7 ways to create display ads that get noticed - iMediaConnection.com (4)

7 ways to create display ads that get noticed - iMediaConnection.com

Make your ads visible

Have you ever noticed where your eyes focus when a page loads? Probably on the top of the page, which appears to be the perfect place to locate a banner. The advantage of the pushdown banner is that it moves the content down, giving more space to the advertisers' message. Performance data shows that pushdown banners tend to receive ample attention from users. With a dwell rate of 7.7 percent, nearly eight of every 100 impressions will receive an engagement lasting more than one second.

Adidas did a particularly good job with its pushdown banner. When the page loads, the banner expands and the ad presents three football players. This immediately grabs the users' attention. The ad asks users if they would like to win two game tickets to support Spain in-person. Then users click on the blinking words and enter their names, which will appear on the player's shirt. Users can choose one or more players, turn on their webcams, and become part of the ad and appear inside the game. This ad also combines social features, in which users can record themselves, replay, and share on Facebook. 

Literal out-of-the-box thinking

Since users are already used to the location of the MPU in relation to the publisher's content, advertisers are presented with the challenge of breaking the standard mold and delivering a message outside the typical banner that grabs immediate attention.

To advertise the new Eee Slate, Asus and Microsoft decided to get the message across that their product was no ordinary PC. They achieved this by developing two synchronized banners that literally involved out-of-the-box thinking. On the top banner, a young girl reaches out to the MPU in the middle of the page and grabs what looks like an ordinary PC and turns it into a tablet. In a very subtle way, the ad surprises the user and breaks the mold of the regular banner ad. Furthermore, the ad challenges the perception that a PC and a tablet should be two different products.

In online rich media, it's all about the experience. Advertisers who make the effort and let users engage with the brand through games, interactions, and glaring images are going to get attention. These are the kind of ads that are worth users' time.

As the online world becomes more crowded, brand advertisers need to think about new ways to break through the clutter. Rich media provides a flexible canvas on which to express exciting advertising ideas and get users to engage. Brand advertisers that manage to get users truly immersed in the ad can get their messages across far more powerfully than via any other medium.

• Ariel Geifman
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• In this issue:
• Unexpected joy while browsing
• Use video in non-traditional ways
• Invite people to play
• Get users involved in what they want to see
• Remember that sex sells
• Break the silos between online and offline
• Make your ads visible
• Literal out-of-the-box thinking

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