Credits are the currency of the advertising network, but they can't be bought. Why
do we use credits? Because it evens the playing field for all advertisers on the
network, regardless of their bank balance. A small business or individual could
have a more sucessful advertising campaign than a large business with a large budget
at it's disposal.
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Credits are earned by displaying an advertising panel on your website, like the
one shown here. For every advert displayed you earn one credit. So for example the
advertising panel on this page contains two adverts and thus two credits are earned
every time someone visits this page.
Advertising panels are available in a variety of shapes and sizes. You don't have
to display an advertising panel on every page of your website, but the more popular
the page the more credits you will earn. For example, some websites will display
an advertising panel on just their contact page and not there home page. However
a website displaying an advertising panel on their home page as well as their contact
page will earn more credits to spend on advertising.
You can boost your credits by using a credit voucher (credit vouchers cannot be
bought). Credit vouchers are available from a variety of sources including; our
facebook fan page, referral e-mails sent by existing members of the network and
carefully selected partners.
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Once you're earning credits it's time to start spending them. You can spend the
credits you're earning in a variety of ways including;
- Text adverts
- Small image adverts
- Full image adverts
- An entry into our web directory
All of these appear in advert panels, placed on other websites, who are also members
of the Free-Online-Advertising network. All references below to cost are in the
context of credits.
Text adverts are very straight forward and include a heading, advert text and a
link to your web address. They're a great entry into the world of online advertising
and can be really effective.
Small image adverts take up the same amount of space as text adverts and cost more
than text adverts but can be very eye catching. The images link to your chosen web
address when clicked.
Full image adverts take up an entire advertising panel, can be very eye catching
but do cost considerably more than text adverts.
A coverted entry into our online web directory costs considerably more than text
adverts and is a one-off credit payment for a submission. This is aimed at long
term advertisiers on the network whos websites have been online for a while. As
with all of the other services on Free Online Advertising, an entry cannot be bought.
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