From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 4 19:27:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from host23.cedant.com (host23.cedant.com [209.239.41.167]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9909C37B403 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:27:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sharelist-request@sharewarepromote.com) Received: (from share10@localhost) by host23.cedant.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f5523vi31750; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:03:57 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: host23.cedant.com: share10 set sender to sharelist-request@sharewarepromote.com using -f Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:47:21 -0600 Message-ID: <NEBBKBONOLJCKCNBMDFJAEADCNAA.sharelist-manager@sharewarepromote.com> From: "Sharelist-Manager" <sharelist-manager@sharewarepromote.com> To: sharelist@sharewarepromote.com Subject: Shareware Tricks - Monday, June 4, 2001 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Mailing-List: <sharelist@sharewarepromote.com> archive/latest/5 X-Loop: sharelist@sharewarepromote.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG> List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive) List-Help: <mailto:majordomo?subject=help> (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-questions> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-questions> X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG =========================================================================== Shareware Tricks - Monday, June 4, 2001 =========================================================================== Today's Article: Test...Test...Test!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is sent to all shareware authors. 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Instead of working that right side of your brain to come up with one outstanding ad, use the left side and take a scientific approach. Here's the idea: Step 1: Come up with 10 banners. Make each one quite a bit different. Maybe add crazy colors to one, text only in another, just pictures in another, maybe animated. It doesn't really matter as long as they're drastically different. Step 2: Post your banners somewhere. It doesn't matter what type of banner program as long as all the banners are circulated through the same route. Step 3: After about a month look at the statistics of each banner. You'll see very clearly which ones were a success and which ones weren't. Step 4: Take the most popular banner from your original test and change one aspect, such as the background color, so that you have 10 of that same banner with that one feature changed and repeat the test in step 2. This approach takes the guesswork out of your design. Why rack your brain trying to figure out what people will be interested in. Let them tell you what they like by testing...testing...testing. Good luck, and happy banner making!!! This article was written by: Derek Olson SharewarePromote.com http://www.sharewarepromote.com?art060401 If you have any questions or comments related to this article you can contact the author: Derek Olson dolson@sharewarepromote.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE? 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