Unsigned Bands Reviews And Unsigned Bands Are Now Finding Across The Internet To Promote Market

An unsigned band is a band that has not been signed to a record label. Bands that release their own material on self-published CDs can also be considered unsigned bands. Often unsigned bands primarily exist to perform at concerts. In more recent years, the internet has helped promote the music of unsigned bands.

Myspacedotcom is an entirely new promotional platform for coming forth artists, offering the most complete online musical experience available anywhere. Myspacedotcom provides its member artists with a personal home page, streaming audio and video, tour calendar, photo gallery, email list management, a custom online storefront from which to sell physical and digital merchandise, and more. For fans and industry professionals, the Myspacedotcom provides an open forum in which to discover new music and network with other supporters of independent artists.

Myspacedotcom is dedicated to providing independent Artists from solo, trio to bands, the best outlet possible to be heard globally on the Internet. Just as important is our goal to provide you, the Artists, with a new revenue and distribution model for your music. Unsigned.com is dedicated to providing independent Artists from solo, trio to bands, the best outlet possible to be heard globally on the Internet. Just as important is our goal to provide you, the Artists, with a new revenue and distribution model for your music.

Myspacedotcom is an online entertainment media company that is committed to being the best source of information to discover unsigned artists. Our dynamic team of independent music junkies, from around the world, have an ear for the underground and new exciting sounds. We are always listening for fresh sounds, bands or artists that really have the potential to become something big. We have developed this website with you in mind.

We want to provide a platform for coming forth artists and give them the tools and opportunities to help them on their musical journey. It doesn’t matter if they’re a serious career-musician looking for a record deal, or if they’re taking their first steps into music. We’re here to bridge the gap between the wider world and the band in the garage. Or the singer-songwriter in the shed with a guitar. It’s all good. Myspacedotcom is here to help all artists from all genres.

Unsigned Bands are now finding many resources across the Internet to promote market and sell their music almost free of charge. Unsigned charts are now being promoted on almost all the underground music site’s and this year has seen many of the domain owners spending large amounts of money on developing these charts to bring bands to them. A number of these are now additionally registered with the official charts.

Myspacedotcom became a leading online destination for music industry experts and casual fans alike, featuring thousands of free music videos and downloads. Myspacedotcom.com is a king of all unsigned music websites. Myspacedotcom has been responsible for promoting hundreds of musicians all around the world, and making many of them famous. The website Author & Owner provides full reviews on all musicians who join the website. The resources and passion is here, providing you with a fully automated website store, no contract music promotions agency, inclusions into the download chart and massive exposure to all who view Myspacedotcom.com, from leading A & R executives to thousands of record labels.

If you are an independent record label, musician or music oriented website, contact us direct for our media kit if you are interested in advertising on The Myspacedotcom. We offer both advertising on the site as well as sponsorship on the podcast and packages that combine both for a cost effective way for you to reach enthusiastic music fans but we never let our advertising debase the site or dictate what we do so let’s talk and see what we can work out.

Powerful Podcasting

By Penny C Sansevieri

If you’re looking for a shortcut to get your consumer to buy, it might be through their ear. Auditory response is one of the strongest senses we possess. Have you ever wondered why you can remember the tune of a song like “It’s a small world” but can’t remember an article you read in the paper just this morning? That’s the power of audio. Sound is invasive, intrusive and irresistible. That’s one reason why I’m always telling authors about the power of speaking engagements: sound sells. Many of us incorporate sound into our marketing plans through radio, but there’s something even more powerful for you to consider and it’s called podcasting.

If you’ve always dreamed of having your own radio show, your dream is about to become a reality. It seems only yesterday we were telling you about the power of blogging, but today we’re looking at something equally, if not more, powerful. In its simplest term, podcasting is an audio blog and it’s another exceptionally powerful way to spread the word about your book and message. Several years ago when Internet Radio came on the scene authors were vying for airwaves on the Net. But while Internet radio is still going strong, it’s also very expensive. Most shows cost upwards of $800 a month, plus show hosts need to obtain their own program sponsors. Podcasting, on the other hand, is a fraction of the cost. Here’s how it works.

