your targets attention
I -Interest
-Create curiosity
D -Detail
-Provide details
A -Action
-Call for action
Pop-up ad
Banner ad
Interstitial ad
Floating ad