26th August 2005 witnessed the dawn of a new era in internet marketing. Alex Tew came up with an idea which would rewrite the nuances of internet advertising and increase traffic like never before….and thus was born ” Pixel Advertising”. Alex Tew put up a website with one million pixels of advertising space for $1 a pixel and use that money to pay for his education. His goal – a million dollars. This so called “silly idea” turned out to be a “brilliant idea” and as I write this article…the search for brilliant idea in google displays the website of Alex Tew within the first three results. Pixel Advertisements have arrived with a bang and has given a new meaning to “Micro Advertisements” in particular and internet marketing in general.
Alex Tew launched his inspiration in August 2005 after dreaming it up at his home in U.K. His objective was to make a million dollars through the million pixels. His site has a grid of 10,000 boxes made up of 100 pixels giving an area of approximately 4mm x 4mm each. The idea is that people can buy a 1 or more block/s of pixels, place an image on it and link the image to...