The effectiveness of the solo ads if well designed is said to be able to hold the recipient’s attention better than being bombarded with a variety of combined ads all at once. However the down side is that not all recipients are interested or keen on receiving such ads and can even find it quite annoying as it is almost always unsolicited. As the solo ads depend solely on the content and design, careful consideration should be given as to the best tag lines and art works that are going to eventually be part of the solo ad launched. Several content styles should be drawn up before a suitable one is picked to depict a particular product or theme. This is what eventually contributes to the opportunities and financial success of the product or service being advertised on the solo ad platform.

The solo ads are predominantly used as a tool to create leads and encourage viewers to visit an intended website in order to gain more insight to the object of the solo ad. Thus the selling aspect of the whole exercise should be done at the website level, whereby the ad is only used as an instrument to draw the traffic.