When you are making your own FPAs you need to keep the following points in mind.
It is also an effective method to include a few small images on an fpa. Visit your sponsor's site and select
images from either the 'button' section or 'odd sized' banners. If you want to resize the banners, make sure that
you read your sponsor's Terms of Service as some will not allow you to alter the graphics at all. Make sure that you
follow the sponsor's Terms of Service! If the sponsor does not have an appropriate graphic, then you might email them
and ask for one to be created, or you can take a look at the images licensed to you and select one or several from there.
Below are a couple of samples of FPAs that are ALL text. You can Click thru to the Actual fpa by clicking
on the graphic!
Below are some samples of fpas that include some images. Note however, that the fpas still highlight the
sponsor's main selling points through the use of text. Also note, that on ALL of these fpas I have linked the text
through to the sponsor- I have done this because these fpas are 'linking fpas' found between one site and another. If
I was placing these fpas on a site I would link ONLY the graphic and the 'Click Here for a Free Tour' text otherwise it
would be likely that my site would not be accepted by the Link Site Owners as they could be considered 'blind' links.
As you can see from the samples above, creating your own fpas can lead you to having fpas that will save you outgoing costs through lower bandwidth costs and also your fpas will be original and unique. Furthermore, as they load very quickly you have a very much increased opportunity to expose and pre-sell your surfer to the sponsor advertised.