Podcasting, just like blogs, sits on the internet but instead of sitting in a written file, it’s saved in an MP3 format that can be transferred to any mobile music device like an iPod. A podcast can also be subscribed to through RSS or syndication feeds. If this seems complicated, it’s not, the entire process will take you about an hour to set up, if that, and once you do, you’re off and running.

Most podcasts require an external mic on your computer, but I’ve started using a system through Audio Acrobat that will allow you to call into a pre-assigned number and record your podcast from anywhere: your office, your car or while on a trip! Then the audio file is saved into the system and sent via their publication tools out to a variety of “feeds,” which in essence sends the audio blog out onto the internet. Now you might wonder how someone will find you and your podcast. Well, you might be surprised. While your first recording might go unnoticed, your second and third will not. Here are some tips for getting the right podcast for you and then getting the world to beat a path to your audio blog door! Topic: First, you want to find a niche and ideally one that ties into your book or message. While topics on religion and gambling are two of the hottest podcasts right now, if your topic doesn’t tie into these it’s best to stay away from them. Go online to iTunes, iPodder, Podcast and see who’s talking about your topic and what they’re saying, then plan to be different!

Structure: So how will your podcast be structured and how much time should you plan to spend on a podcast? Truthfully, I’d recommend only 10 to 15 minutes. Unless your podcast is truly compelling or in an interview type format, listeners don’t usually have the attention span to listen longer. Don’t force people to listen to long-winded audios, cut right to the chase, share your information in tip-like, informative nuggets and you’ll find listeners subscribing to your podcast like crazy!

Make a plan: If you decide to do this, try mapping out a few podcasts in advance and plan to offer your information on a daily or, at the very least, a weekly basis.

Setting up your podcast page: When you utilize Audio Acrobat for your podcast, you’ll be able to include a link to your web site. Remember the idea behind the podcast is promotion, so the URL you send them to should reflect this. Ideally you won’t want to send them to your home page but rather a page just for your podcasts. You can include a listing of prior “shows” as well as a way for them to sign up for future updates, your newsletter or perhaps a link to your book or store.

Chicklets and other geek terms: So what’s a “chicklet?” Well, it’s that little orange square that has the letters XML on it. You will click on that to subscribe to a feed. If you obtained your podcast through Audio Acrobat, these chicklets are created for you and you can just cut and paste the HTML into your web site or have your web designer do it for you. I copied the HTML language into my blog and let visitors subscribe that way. If you use another podcasting service, they should supply you with the language to create this on your own.

Syndicating your podcast: So if you’re going to do a radio show you’ll want listeners, right? Now I mentioned that if you use a service like Audio Acrobat the system will send the feeds for you to about 16 services, which is great, but there’s still more work you can do. First, you should consider getting a syndication link on Feedburner. This way people can copy your link into their feed reader (we’ll cover this in a bit) and get updated every time you add a new podcast. You can access this feed service at Feedblitz (www.feedblitz.com).

Feed readers: If you’ve spent *any* time on the Net you’ve no doubt seen those little XML chicklets we mentioned earlier. When you click on them it takes you to a page of confusing text, but it’s the link that you want to copy and paste into your feedreader. When we talk about syndicating a blog, this is what we mean. The reader you have really doesn’t matter and there are quite a few to choose from, if you Google “Feed Readers,” you’ll pull a bunch of them up for you to try. I use SharpReader and love it.

Podcasting, besides being a great promotional tool, is a terrific way for you to verbalize the passion you have for your topic. Go an inch wide and a mile deep with your message, offer helpful advice or spout your opinion. Be creative or controversial or a little of both. The bottom line is this: podcasting is not only fun but it’s a great way to spread the message about you and your book. Use it correctly and you’ll see even more readers beating a path to your door.

