Roudi said:
I like Philip Reed's idea - a "Show All Banners" option. It would have the added benefit of providing Advertisers with evidence that their banners are indeed included in the current run. However, you'd have to work out whether accessing this uberlist of banners counts as an ad impression or not.
I say this because, as an advertisier, I've paid $9.99 for 10k ad impressions and have not once seen my banner up over ENWorld or received e-mail confirmation that it is indeed up. I would at least like to know whether I'm getting what I paid for or not.
I saw your ad. More than once in fact. Alas, at the time I saw it, I was busy with a new baby and trying to catch up on threads. I paused to read it once. I didn't click-through because I'm not sure what value it would offer me as a gamer or a GM.
However, I really appreciate that you have the same ad in your .sig. It allows me to relate that ad to you, as a person.
I suppose the burning question is whether you even need the banner ad right? Could you just use a .sig and a press release to get the same, if not better, results? I don't know.
How long have you had the banner in your .sig?
How long ago did you put up the banner?
Did I notice the banner in your .sig because of the ad that I also saw? (In other words, would I blow off your .sig as just another graphical .sig if I hadn't seen your banner ad? Good thing I don't have .sigs turned off at home eh?)
I don't remember seeing a press release/news item for you or your company. Right now, you have moved from my idle curiosity list to active curiosity. But I am simply replying to your message. Out of memory, I cannot tell you the name of your product or your company. Your screenname is unusual enough for me to sorta remember it.
BTW - I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything here. I am trying to observe and comment on how your impressions are striking me. I'm trying to do it without looking anything else up. I am engaged in this conversation and I would normally try to track a little more info down so I can address the other person in the conversation with a little knowledge. But in this case, I think it is interesting to feed you my raw impressions. It helps demonstrate what I am talking about with your overall presence in my awareness. How effectively are you grabbing my passive attention and asking me to give you a little time to decide I want to buy your product?
That is the crux of the issue right? Is there information sitting here in front of us? Is there something that can be improved upon with the way Roudi is presenting a product and how I am reacting as a customer?
) on #dnd3e. Since I already knew what it was about, I thought the banner was cool, but if I had never heard about it before, well I agree with BSF, it wouldn't really explain what it's advertising. OTOH, it would have made me curious, so I would have probably clicked on it, while I didn't clicked on the dundjinni one, 'cause it's clear it's about maps, and I'm not interested in maps.
