How To Write Better Ads That Pull More Response
You've got approximately 0.5 seconds to get someone's attention
with a classified ad.
That's not much time.
Now, while your high school English teacher may disagree, in
this case, fragmentation is a good thing.
Whether it's genetic or learned behavior, the fact is, we don't
READ ads, we skim them. So why bother with full sentences? Full
sentences take up more room, don't leave any space, and place
too many non-essential words.
Example: Bad AD
Use the $Money Gate$ to get into Dynamics 4 Success. Then, as
you build a downline for the $Money Gate$ you earn the $99 fee
necessary to join Dynamics for Success which gives you access to
the $25000 reward program. Get benefactored into 100 Free
memberships as part of joining $Money Gate$ Visit
http://signup.gotoo.com and enter Tom Staley as your referring
person.
The ad immediately looks BIG. Now, who wants to wade through all
of that? Plus, with no space at all in the text, it makes it
difficult to pick out the individual items about whatever the ad
is talking about. Then, if you do happen to read a word or two
here and there, if those words are 'as you build' or 'as part
of', what does that tell you?
Better Ad
The $Money Gate$ Pays Your Way Into Dynamics 4 Success
>>Earn Your $99 Dynamics 4 Success Membership Fee >>Less Risk,
Same Great Result -- D4S $25000 Reward Prg. >>Benefactoring into
100 FREE Memberships >>Enter Tom Staley as Your Referrer
http://signup.gotoo.com
Fragments are easier to read, and therefore more likely to be
read. At a glance, a reader can distinguish between the
individual points made, and easily read through each benefit.
Plus, any words that catch their attention will be of value.
This ad is more eye catching, easier to understand, and WILL
have better response than ads that are an entire paragraph of
text.
The Internet, and especially in marketing, is overloaded with
information. To stand out, you simply can't try to provide all
information in 5 lines, or even in 5 paragraphs. Start with the
best highlights, and then lead into further detail after you
have captured the reader's attention.
English teachers everywhere will be cringing, but the fact of
the matter is fragmentation is a good thing on the Internet.