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Banner Design Tips to Make A Banner – Ad Design Tips

Posted on April 29, 2011 | 3 comments

So you have a website and would like to design a banner to advertise your product or service.  Great! Below are some banner design tips on creating an effective banner that targets your audience, grabs visitor attention, and successfully converts them into taking the requested action.

Ad Design Tips: When designing a banner, there are a few questions to keep in mind.

1) What is the goal you want the banner to accomplish?
- increase sales
- increase subscribers
- increase traffic

2) Who is the targeted audience for the ad?
- moms
- business owners
- people with a certain problem that needs solved

Banner Design Tips: Here are the key elements to make a banner effective

COPY – Keep the wording short and to the point.  Less is more.  The copy should be informative…

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I LOVE Gimp (and you will too): Website Graphics Made EASY!

Posted on April 28, 2011 | 1 comment

I have a new toy that I am pretty darn excited about…
It’s such an easy, cool graphics program that is SO easy to use!

Do you struggle to make website graphics that look professional on a budget? Or maybe you just are all thumbs when it comes to making graphics.

It’s hard to find good graphic designers who are creative, respond to your needs and get graphics done quickly. I know personally that one of my problems with getting great graphics is finding someone to make the changes I need, fast. When you are busy, you don’t want to wait a week to get a simple graphics change complete.

And that really sucks.  When your graphics are done, it sets back your whole business.  Having the right graphics (like cool buttons, arrows, product images) helps you make sales and build your business in so many ways.…

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