Re: UKNM: Banner creative and Yell awards

[Ray Taylor]

In my view if you are going to give awards for banner design then you

should do so based on results.


There is very little scope within the size of a banner for much ad

award-winning stuff, though there are certainly candidates for most

aesthetically-pleasing banner ad.


Results are achieved by providing a clear message, and an even clearer

call to action (usually, though not always, by using the words "click

here").


Banners can, of course, help drive brand awareness and should be

designed to reflect brand values. 


If any award-givers need any help defining criteria for banner ad of the

year, I would be glad to help.


As to budgets, I can't see the point spending a huge wedge on creating

or recreating a Web site if you are not going to spend an equal or

greater amount on promotion it, either by banner advertising or by

online promotion.


Ray Taylor

NMC/Adplan


kevin moss wrote:

> 

> >And for anyone who's interested, the award for best banner ads was not

> >given - something to do with the judges not finding any that were up to

> >scratch.

> 

> Until there is a shift of focus, and the banner campaign is given as much

> attention (creatively and therefore financially) as the website this will

> continue to be the case.

> 

> It seems far too often a banner is tagged on with little budget/time

> allowed to really come up with a strong creative idea.

> 

> This is changing and hopefully we'll see a little more creative flair being

> expressed in the future, and a little more energy in banner creation.

> 

> There are very few banner campaigns that stick out in my mind from the last

> year! Anyone else?

> 

> Kevin Moss

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