http://banddomain.com/blog Musician Resources and Band Promotion Ideas Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:06:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you want to start learning how to promote your music online, there is an excellent DVD available for free at the link in this post.  You have to pay the shipping, but it is well worth it for this top notch information. It covers setting up your band's website, how ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/music-promotion-how-to/ I recently came across another site like this which also tackles the topic of band promotion and does a good job at it too!  Check out http://musicpromote.wordpress.com You'll find tons more information on things like using Youtube to promote your band, more about search engine optimization as well as much more.  ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/another-excellent-band-promotion-resource/ Have you set up your Facebook Flyers yet?I mentioned in the last post that I would be continuing on with this topic. Well, there are a few other things in Facebook that you can use to promote your band. Groups -- Every band that has members in Facebook should defintely have ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/facebook-band-marketing-part-2/ Recently I came across a blog post that talks about using Facebook as a marketing tool for your band.  I agree with some of what the blog post says, but there are also some things that they mention that didn't work.  The thing is, I believe that with a bit ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/facebook-band-promotion/ I was just surfing around the internet and found this excellent list of music promotion tips. It's huge! Check it out at http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2007/10/100-free-affo-1.html Check out the rest of the blog too if you are interested in the music business. http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/hypebots-music-promotion-tips/ When you are using you band's website to promote your music you should always be thinking of ways to get your visitors to keep coming back.  Here's the problem with this though -- how do you know what attracts each visitor to come back to your site?  The problem is, ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/getting-your-website-visitors-to-keep-coming-back/ Earlier this month, Radiohead offered their new album online. Not only did they offer it for sale online, but they allowed their customers to pay whatever they wanted for it! Now, I'm not saying that you need to do this for your next indie release but it is a ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/learn-from-other-bands-and-right-now-its-radiohead/ Sorry for the delay in posting. I'm going to try to get at least one post a week done but sometimes life interfers. Okay, so you have your site up and running, been posting music to your fans and you are selling advertising off your site. Awesome...you are ready for the ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/you-fans-deserve-a-members-only-section/ For a lot of bands there are only a few sources of income from their music: - CD sales. - Merchandise such as t-shirts, posters, etc. - Playing live shows. However, with a little creativity and effort you can bring a lot more cash in just by making some changes to your website! The ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/other-methods-bands-can-make-money/ Note: this is a very high level guide -- this write up is basically meant to just get you started and give you an idea on what can be done. I could get into a lot more detail on the subjects of search engine marketing and search engine optimization but ... http://banddomain.com/blog/band-promotion/using-google-to-promote-your-band/