"Do bands need a Website anymore?"
"No, not with MySpace"
Back in the real world
101 Reasons Why Your Band Needs A Website
- Owning a Website shows credibility, control and professionalism.
- If you want to be taken seriously by the music industry, you need a Website.
- By owning your own Website your band is playing to the world 24/7/365.
- A Website allows anyone to visit you, when They want.
- A Website is your Online Press Pack - you can change it at anytime (unlike the printed version).
- A well designed Website can give you a massive advantage over other bands that are similar to yours but don't have a Website.
- By owning your own Website you have full control over what visitors see and hear.
- Your Webspace (domain's storage capacity) shouldn't be an issue these days - so text, images and sound are almost limitless!
- The chances of your band being successful are improved when your band has a Website.
- Your fans want you to have a Website.
- A Website is a great place for your fans to network and show support by contributing to your: blog comments and forum.
- Your fans will assume that you already have a Website.
- A Website can provide instant gratification for hungry fans.
- You can provide privileged access to fans who are signed-up members.
- A Website allows you to set up and build a global fan base.
- With so many different types of wireless devices able to connect to the Internet, a Website enables you to provide a mobile download service 24/7/365 to anywhere.
- A Website is great for recruiting fans.
- Look after your most valuable asset, your fans, by giving them a fantastic and fun Website.
- With a Website it's much easier to work out who your real fans are.
- A Profile Page isn't a Website, it's a small part of a Website.
- A Website is for business, a Profile Page is for support.
- Your Website should be at the top of the promotion, marketing pyramid. Your many Profile Pages should form the strong foundation.
- There should be no technical issues with Your Own Website.
- The only limitation with a Website is you - not true for a Profile Page.
- Website design is very simple, and there's loads of free/cheap Website design software available.
- Profile Pages are basically all the same - however much time you spend on them; whereas Websites feel individual, special, different.
- Numbers of hits, numbers of comments and numbers of friends take on a more positive meaning when associated with a Website.
- Profile Pages usually have a lot of friends, comments & distractions that make the visitor click-off-and-away (never to return?) - that shouldn't be true with a Website.
- Potentially a Website can do much more for your band than a Profile Page could.
- Any advertising revenue generated by the Website is collected by You - if you own the Website, this is not normally the case with a Profile Page.
- Owning your own Website is important because your Profile Page might suddenly disappear ;)
- There is a difference between owning a Website and a Profile Page - You own the Website - MySpace isn't YourSpace, it's Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation's space.
- I think one needs a Real Website! MySpace, PureVolume and Profile Pages in general, or FreeWebs, Yahoo! GeoCities, LYCOS.tripod and other free webhosting type of pages are for amateurs - no offence meant, they have their place.
- A very cheap or free webhosting package is preferable to most Profile Pages.
- When you promote your Website you are promoting your band, but when you promote a Profile Page you are promoting them, the Profile host almost as much as your band.
- You own the © copyright of the contents your Website. Often with a Profile Page you share or relinquish your © copyright.
- Forwarding your domain name to your Profile Page's address is bollocks. Every band that has their domain name pointing to their Profile Page is missing an opportunity.
- Unsigned Band Promotion's Micro-Sites are the only Profile Pages that genuinely try to promote your band's Website - Micro-Sites Are By Invitation Only. --They're worth having a Website for!
- Your band can save massive amounts on printing costs.
- Your band can save money on distribution costs.
- I wonder how many bands think about customer service, a Website will improve customer service for your fans/customers.
- A fully automated Website will automatically process invoices and receipts for, merchandise sales, CD downloads, etc., immediately.
- By having a Website your band can reduce promotion and marketing material/distribution costs, including: flyers, posters, envelopes, CD Covers, etc,.
- By having a Website your band can reduce stationary and postage costs.
- By having a Website your band can reduce printing, copying and telephone charges esp. long distance telephone calls.
- By having a Website your band can help save the planet.
- Attaching your domain name to your Website will endorse and validate your band name.
- When you promote your Website you are promoting your band.
- When you promote your Website you are achieving a goal.
- By promoting your Website you are also informing as many relevant people as possible about a gig date.
- By promoting your Website you are also getting as many people as possible to hear your music.
- When you have a Website you will be able to reach new markets.
- A Website will make you a global band.
- A Website will take you instantly from a local band to a national and international band.
- By having a Website you will present a professional image to the music industry.
- For credibility, a band must have their own Website.
- A Website will make you look bigger/better than you actually are.
- Many bands who are considered as your competitors will probably just have a MySpace Profile, by having a Website you've got one up on them.
- Post the pictures, videos and recordings you feel will best promote your band - without censorship!
- Websites are wonderful for supporting your chosen charity.
- A Website will support and promote your band name.
- Networking is easy with a Website - it's called linking!
- By making your Website a focal point, you are starting to maximise your marketing efforts.
- By creating your own Website you have the opportunity to show off your band's artistic talents.
- A band's Website reflects the band's image.
- Customising a Profile Page is a waste of time, Designing a Website isn't!
- Owning a Website should be good value for money as the webhosting industry is very competitive - £100 per anum is expensive!
- With a Website you can get 3,000 MB (storage) webspace with full technical support and reliability.
- With a Website you can get 50 GB (transfer) of traffic.
- With a Website you can get 300 email addresses.
- With a Website you can get a shopping cart and/or a PayPal shopping cart.
- With a Website you can prevent unwanted advertising.
- You have full control over the contents.
- With a Website you get a memorable URL.
- It's easy to get a professionally hosted Website.
- It's easy to build a Website.
- A Website is the best place to direct the music industry to view your band's: Press Pack, Biography, Contact Details, Gig Listings, Downloads, Merchandise, Reviews, News/Blog, Images, Mailing List Sign-up.
- A Website is The place to collect email addresses for a mailing list.
- A Website is the place to put articles and press releases about your band.
- Bands of the same genre want a link back from your Website.
- If you are into blogging, get a Website, Google loves blogs ;)
- Dynamic HTML and content is only really possible if you own the website.
- If you want to run CGI/Perl scripts you need a real Website.
- If you want to run JavaScript you need a Website.
- A Website + E-commerce = Money.
- Invest in yourself - invest in your band, with a Website.
- A Website will help you to build your music business.
- A Website will help your band earn a living from your music.
- With a Website you can make the most of being an affiliate.
- Start accepting credit card payments.
- How many bands have their own shop (you don't have to just sell Ts & CDs)? You need a Website ;)
- Marketing solutions become less of a problem.
- Providing secure online payments is possible with PayPal for even the smallest band - but by having your own Website it will give your customers more confidence, so they are more likely to buy.
- With a Website it's easy to set up a Music Store.
- Sell and distribute your music, CDs and MP3s directly from your Website.
- Sell your merchandise from your Website.
- Websites are great for collecting email addresses with a mailing list sign-up form -
they go together like Rock & Roll. - Most Webhosts provide auto-responders (for sending auto-response emails), they're great for instantly replying to a request.
- It's MUCH easier to get sponsorship if you have a website.
- A Website is an important part of branding your band.
- New fans are hot and desperately want to listen to how you sound, buy a CD, subscribe to your mailing list, see your next gig dates, interact with you; with a Website it's all much more personable.
- Blogging is great for promotion and business, by including a blog within your Website it can be very profitable.
- Get an edge, get a Website.
- iPowerWeb.
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