Thursday, February 01, 2007
Avoidance behavior
Yes, I am supposed to be doing our taxes.
But as we all know, having something annoying and boring you HAVE to do just simply REDLINES the Procrastination Gauge. (Or is that just me?)
So I have of course been doing something else, and I would really like some advice and input from my Flist.
I read about a new system for putting ads on websites, called Project Wonderful. It's something different from the services where you get charged by the click or the viewings (which are highly susceptible to artificial inflation via bots). Here, a person wishing to advertise bids on a given spot, specifying the maximum they are willing to pay and the number of days they want to do so. That way, the best sites get the most money, but beginners (both advertisers and sellers) can get a foot in the door and try it out inexpensively.
I am pleased to be getting new visitors checking out my online bookstore, but I'm sure I can do better with my ads. That's where you guys come in.
This one is generating the most hits, but it is in the most different spots, so that might be the only reason. Not a lot of room for words on the button size.
This one is getting the next most, but it's on the two newest Girl Genius pages (and two others), so it's maybe a more book friendly audience.
This one is only on two pages. Not as popular a size, I guess. Still, I have had a couple of clicks. I think it's kind of generic.
This one is on 4 pages which are admittedly a bit low traffic, but there have been no clicks yet. Tell me honestly, is it annoying rather than funny?
What I would like to hear from you all is what brief info data bursts would make you interested in clicking over to see my book page. My reliability (selling online since 1996)? Special deals like a 1 cent book with every $10 in purchases? 1000's of satisfied customers? My free book search service?
OK, you think about it and I will go start the gol-danged taxes.
But as we all know, having something annoying and boring you HAVE to do just simply REDLINES the Procrastination Gauge. (Or is that just me?)
So I have of course been doing something else, and I would really like some advice and input from my Flist.
I read about a new system for putting ads on websites, called Project Wonderful. It's something different from the services where you get charged by the click or the viewings (which are highly susceptible to artificial inflation via bots). Here, a person wishing to advertise bids on a given spot, specifying the maximum they are willing to pay and the number of days they want to do so. That way, the best sites get the most money, but beginners (both advertisers and sellers) can get a foot in the door and try it out inexpensively.
I am pleased to be getting new visitors checking out my online bookstore, but I'm sure I can do better with my ads. That's where you guys come in.
This one is generating the most hits, but it is in the most different spots, so that might be the only reason. Not a lot of room for words on the button size.
This one is getting the next most, but it's on the two newest Girl Genius pages (and two others), so it's maybe a more book friendly audience.
This one is only on two pages. Not as popular a size, I guess. Still, I have had a couple of clicks. I think it's kind of generic.
This one is on 4 pages which are admittedly a bit low traffic, but there have been no clicks yet. Tell me honestly, is it annoying rather than funny?
What I would like to hear from you all is what brief info data bursts would make you interested in clicking over to see my book page. My reliability (selling online since 1996)? Special deals like a 1 cent book with every $10 in purchases? 1000's of satisfied customers? My free book search service?
OK, you think about it and I will go start the gol-danged taxes.
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