~What's Going On At GreenguyandJim on December 10, 2004~

1st Random Logged In Member Contest Will Be Monday!
Our 1st Random Logged In Member Contest will take place this Monday Dec 13th at 6 PM EST

To see what time that is in your time zone, check out this page: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

We will be sending out a reminder via the board's email system on Monday about 1 hour before the contest begins.

We have also adjusted the rules for the contest & added the following: If the 1st person does not claim their prize within 15 minutes, we will choose another member & continue to do so until someone claims the prize. The amount of the prize will not change, so whatever the number was when we picked the 1st person, that will be the amount that we give away.
So there will be a winner!

For a complete list of the rules, please look at the Random Logged In Member Contest page

On The Bench With MrMaryLou
Come on folks come and shoot the breeze with MrMaryLou at Greenguy and Jims On The Bench MrMaryLou every Saturday at 3PM EST. Find out what's going on in the wonderful world of webmastering.

To connect using your favorite IRC client, simply use the following information:
irc.greenguysboard.com
#greenguyandjim
port: 6667
Or, just use our Java Chat Here

DrBizzaro Wins Super Bowl Pool!
Make sure you check out the results and news for our latest Football Sports Pool.

Well, it only took 13 Weeks, but DrBizzaro has officially won our Super Bowl Pool

This week he picked, of all teams, Detroit! They beat Arizona & adamneve picked Baltimore, who lost to Cincinnati.

So congrats to DrBizzaro for being the Last Webmaster Standing & I'll see you in warm & sunny Buffalo NY this February!

The NEW Newsletter Contest
after having the Newsletter Contest closed down for retooling for the past several months, it is now ready. And there are some changes that I think will make the board users very happy.

The way it used to be...
I would randomly pick an email address from the newsletter list and send out a secret phrase. If that webmaster posted the secret phrase within 24 hours of the time the newsletter went out, they would win $100. If not, the money would roll over to the next week.

The new contest...

Email addresses are given internal tickets. A newsletter subscriber that is not registered on the board is given 1 ticket. A newsletter subscriber that is registered for the board is given 2 tickets. A newsletter subscriber that is registered to the board with 1-100 posts is given 3 tickets. And so on...
Here is a complete breakdown assuming that you are both registered to the board and subscribed to the newsletter.
1-100 3 tickets
101-200 5 tickets
201-500 8 tickets
500-1000 10 tickets
1000+ 15 tickets
Once/week, our software will randomly pick one ticket. The secret phrase will be in the ticket owners newsletter in bold RED text. That webmaster will still have 24 hours to claim their $100. If the webmaster does not claim their prize, it will be rolled over until the next week. If the prize is not claimed after the 5th week ($500), the contest starts over at $100 again.

So, if you are not signed up to the board and don't post, get there now. Click here to Sign Up.

I think that's it. Good luck and let me be the first to say, it's about time

Extreme Paychecks QUICKIE
Extreme Paychecks is proud to announce Officially that we have completed meetings with Aria Giovanni in regards to the Internext Convention @ Mandalay Bay in January.

Aria will be featured at the Extreme Paychecks Booth #255 through the entire show. Aria will be signing as well as taking photographs during the following hours of the show:

Tuesday: 11:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday: 11:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday: 11:00am - 2:30pm

So get strattled up and see one of the Hottest Adult Models on the planet at the Extreme Paychecks Booth #255

~GreenguyandJim's Hot Topics~

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Simple Tips on Creating Banners

Below is a short and simple list of techniques which you should keep in mind when creating banner advertisements. Many studies have been compiled which prove the usefulness of these techniques and others like them.

Add words promoting the visitor to take action. Perhaps the most common example is "Click Here". Words such as "Free" will also grab the visitors attention.

Create a sense of urgency, prompting the user to click now. "Hurry! only while it lasts" is an example.

Use animation to draw attention to your banners.

Keep your banners simple, don't try to give the viewer too much information. It is the banners job to get the visitor to click on it. It is the web sites job to provide them with information.

Create a color scheme and style for your banner. Make sure you keep it constant throughout the banner, especially when using animation. However, you must be careful. Make sure your key words such as "Free" and "Click Here" stand out.

Create banners which look interactive. Add buttons, and other objects visitors are familiar with clicking on. I am sure you have all seen banner adds which simulate the windows environment.

Target your audience. Make sure the content and layout of the banner will be appealing to your target audience.

Have a Great Day!
Greenguy and Jim