Need a podcast recommendation?

Powerful Book Promotion Made Easy: You can either subscribe to it on our blog or check us out on iTunes: Powerful Book Promotion Made Easy.

Wishing you Podcasting and Publishing success!

We’ve got a couple of exciting new podcasting programs just for you! For more information on these programs send us an email and ask about how you can become an Internet radio star!

Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. Her company is one of the leaders in the publishing industry and has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. She is the author of five books, including Red Hot Internet Publicity. Penny is also an instructor at NYU. AME is the first marketing and publicity firm to use Internet promotion to its full impact through The Virtual Author Tour™, which strategically works with social networking sites, blogs, Twitter, ezines, video sites, and relevant sites to push an authors message into the virtual community and connect with sites related to the book’s topic, positioning the author in his or her market. In the past 15 months their creative marketing strategies have helped land 10 books on the New York Times Bestseller list. To learn more about Penny’s books or her promotional services, you can visit her web site at http://www.amarketingexpert.com.

Copyright 2009 Penny C. Sansevieri

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Marketing Your Website With Podcasts

By Trevor Walter

What does website marketing and podcasting have to do with each other? Simple, podcasting gives your viewing audience an alternative method to receive information on new products, product updates, additional services you are offering, etc.

Podcasting is a relatively new technology developed by Apple, Inc. to give people a way to listen to just about anything via the iPod. From the iPod to iTunes, podcasting has really taken off and now, there are several good programs that can download and listen to podcasts.

Podcasting is now also going to be factored into the algorithms that drive the up and coming Google Universal Search, which is really designed to bring all forms of website marketing together.

Benefits of Podcasting for Website Marketing:

Since Google has decided that Social Network Marketing is an important form of website marketing, podcasting has moved its way right to the top of the list, probably because it is currently one of the most popular ways of disseminating information.

Basically what you do is create small radio shows discussing products or services you offer. Once these are created, they are converted to the podcast format, a logo or other form of artwork is attached and the file is uploaded to your site. Once it is on your website (probably under “news” or “press”), you submit these podcasts to the major search engines and podcast directories.

One of the great thing about podcasts is that you can actually make the logo or artwork associated with each podcast clickable. So, lets say you sell website marketing which includes link popularity, website optimization and pay per click management; if you are doing a podcast about the importance of link popularity, you can have your artwork clickable and take the listener right to the page of your site talking about link popularity. The same goes for any podcast you do – just link the logo / artwork with a page on your site.

From there, it is just a matter of time before you get picked up. With Google’s new Universal Search that will be launched later in the year, it is possible and probable that your podcasts (if properly optimized) will be picked up and displayed as part of the standard search results. Of course, these will only be displayed if someone searches a keyword that your podcast is associated with and promoted for.

Trevor Walter
Freelance Marketing Group, Inc.
http://www.fmgconsultants.com

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Podcast Promotion – 4 Reasons Why the Podcast Title is Important

By Hendry Lee

Direct response marketers know the importance of headlines. They spend a lot of time brainstorming headlines that “click.” They spend even more later to test which headlines work best to drive people into responding to the offer.

The Internet resembles direct marketing in many areas. On the Web, the interaction happens at a much faster rate than in traditional media though.

Think about search engines. When search users perform a query, they typically get the first ten results on the first page. Out of those results, they may click on the first, second or third results. While most likely some of them will click on the first item due to what we call impulsive clicking, others will scan through the result to see which one they relate to best.

From the title and snippets of content and URL, they decide which they want to click.

Which one do you think will get the most clicks? A dull and boring title, or the one that immediately make them interested?

Podcast title is no different. It is just a few short words but it could mean success or failure to get people to listen or read more about your podcast.

A podcast title resembles the headlines in direct response ads because it attracts the readers into the body of the podcast. In this case, it is the description and podcast notes. If they raise curiosity, they may even click on the Web-based player to preview the content or download the episode.

