Online brand-building for bands & musicians
June 13, 2008
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| Brand-Forge.com combines easy-to-use tools, based on the award-winning WordPress publishing suite, a complete hosting service and design services to help you take your online music promotion to the next level. Our service is based on trusted technology providing you with a cost-effective solution for online branding, reclaiming your online identity from sites like MySpace & YouTube and creating a personalised focus, integrated with your online profiles. |
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| Hosting services from £3 per month Design/creation packages from £250 one-off |
Update services from £6 per hour Support is always free |
| We pride ourselves on our professionalism and results but don’t take our word for it, listen to your customers: “My website & MySpace profile were designed and built by Brand-Forge.com and I cannot say enough positive things about them. I was especially impressed by their attention to detail and concern for what their clients are looking for. They maintained a constant line of communication, providing me with not only what I had initially asked them to do, but above and beyond what I was expecting from them. I wouldn’t think twice before recommending them to colleagues and friends.” |
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| Natasha Panas, singer, songwriter, soul artist. | www.natashapanasmusic.com www.myspace.com/natashapanas |
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Know your DNA to improve your personal brand online
May 1, 2008
Website Traffic Series Part 3: Leave Comments on Other Blogs
April 10, 2008
The concept: Blogs are conversations. Most of them, in fact, allow any user to post a comment at the end of every article. Usually you just need to write down your name and email (kept private) and publish your comment.
Most blogging platforms also allow you to insert your website URL, which will then be used to hyperlink your name to your website.
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How I Use Twitter to Promote My Blog
March 24, 2008
Ask a Question
Instead of telling your Twitter audience that you’ve published a new post, ask them their opinion on the core topic you’ve covered. “Do you think banner ads are dead?” followed by a link to your site is much more appealing than posting to Twitter, “Banner Ads Are Not Dead.” Asking a question engages your Twitter followers and solicits their experience. Read moreBlog Promotion - Reader Submitted Tips
March 21, 2008
- Spent too much time trying to get attention from “big name” bloggers (link exchanges, etc.). Should have partnered with small-medium size blogs in my niche, or related niche earlier on.
- Invested too much time commenting, making attempts to network, etc. Should have been writing more, and focusing on good content.
- I completely ignored the power of social networking sites for the first 60 days, and it cost me in slow readership growth the first couple months.
- Spent too much time fooling around with advertising links, banners and Adsense before I had the traffic to justify it. I put the cart before the horse.”
How to Promote Yourself (and Your Blog) at a Conference
March 20, 2008
- Unique Business Cards
- Elevator Pitches that Solve Problems
- Utilize Your Badge
- Interview People that You Meet
- Do something Out of the Box Watch this video also on Youtube.
SEO Tip: Almost 7 Ways To Re-Optimize Your Posts
March 18, 2008
The following SEO Optimization post was submitted by Linda Bustos fromElastic Path.
Smart bloggers often use keyword research tools to brainstorm “long tail” opportunities and keyword niches. These keywords are then worked into blog post titles, image attributes, headings and body copy as part of an SEO strategy, knowing that this “low hanging fruit” can drive some very valuable traffic.
While this is a great strategy, it’s not without its downsides. Keyword research tools are often expensive, the data can be unreliable or too general to reflect your readership. If you use Google Analytics, you’re sitting on a very valuable keyword research tool that’s free, accurate and can tell you so much about your readers.
I’d like to share a “hack” with you - how you can use Google Analytics to identify your most valuable keyword referrals, and how you can re-optimize your posts to raise your rank and drive more traffic for these keywords. Read more
If YOU Were Starting Out in Blogging from Scratch - How Would You Promote Your Blog?
March 17, 2008
Over the past week I’ve shared five strategies that I’d use to promote my blog if I were starting from scratch again today.
We started off by looking at how the majority of your efforts need to be focused upon Readers You Don’t Already Have (obvious but important) and then looked at the five strategies of:
Together I believe that these five strategies pursued together would give a new blog a good start (note: pursuing just one of them might have some impact but together they are more effective).
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