Music Promotion & Marketing

It’s Not All Twitter & Facebook

Ashley — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:06:12 +0000

Over the last couple of years there has been a lot of talk about Facebook and Twitter being the next big thing for people wanting to marketing something. They are extremely powerful tools that more professionals are turning to in order to target their audiences and push their products or services. Although I don’t disagree [...]

It’s Not All Twitter & Facebook is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Does Google Like Your Website?

Ashley — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:22:36 +0000

If you want to get people onto your website from search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing you need to ensure your website complies with their guidelines. There are a lot of techniques that you can implement on your website that don’t do it any good – either the search engines can’t see what [...]

Does Google Like Your Website? is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Page Speed – A Slow Website Makes Work for Idle Visitors

Ashley — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:02:12 +0000

Getting the search engines to take more notice of your website is getting more and more difficult with more competition appearing day on day – not to mention the amount of spam and dodgy techniques people use to get the major search engines to take notice of their site. Because of this, Google are looking [...]

Page Speed – A Slow Website Makes Work for Idle Visitors is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Automatically Updating Copyright Date in Website Footer

Ashley — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:38 +0000

In a previous post I wrote about a quick tip that you can do for updating your website in the new year by adding the current year in your footer copyright notice. Well, here’s a quick trick that will even save you that job, which is great if you have several websites to update or [...]

Automatically Updating Copyright Date in Website Footer is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Getting Free Traffic from Yahoo! UK With the Right Domain

Ashley — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:04:17 +0000

It isn’t Google but it’s definitely something that’s not worth passing up if you are looking to get yourself noticed online One of my many personas is a head SEO technician for some rather large accounts at a UK Search Engine Optimisation company and over the years have learned what works and how to get [...]

Getting Free Traffic from Yahoo! UK With the Right Domain is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

A Small 5-Minute Change for the New Year

Ashley — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:17:53 +0000

You may have started 2010 thinking about how good this year is going to be for you and your musical career. I did. I do it every year. Each year I say to myself “This is going to be the best year, musically, so far”. And I have the best intentions. But it doesn’t always [...]

A Small 5-Minute Change for the New Year is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Why Picking the Right Domain Name is Important

Ashley — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:31:45 +0000

If you are running a website for your music you’ll have a domain name, otherwise known as a website address. Without the domain name people wouldn’t be able to find your website on the internet. But these days with so much competition it’s just not enough to buy a domain name without thinking about the [...]

Why Picking the Right Domain Name is Important is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Promoting Your DJ Services – Little Things Make a Big Difference

Ashley — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:59:05 +0000

It’s been a little while since my last post. I went to a friend’s wedding reception last night. It wasn’t exactly a standard do but one that does the little things that make the day more special – but aren’t strictly necessary. Thousands of tiny ‘just married’ silver foil cutouts sprinkled over all of the [...]

Promoting Your DJ Services – Little Things Make a Big Difference is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

New ‘Genre’ Meta Tag for Bands & Musicians

Ashley — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:04:32 +0000

Here is something I’ve literally just stumbled across that I though might be worth sharing. According to unsignedbandpromotion.com a new ‘genre’ meta tag can be used to let the search engines know your style of music. You can read more on the tag here but is it effective? I thought it was worth sharing and [...]

New ‘Genre’ Meta Tag for Bands & Musicians is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

What Goes in a Press Release

Ashley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:52:44 +0000

As I’m going on a little bit of a press release run with some of my posts, I thought it only fair that I include some of the very basics of press release marketing for those that aren’t too familiar with this form of marketing. So, what is a press release actually made of? Well, [...]

What Goes in a Press Release is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.