The next step is of course to get them subscribe to the podcast so they become regular consumers of your podcast.

Why podcast title is so important? There are at least 4 reasons why you should pay attention to it:

1. Search engine results

The title of the podcast has to be interesting enough so that people who search for certain topics should pay attention to your podcast page.

2. Directory exposures

Podcast directories will often display just the title of the podcast in their listings, with a bit of description only if the users click through. The title has to be clear enough for the users to know what it is all about.

3. Search engine optimization

Search engines pay great attention to the title of the page. It is part of the equation to determine the topic of the page. People will often link to you by the name of the podcast, so if the name is frequently searched, and you get into the first page of the result page, you will get free traffic to your podcast page.

4. Branding

If the title is easy to remember, readers and listeners should be able to tell your site just by looking at the search results, in the directories, or even in the RSS or podcast feed.

Good title draws people into your content and podcast. Make sure you don’t overlook it.

Are you driving boatloads of traffic from social media? You should.

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Podcasting – A Brilliant Traffic Generation And Marketing Tool

By Nick J Smith

Although podcasting has been around for a number of years, it didn’t really become popular until about three years ago, when Apple created its iPod player. Podcasting is simply an audio recording of text – frequently a blog — that can be played on an mp3 device or over a computer. The term “podcasting” is a combination of the terms “iPod” and “broadcasting”.

Podcasts are not difficult to make if you have the proper tools at hand. If you want to simply speak extemporaneously, as is often the case, all that is needed is a good microphone and recording device with editing capability. It’s also useful to have a way to convert the recorded file into mp3 format to make it widely available for listeners. This recording process is quick and easy, requiring minimal preparation and rehearsal, for the most part.

However, if someone wants to record a prepared text, a teleprompter or software autocue is very helpful in displaying the material to be spoken in such a way as to simplify the reading process. Professional broadcasters use this device while presenting their newscasts on the air. Having the words in front of you and moving at a defined pace decreases the likelihood of losing your place and makes for a smoother read.

Since podcasting deals with sound, be certain to check that your level is consistent throughout and the end result is clear and audible. There should be no unwanted background sounds, muffles, or other distractions. These can be edited out of the final product, if necessary. You can also add background, such as music, but make sure you are not using something that requires a royalty payment or similar charge. It’s easy enough to find a large selection of music online suitable for inclusion with podcasting.

Creating a podcast as an adjunct to a web site is now common practice. Marketing studies have shown that the visitor feels more of a connection to the web site if there is also a voice along with the words on the page. This tends to build the ‘relationship’ more quickly and increase comfort levels. It’s also a good idea to keep your podcast updated and fresh.

Your podcast could be hosted on your web site or at a remote location with a link to it. There are a couple of web sites that allow free posting and will provide hosting space for your podcast. The major advantage to hosting elsewhere is it will cut down on the necessary bandwidth, and podcasts, by their very nature, use a lot of bandwidth.

You can probably find podcasts on almost any subject imaginable. Some authors provide both the written and spoken word to get their message out. That then gives the reader or listener the option of using whatever format is most convenient to them. When learning a difficult subject, or one that requires hearing the spoken sounds, such as a foreign language, people often find that having both – reading and listening simultaneously – provides the easiest method of mastering the material. Getting the auditory as well as visual queue makes it easier to retain the subject matter.

And as with books and articles, the podcast is only as good as the presenter. If the subject is not properly researched or contains inaccurate information, if the subject is not addressed in a logical way that is easy to understand, then the podcast has little value.

Just as podcasting challenges the presenter to be interesting and informed, it should compel the listener to pay attention. This is a great way to get a message across, and it appears that the popularity of podcasting will only increase in the foreseeable future.

Nick Smith is the owner of PodcastAutocue.com – the podcast software that enables anyone – beginner or expert – to consistently create clear, error-free, professional podcasts, without having to spend $1,000+ on teleprompting equipment.

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