Maximizing Your Credits — Get the most out of your marketing efforts.

LinkBuddies knows what you want. We know that the more credits/impressions you have, the more exposure you will get, and the more traffic to your Web site. With maximizing your credits in mind, below are LinkBuddies features that let you do that.

Sliding Exchanges Rates
Banner Protection Tool
Category Targeting
Auto Targeting
Wizard-based banner creator

Sliding Exchange Rates

With LinkBuddies Banner Exchange, the exchange rate can be as high as a 1 to 1 ratio. Your exchange is determined by the click through ratio you generate on ads shown on your site. So the better click through ratio you have for your fellow members the better your exchange rate is. This method encourages your fellow members to place your banner in a prominent spot, increasing the effectiveness of each of your credits. The exchange rate is determined this way:

Click Through Ratio* Exchange Rate
Top 1% of all LinkBuddies Members 1:1
Top 10% of all LinkBuddies Members 4:3
Top 25% of all LinkBuddies Members 3:2
Top 75% of all LinkBuddies Members 2:1
Top 90% of all LinkBuddies Members 5:2
Bottom 10% of all LinkBuddies Members 10:1

All LinkBuddies member needs to achieve 100 impressions within two weeks to be eligible for sliding exchange rates.

* The click-through ratio here, or "CTR", is the click-through rate you achieve for your fellow members with the banners on your site. If you show 50 ads on your site, and someone visiting your site clicks on the ad one time, then your CTR is 50:1.

How does it maximize my banner credits?
Sliding exchange rates reward you for your Web marketing efforts. The higher exchange rate you achieve, the higher the credits you will get, and the more exposure for your Web site.

Banner Protection Tool
LinkBuddies protects your banners from being display on inactive Web sites. By automatically disabling your banners when your Web site is down, we save your banner credits from being wasted. Better yet, LinkBuddies lets you be on top of your Web site 24/7 by notifying you via email every time your Web site is down.

How does it maximize my banner credits?
By not wasting your banner credits by displaying on inactive Web sites. You thereby save your credits and get the most value out of them.

Category Targeting
"Talk" Only To Your Targeted Market
Who do you want to click on your banner ads? Your target market! Select from our exhaustive list of categories to best match your target market.

Auto Targeting
Help! I don't know in which categories to target my banner. LinkBuddies anticipated your needs. The more you target your market with your banner ads, the more effective your banner ads. Let LinkBuddies smart "Auto Targeting" software take the guess work out of the process. If you set your account to "Auto Target" our servers will do the job for you. They constantly sample our 150 categories and determine which categories are best for your ads.

Just another way LinkBuddies is maximizing your marketing effort and LinkBuddies credits.

How does it maximize my banner credits?
The better your target -> the higher your click-through ratio -> the higher your exchange rate -> more banner credits!

Wizard-based Banner Creator
With LinkBuddies, you don't even need to have a banner to start your banner advertising. LinkBuddies provides you an easy-to-use three step wizard to create up to ten banners. You can customize the content catering to your Web site concept and theme. Banner design from our banner creator is optimized for a call to action. It has proven to be effective!

How does it maximize my banner credits?
Banners created from LinkBuddies Banner Creator are proven to receive a very high CTR. Another LinkBuddies effort to help you maximize your credits!