![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbsTD62iEYcbhAEtTGxPqZtnShED3NHs46b5rrWkMhb5A/image.png) Hello everyone! Thanks for being part of [Impulse Steemit](https://steemit.com/trending/hive-176458) and welcome once again. In this opportunity I would like to let you know why ADS are important to promote Steemit. But first of all, what is an *advertising*? # Advertising (AD) It is a way to promote a product, brand or sevice to attract viewers, interests or sales. Knowing this, it is not a surprise that this ADS will be the perfect way for making Steemit more attractive to reach an even wider audience. ADS are an effective method to get people's attention because it boosts the service that is wanted to be more recognized. >Marketing tactic involving paying for space to promote a product, service, or cause. The actual promotional messages are called advertisements, or ads for short. The goal of advertising is to reach people most likely to be willing to pay for a company’s products or services and entice them to buy. [Source](https://www.shopify.com/encyclopedia/advertising) ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTnsgELU1WtLyomRicmg3Vap7Ffi5C8kRueMBDEBkRNmu/image.png) There are several types of advertising format: * Banner ads. * Video ads. * Native ads. * Interstitial ads. * Playable ads. ### Banner ads. This format aims to reach a public by showing an image, making it an attractive ad with high quality graphics. The function is to get people more involved with it. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPciLSdF3dCgGHSvRxACimg45vNLWy4TvSMrxVvxR5EcB/image.png) [Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapage.com%2Fblog%2Fbanner-ads&psig=AOvVaw3OIcqgWXLiX60anSHxb9sY&ust=1619382661576000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIj80J_cl_ACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD) ### Video ads. This advertising format is really popular, it is about displaying a video so that people feel atractted to what is being promoted. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUB4NGjGFKXPknq9jS7vNVqmogf2uhLnKaRYQmP9KEQZS/image.png) [Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsolareximaging.com%2F2019%2F05%2F03%2Fadvertising-is-dead%2F&psig=AOvVaw0S_sCkBaiCshpY1wfNg5t6&ust=1619382872759000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCOjO6ofdl_ACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAS) ### Native ads. Native ads are those that are "linked" on the platform where they appear, respecting the user experience. An example of this format for a better understanding is Youtube. When you look for content this ads will appear as another video to match the platform enviroment. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcDB1454aevqnLveG2ZuWp6rmU2dfkEgqDJtz9URZ68Ye/image.png) [Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clickz.com%2Feight-best-practices-for-your-native-advertising-strategy%2F91214%2Fnative-ad-example-youtube%2F&psig=AOvVaw23gX2h2dGJMIqOIjt7vSBQ&ust=1619382106637000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCJDJm5fal_ACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ) ### Interstitial ads. Also known as *expandable ads*. This format allows the advertising to be in full-screen to prevent users from not seeing them (they start as a banner ad before expanding). ### Playable ads. This format allows the user to interact with the ad, usually with a gameplay. The objective of this advertising is to offer the users a look at the product (trying before buying) to encourage them to install or buy. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUrreaC9TczJetV2RyBjdfS1WAgXRRk2HBHKcR8UWxu7q/image.png) [Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bidalgo.com%2Fblog%2Ffacebook-playable-ads-best-practices%2F&psig=AOvVaw3NzKv5nwnvUiYb_k98x9_J&ust=1619384113729000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIDY69rhl_ACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD) ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTnsgELU1WtLyomRicmg3Vap7Ffi5C8kRueMBDEBkRNmu/image.png) # Promoting Steemit with ADS. With the wide variety of advertising formats that exist, a whole world of possibilities can be opened for Steemit. By reaching larger audiences, Steemit will get more users, communities, popularity to the platform and a ton of activity. Ads will help to reach this goal, because a significant amount of people will be engaged by this advertisings, this means better quality in the platform (Steemit). Also, advertising have a lot of benefits that would help boost it even further, such as: remarketing opportunities, familiarize the audience with the platform, increase it awareness, attract potencial public and more. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTnsgELU1WtLyomRicmg3Vap7Ffi5C8kRueMBDEBkRNmu/image.png) ## How can you help us? If you like this idea of promoting Steemit through ADS, please upvote this post and join the community, because the money we'll get from your upvotes is the money we are going to use to make this happen. **Remember, you are welcome to post in the community, that will make us very happy. Please read the rules. Thank you a lot!!** Here is the link to the community: [Impulse Steemit](https://steemit.com/trending/hive-176458)