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Top Tips for Bands on Facebook (Part Two)
Following on from yesterday’s blog post, here’s more of our Top Tips for Bands on Facebook.
Ask Questions
Connect with your fans by asking for their input. Ask for their thoughts on decisions the band is making to get them involved. If you’re not sure what piece of artwork to use for an album cover, post both photos up on Facebook and ask for your fan’s opinions.
Using Facebook Questions is a great way to engage with your fans and gain a better understanding of what they want. Don’t forget, these are the people who support you each and every day.
Apps
Facebook apps are a great way off making your Page stand out. With thousands available for free, there’s no excuse not to have installed at least one. Soundcloud and Bandcamp both offer free apps that are great for showcasing your work, or for those that want to push their band’s marketing even further, apps can also be custom built for you to fit in with your band’s branding.
Read more at the Bozboz Blog: http://www.bozboz.co.uk/blog/top-tips-for-bands-on-facebook-part-two
Top Tips for Bands on Facebook (Part One)
Having worked with several bands and DJs on their social media campaigns, Bozboz have helped increase the number of fans and followers for a variety of people including Goldie and Skint Records.
So you’ve started a band, made some music, joined Facebook and set up a Page – what now? Of course, your family and friends will be the first port of call but after that building up those ‘likes’ can become tricky.
Here’s our top tips for promoting your band on Facebook:
Read more at the Bozboz blog: http://www.bozboz.co.uk/blog/top-tips-for-bands-on-facebook-part-one
Reputation Management
Getting a reputation may sound like something your grandmother might have warned your mother about, but it’s as simple as this:
Your reputation is what people are saying about you.
Ah, but there’s no such thing as bad publicity, you say. Really? Let’s ask Rupert Murdoch.
Read more at the Bozboz blog: http://www.bozboz.co.uk/blog/reputation-management
Google Experiments With New Hotel Finder
Google launched their Hotel Finder ‘experiment’ last night, giving users a far more visible and interactive way of searching for a hotel.
Users can enter their location, check-in (and check-out) dates, price, and hotel rating and then be presented with a list of hotels that match their specified criteria. It’s from there that the ‘experiment’ gets more interesting as you are then able to the define the exact neighborhoods that you’re thinking of staying in – in whatever shape you like.
As well as drawing shapes over your chosen area, Google also highlights popular locations on the map to help you choose, at a glance, where might be best to stay.
With the service being being billed as an ‘experiment’, we can expect many of these features to be built upon and for new ones to be added. The service is currently available in only seven US cities but it’s likely that it will be rolled out across further cities and countries in the near future.
Read more on the Bozboz blog: http://www.bozboz.co.uk/blog/google-experiments-with-new-hotel-finder
Promoting Your DJ Profile
Ryan Oliver, one of the team behind Metalheadz.co.uk, takes us through the essential steps in promoting your DJ profile online.
1) Eat, Breathe & Sleep Music
It might seem obvious, but the most critical element of any DJ’s success is their ability to play the music that will move people in the area they operate in. To achieve this, you will need to constantly be searching for the next big sound / label / artist / tune that will give your DJ sets an edge over everyone else’s.
The importance of using the internet to search for new music cannot be underestimated & music blogs and sites such as SoundCloud mean that it is easier than ever to hear tonnes of new music on a daily basis.
Read more on the Bozboz Blog: http://www.bozboz.co.uk/blog/promoting-your-dj-profile
10 Simple Steps to High-Res Images with Google Image Search
As a full service web agency, Bozboz gets a lot of requests for graphic design and illustration work, large and small. One of the most common requests from agencies and promoters is; ‘do you have a high-res shot of Mick Hucknall?’ Etc.
Well, now that Google image search has been revamped, we do!
And because we’re nice people, we’re going to teach you how to do it too, in our easy to follow step by step guide:
Read more on the Bozboz Blog: http://www.bozboz.co.uk/blog/hi-res-images-with-google-image-search
