December 14, 2012
Ad Age article says banner ads are worthless
Jeff rosenblum, who knows a thing or two about online marketing, says in an Ad Age article that banner ads are “worthless real estate sold to marketers” (his headline). Here’s the link:
http://adage.com/article/small-agency-diary/banner-ads-worthless-real-estate-sold-marketers/238628/?utm_source=mediaworks&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage
He makes two claims to support this POV: (1) the environment has gotten way too cluttered, such that no one even notices banners anymore; and (2) advertisers are using the ads incorrectly as “top of the funnel” awareness and brand builders instead of “bottom-of-the-funnel” sale closing order takers. I think he’s right. You?
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February 15th, 2013 at 8:45 am
Interesting. Rosenblum maintains “To build awareness, you need something that is either a lot more interruptive, disruptive or engaging.” If the first two factors were engaged I think we would see a lower return rate to the pages in question as the technique would be annoying to the user; similar to those ads that blink so rapidly you feel as though you are about to have seizures. Of course media literacy and knowledge of ad and script blockers tends to mitigate the entire discussion.