Many people think that banner ads are no longer effective because it takes about 1000 impressions to get a few visitors from them. Actually, if you already have a website with a lot of traffic, you can get quite a bit from them. Not only visitors, but cash. When people see the name of your website displaying on banners across the internet, it also builds trust. They start to remember the name. As far as I'm concerned, any visitor is a good visitor. I'll take as many as I can get. I don't care if it's only a handful. People that click on your banner ad are genuinely interested in what you have to offer. They are targeted visitors. Some of the better banner exchanges are listed below.
Free Traffic Bar does not require you to put any banners on your site. It works with Internet Explorer or Firefox. You download a toolbar and open it while you go about your normal browsing habits on the internet. You can earn credits while you are checking your mail or your website statistics. You are never forced to visit any websites. Text ads from all of the members display in the toolbar while you are surfing. You earn credits for every page that you view. You get 1,000 ad credits for joining and earn more from your referrals. There are also other items sold on the website which can generate commissions.
Banners Go MLM is a good banner network. They give a 1:1 ratio in banner impressions. That means that each time you show one of their banners on your website, you get your banner shown somewhere else in the network. They can do this because they use a smaller banner than other companies and they can display two banners at one time. They provide a banner maker to make a 250x72 banner. It says that you can put it on as many pages as you want, but it seems to be only 99 pages that you can put it on. You can only have one banner per page. You can have banners from up to two other banner companies on the same page with it. It does not have to be on your home page. You can use the same account for all of your websites. You get a 10% credit for the usage of your referrals, up to five levels. You also get 1,000 credits for joining and right now they are offering $15 to anyone that signs up. Soon they will be offering a Diamond Program where you can make cash from your downline. To join, click on the gray bar at the bottom of my banner below.
Link Buddies They have recently made some changes to their program. They have implemented a "sliding exchange rate" on their banners. You have to be able to get 100 impressions on your websites within two weeks to even qualify for an exchange rate. It can range from 1:1 to 10:1. I'll be watching this one closely. They give you 500 free impressions when you join up. You will get 20% of the credits earned from anyone that you refer. You can also sell your unused banner impressions back to them for cash. You can click on the white bar at the bottom of my banner below to join.
Free-Banners This network has 150,000 members. It has a 2:1 ratio. You get $2.00 in Ad Dollars for every person that you refer. It has a 3-level referral program. You get 20% of the credits earned by your referrals on the first level and 10% of the credits earned by your next two levels. You can click on the button to the right to join.