BigRedX Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Ideally you should have everything. A web site, a presence on ALL the social media networks, and everything as far as possible linked to everything else, so that you audience can chose which way to get their informations and if necessary interact with you. None of them have to be complicated, but they should look good and be kept up to date, which generally means something to post every week on social media even if you don't have any gigs in the pipeline. Also keep on top of changes to the design and layout of your social media pages. There's nothing worse than a page that looks broken on Facebook etc. because the layout and graphic specifications have changed but the band/business haven't bothered to update the user elements on the page to take advantage of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Most band websites generate a tiny amount of traffic. Simply install a basic Google analytics tracker and you’ll be able to measure the numbers. It’s kind of a decent ‘hygiene’ factor I have something but not worth spending lots of time/money on. Using a combination of social platforms can be a lot more efficient. Not just FaceBook but Twitter and Instagram plus any decent local music sites. Be sure to think about your audience - are you after punters to attend gigs, landlords to book you in pubs, bookers for social clubs or smaller venues etc etc. So many people design their marketing based on what they like themselves or think will impress their mates, family, girlfriends etc. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubDelay Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 If your band is let’s say ‘The Dublin Blues Wedding Band’ it’s going to be worth having an SEO optimised website at that domain as you will get hits from people searching for ‘blues wedding bands’ anywhere in Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, DubDelay said: If your band is let’s say ‘The Dublin Blues Wedding Band’ it’s going to be worth having an SEO optimised website at that domain as you will get hits from people searching for ‘blues wedding bands’ anywhere in Ireland. lol, we're a punk band who does mostly local pub gigs, mostly covers with a smattering of our own songs, we do occasional festivals and gigs where we do an originals set, but not many, all our albums are on Spotify, Verbal Warning if anybody is interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 2 hours ago, DubDelay said: If your band is let’s say ‘The Dublin Blues Wedding Band’ it’s going to be worth having an SEO optimised website at that domain as you will get hits from people searching for ‘blues wedding bands’ anywhere in Ireland. The importance of SEO is hugely overrated these days. Ever since Google introduced personalised (and localised) search back in 2004 it’s become harder and harder to manipulate listings. Loads of little agencies flogging it as a service but rarely able to genuinely show effectiveness of results. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t follow basic hygiene factors but a small site, from a small band, won’t get a lot of significant search results from ‘cold’ searchers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 We only do Facebook now, but we're at the point where word of mouth generates most of our bookings so let the website go as superfluous to requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I don't think any band I've been in has got a gig on the strength of its website (or any on-line presence THB). IME websites for bands of any stature are primarily for their fans. Most the "business" is done the old fashioned way with phone calls and occasionally on-line messaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) It depends how busy you want to be. If you aren't after more than a gig a week in pubs in your local area then i wouldn't worry about a website. Phoning around or speaking to landlords face to face will yield greater results as most pub landlords don't go actively seeking new bands. Landlords can be notoriously slow or flakey when it comes to commiting to a booking and you have more chance of getting in their diary if theyve met you or spoken to you. If you want loads of gigs, I'd be more inclined to use a decent agent who will add you to their website and do a lot of the leg work for you. It'll come at a price but a decent agent can make a huge difference. A website for a pub band won't make much difference at all. Edited January 13, 2023 by mrtcat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbloke Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Sign up for Linktree. It's a neat way of hosting links to your various social and streaming media accounts. If you have a domain then set up a permanent forward to your linktree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWatson Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 On 13/01/2023 at 20:20, Bassfinger said: We only do Facebook now Do you have a Telegram/Discord channel as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 If You think that Your band is allready quite popular in your country and other countries, too - the website is a good thing if it shows lots of pictures, gives a lot info about band, contains music to listen and videous, to watch and can be easily found through google. If not - facebook is a good way for everyone, for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexBuccaneer Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 We’ve got Facebook, twitter, insta and now tiktok - which is actually the most popular of them all. We show rehearsal clips on there (30-40secs per track) as well as clips of us as ‘people’, gear reviews, what were upto etc. In the grand scheme of things our account is small - but it’s very new, and we’re getting 250-500 views per clip without even having played a gig yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 I'm not convinced that our website is value for money, but the singer loves the perceived kudos of having one and he runs it (the band pays) so it's not worth the aggro of having an argument about it, I don't understand tictok but it seems to have traction, I'll have to investigate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetcalfeVictor Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 I guess yes. Why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetcalfeVictor Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 On 21/05/2022 at 01:38, molan said: Most band websites generate a tiny amount of traffic. Simply install a basic Google analytics tracker and you’ll be able to measure the numbers. It’s kind of a decent ‘hygiene’ factor I have something but not worth spending lots of time/money on. Using a combination of social platforms can be a lot more efficient. Not just FaceBook but Twitter and Instagram plus any decent local music sites. Be sure to think about your audience - are you after punters to attend gigs, landlords to book you in pubs, bookers for social clubs or smaller venues etc etc. So many people design their marketing based on what they like themselves or think will impress their mates, family, girlfriends etc. If you need more about web design I advice this blog https://claspo.io/blog/age-verification-pop-up-why-do-you-need-it-and-how-to-add-one-to-your-website/. It can help you with understanding web design Its why I want site for my band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 On 21/06/2023 at 17:17, PaulWarning said: I'm not convinced that our website is value for money, but the singer loves the perceived kudos of having one and he runs it (the band pays) so it's not worth the aggro of having an argument about it, I don't understand tictok but it seems to have traction, I'll have to investigate It shouldn’t cost much to run. Ours is £9 a month(and that actually allows me to maintain 5 sites). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Depends on the level you're at. We do typically two, occasionally three, big paying gigs a month (two grand a time between the five of us) and we have no website. Between times we do the pubs at 500 a go, but we regard that as paid rehearsal rather than gigs. Word of mouth and social media presence alone seem to keep us busy enough now were known on the local circuit, although if we raised our sights higher a website might well be beneficial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Having your only web presence on Facebook means you're reducing your potential audience by a massive amount. An increasing number of people have never signed up for a Facebook account, have closed their account or haven't used it in years. Facebook are also keen to make their site a "walled garden", so pages are becoming less likely to be indexed by search engines such as Google or Bing. Your best bet is to cover as many bases as possible - website, Facebook (depending on the demographic you're targetting), Bandcamp, etc. As others have said, shop around for a cheap domain name registrar (a company that will let you buy a domain name such as mybandname.com) and web hosting. There are free websites that allow you to build an acceptable looking set of webpages, such as Wix. If you have the skills or a reasonably web savvy friend, then copy the web pages from the website builder's website, remove any unwanted branding ("this site built with wix.com", etc) and upload the pages to your web hosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexBuccaneer Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I’ve started work on wix this morning, dunno what I’m doing at all, but still managed to make a professional looking home page with working links to our socials so far. Our drummer is an IT dude so I’m sure he’ll improve on my efforts 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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