Promoting Your Playing And Your Music And You!, Tips and Tricks on Getting the word out about you! |
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Promoting Your Playing And Your Music And You!, Tips and Tricks on Getting the word out about you! |
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Feb 14 2013, 11:12 AM |
The good news is that with todays tools there is almost no skill required to make a presentable web site. WORDPRESS is always an option, but I'd suggest you take a look at
http://www.get-ctrl.com/ which is a place designed just for musicians. For FREE it will walk you through all the steps to creating your band web site online. It integrates your social media and has a built in email capture page. You can do a lot with word press, but the default free templates are not that sexy and tweaking it for a band site can take a decent knowledge of PHP and CSS and other things most musicians would rather just not mess with in general. I"m going to build a test site on get-ctrl for my DIVINUS MORTUS project to test it out. I"ll share the link when it goes up! Todd Everyone needs a website indeed! Now, the level of complexity and options is SO big that you might easily get lost in there. I will tackle the scenario in which you want to invest some time and learn how to use the Wordpress platform as out of what I understood, they are being very flexible and offer a lot of interesting options.
Anybody here skilled in this area maybe? |
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Feb 27 2013, 10:38 PM |
Anyone remember myspace? It's fallen out of favor as a social media destination in the states. However, don't ignore it in your social media strategy. You can set up hootsuite.com to post to all of your social media at one time which is a great time saver. There are some parts of the world where myspace is still used so believe it or not it's a good idea to maintain your profile. Myspace recently relaunched with minimal fanfare so get ready to have to change your profile for the new platform. Myspace does allow customization. Here is my current profile. Share yours
http://www.myspace.com/techniqueswithtodd |
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Mar 1 2013, 12:05 PM |
The good news is that with todays tools there is almost no skill required to make a presentable web site. WORDPRESS is always an option, but I'd suggest you take a look at http://www.get-ctrl.com/ which is a place designed just for musicians. For FREE it will walk you through all the steps to creating your band web site online. It integrates your social media and has a built in email capture page. You can do a lot with word press, but the default free templates are not that sexy and tweaking it for a band site can take a decent knowledge of PHP and CSS and other things most musicians would rather just not mess with in general. I"m going to build a test site on get-ctrl for my DIVINUS MORTUS project to test it out. I"ll share the link when it goes up! Todd Get-ctrl looks rather intriguing, -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Mar 5 2013, 01:03 AM |
It's a great option and it's FREE!! It's still new so it's got some bugs, but nothing too major.
Get-ctrl looks rather intriguing, |
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Mar 6 2013, 04:32 PM |
A really spiff article on REVERB NATION about getting your Music on iTunes. REVERB NATION is a great free resource for promoting your band/music. I know it seems like all these sites are a pain to keep up with, but it's all part of getting the word out about your music. If you don't have a reverb nation profile, go set one up. I'm working on mine now.
Here is the link. http://www.reverbnation.com/band-promotion..._digital_distro |
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May 24 2013, 07:03 AM |
The graphic design for my site is almost ready, will share as soon as it's done - I'm curious to see what you guys think
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Jun 1 2013, 10:01 AM |
Hey man! Thank you, got the PM this morning Will reply in a gippy!
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Jun 3 2013, 02:09 PM |
FREEMIUM???? E.G. MOVING FANS FROM FREEBIES TO PAYING CUSTOMERS Getting fans/followers/likes is often seen as a goal in and off itself. While it's certainly important, it's only a means to an end. At some point, (hopefully once you have achieved a degree of critical mass, e.g. semi large following) you will need to convert your likes/followers/friends/etc. to paying customers in order to help fund your music projects. This is a daunting task but not impossible. Most of the literature/data suggests that making a small leap is the best approach E.G. Give your music away until you reach a decent following, then start charging 99 cents for special songs, and offer exclusive bundles that can't be purchased elsewhere via your web site. Give fans a reason to come back. Here is a great info graphic that illustrates how few people on any give subscription/sign up /social media/streaming service actually pay and how many are freebies. http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/201...reemium-add-up/ |
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Jun 17 2013, 11:45 PM |
NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL BANNER!!!! YOUTUBE has changed the way each channel looks and they have a new banner size. Here is a jpg template to base your new banner around It shows what will be cut off for each platform (mobile/tablet/etc.) P.S. Here is a link to the YOUTUBE CREATOR ACADEMY a full video course to help you maximize your viewership! https://creatoracademy.withgoogle.com/unit?...=1&lesson=1 This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jun 17 2013, 11:53 PM |
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Sep 9 2013, 01:48 PM |
PROMOTING YOUR MUSIC. !! GO GET A REVERBNATION.COM ACCOUNT!!!! Here is mine, Check it out for reference. http://www.reverbnation.com/techniqueswithtodd Also, when you make your FREE PROFILE, connect with me via ReverbNation and I will connect back with you!! Follow this same procedure with any band you like on reverb nation and invite your friends in bands to join and connect to you as well. It's a great way to create a network of connections and contacts online and in the real world. Also, you can sell your music with the FREE online reverbnation store and even sell Tshirts WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY THEM FIRST!! you can upload your design or make one using the web site. You don't have to buy the Tshirts. They just make them as the order comes in so your cost is NOTHING!!! HERE IS THE LINK TO SIGN UP. https://www.reverbnation.com/signup |
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