Instant Attention Down the Drain
Once upon a time there was a great…no, GREAT service called “Instant Attention.” For a fee each month, you got to feature floating “attention grabbers” on your websites or blogs. Their service wasn’t the only one available, but it certainly did have the most professional-looking graphics. To be honest, in my opinion, the others look very, very amateurish compared to theirs.
Unfortunately, the story hit a snag in the road when the original guys sold out. The new crew has ruined a once good thing. Originally, you wrote the message you wanted on the image (Such as “Sign up for our newsletter…” or “Check out our new blog….”) - and since you were paying for the service, for the love of God, only your message and link appeared.
Not any more. Imagine my surprise when I saw that all of our floating layers now feature their link at the bottom….and if the visitor’s mouse is off a hair, they’re taken to their website instead of where you intended for them to go. That’s the sort of crummy trick you pull on people who are using your service for free - NOT FOR PAID CUSTOMERS!
I’m in the process of taking down the graphics/links and what amounts to promoting a service I no longer value or believe in. I’ll leave the one up on Hightide-Web.com for a day to show you what I’m talking about. This story turned into a nightmare fast.
If anyone has enough knowledge and graphic artistry at their disposal, this would be an incredible business opportunity. More than those attributes, though, you need to know how to treat people.
It seems to be kind of a rare trait these days.
