quote:Originally posted by Tom@Seal Beach:
As far as Scott and SACC Restorations goes, he's top notch and should have a banner if he's contributing.......... Unfortunately, I have no experience with Mr. Fiat, didn't know he existed and would have loved to have seen a banner add so I could get exposure to what he offers.
In my earlier post, I noted, (bold text added):
The forum's only direct income stream, AFAIK, is the banner advertisement at the top of some pages.
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I sent Tom a PM and it turns out he has never noticed the SACC and Mr. Fiat banner advertisements.
Tom gets his De Tomaso Forums exposure by means of the emailed updates. He views the forum threads of interest to him and said he usually is not on the home page.
The banner ads are on the home page, the Forums Summary page, and the home page for each of the Forum sub-forums.
BUT the ads are NOT on the individual threads within a sub-forum.
So the De Tomaso Forums has a regular user, but because that member only views individual threads of interest to him, that user never sees the banner advertisements because the individual threads do not HAVE the advertising.
How many other members have, month after month, the same NON-exposure to any De Tomaso Forums banner advertising?
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George, IMHO, I think adding the banner advertisements to the top of each sub-forum individual thread would result in increased ad-clicks for your advertisers.
More ad clicks should help to keep current advertisers, and increased historical clicks data might help convince new vendors to buy a banner.
That would be a good thing, right?
Larry