How many of you have websites for yourself (not Soundcloud, Facebook pages, etc)
Just in case you like to click on threads without reading the title, allow me to reiterate: how many of you guys have a website (or blog consisting mainly of your own music) that isn’t Soundcloud, or a Facebook page, or any of those things. In other words, how many of you maintain a [your-name].com?
I’m considering starting a blog for myself and my music, especially because you can buy a .com domain to go with it for only $10 a year.
The only thing is, I can’t imagine there being too much traffic, but at the same time it would be nice to have.
Thoughts?
(Also, I tried searching for this, but I dare you to type ‘website’ into the search bar and see how many results pop up ).
Based on my experience what can you expect? I average 5 hits a day. I get a lot of support from people coming from forums like this. A good day can bring 20 hits after posting a successful article. I’m still starting out, but I am very consistent with posts every tuesday. So far things are going well and my only complaint is that I get zero interaction from my users in the form of tweets or article comments. My short term goal is 20 avg hits per day.
Also note that I pay almost nothing for the site. I host my mixes and tracks on soundcloud and letsmix. The rest is just hosted by http://nearlyfreespeech.net. I put a twenty in my hosting account and don’t have to worry about it for almost the whole year.
I put it up a few months ago but never really finished building it. I’m going to turn it into an online press kit with a blog home page. I also want to integrate a forum that would act as a community for the Montreal club scene.
I have a handful of domain names, none of which are worthy of posting right now.. great investment though. Im a digital horder though and can’t delete/not renew something once I have it. I did buy my sons name as a domain name when he was 2. lol.. figured maybe someday he’ll want it.
A dedicated website is like a digital business card. Besides being able to offer tracks & mixes, you can customize & control the entire look & feel part of your brand so that you can convey your vibe as a DJ. Soundcloud ain’t gonna do that for ya.
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