Month: August, 2011

New e-commerce partner CS-Cart


 
We’re very pleased to announce our latest partner, ecommerce platform CS-Cart.

CS-Cart sells standalone software for any size of online store. It’s not a subscription-based service, meaning you pay for the software once and it’s yours forever. They even have a free edition!
 

 
Seriously, there are a lot of features to check out—too many to list in one blog post. So if you’re thinking of setting up an online store (or even an online marketplace with multiple independent stores), we recommend checking out CS-Cart.

And if you’re a CS-Cart shop owner and you want to make some Flash banners for online advertising, check out CS-Cart’s partners page to get a special discount code. ;-)
 

Featured client: Mademoiselle M


 
Mademoiselle M is an online store that sells hand-fabricated jewelry, made from gold, silver, pearls, and other precious materials.

They recently made a set of banner ads using Canned Banners, and we wanted to feature them because:

  • They’ve got great-looking product photos. Professional product photography is key if you’re selling online. If you own an online store and you already have professional product photos, it’s easy to use those photos when designing banner ads with Canned Banners.
  • The overall color scheme is consistent. The jewelry photos were taken against a white background, and the color scheme for the banners matches this, resulting in a clean, elegant look.
  • The font choice of Tallys matches the banners’ overall elegant, sophisticated style.
  • The banners follow the important Final Frame Rule, meaning that you can tell what the ad is trying to say by looking only at the very last frame.

 
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Side note: Mademoiselle M is powered by the ecommerce platform Zen Cart and uses our partner ad network AdRoll for retargeting. We’ve seen this sort of trifecta before. Maybe now we’ll have to replicate our Shopify App for the Zen Cart platform, who knows?
 

Why Canned Banners is a must-have for local online ad sales teams


 
Every local online ad sales team needs to have a fast, easy way to create ads for clients. It’s a really simple way to shorten their sales cycle and generate interest from prospects. Get the full story in 5 minutes (it’s narrated, so turn on your audio).

Here’s the banner preview link referenced in the deck: www.cannedbanners.com/saved/view/2369.