Repeaters
Newbie Project Of the Week
Voltar
Repeaters, what are they and how can you use them? How will they make you money? And why are you bringing them up now?
All good questions and here are the answers and the project :)
Repeaters are small graphics, usually under 5k (10k max) that you can use to help you make sales. They are the SAME graphic repeated over and over again to create a pattern, or to bring the attention to the ad and your sponsor. This of course makes you more money the more attention your ads get.
Sometimes a simple dot does it. Sometimes a sponsors button or small logo. And other times it's a themed item to set an illusion, which is the case of what we will be doing in this project.
Pick a Holiday from these:
Now think of items that are distinctly connected to that holiday. Go open up your favorite graphic program and create one of those items in a small graphic.
Yes, I know not everyone is great at graphics, but for this project, you don't have to be! Even a stick figure of what you are trying to do will work fine. Might even get some laughs, but even them it will get the surfers attention. Which is the point, and "not" to win design awards.
In fact, for this project, let's keep it simple. 120 x 80 max size on the graphic, 5k or less as a target for weight. And lets stick to 4 colors max. Most times for these 2-3 colors are all you will need.
Once you get it made you will create a text ad and surround it with this graphic. To make sure we are clear on this, you most likely will need to table your ad with the sponsor ad, reflecting the holiday you picked in its sales text, then using table cells that surround the main ad cell to lock in the repeater in place.
