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What should your artist website consist of?

This article is written for those who are thinking of or already have an artist website. There are a few things that are essential to an artist website below I will list the standard format.

Navigation

Your sites navigation is important because his is how your sites visitors will maneuver around your site. Your websites navigation needs to be simple and clear. The typical format for website navigation is usually on the side or across the top f the page preferably under the header.

Your navigation shouldn’t be more than 5 or 6 links if your website is for you as artist. Standard Navigation links for artist websites should be:

• Home
• Bio
• Music
• Blog
• Fan Club
• Contact

The above list is my recommended link set up, If you don’t have the need for either one of the pages you do not have to include it in your navigation, most artist make the mistake of putting a big coming soon or under construction sign on pages that don’t have content, I suggests to not include pages of links if there is nothing on it you don’t wont your site to look incomplete.

What should your pages consist of?

Home Page

Your Home page should consist of a welcome message that welcomes visitor’s t your website. The home page can be used to advertise products you may have or sale and you can even promote other websites on your home page for profit! If you have a single that you are promoting it would be a great Idea to have your music playing in the background… The home page should encourage the visitor to sign up for your email list so that you can market to them in the future. Your homepage can be set up in many different ways but remember to make sure your home page focus on what ever you are trying to sell or promote.

Biography

Your bio page should consist of a few of your best pictures along with a professionally written biography about you and what you do. Your bio s supposed to make you look larger than life or the next best thing coming-out so your bio must be written in a persuasive manor.

Music

Your music page should consist of maybe a free music download or you new song, and If you have a CD for sale you can put 20 second clips of each track o the CD an on the page give the visitor the choice to either buy the entire CD or maybe buy the songs they like. Your music page can either have standard PayPal buttons or It can have a more professional looking shopping cart.

Blog

Your blog can be used to publicly interact with your fans blogging is a great way for you and your fans to communicate. Your blog can create relationships with your fans that last forever!

Fan Club

You can have a fan club form on each page of your website this allows people to enter their email for updates news events and shows. Your fan club page is an important page because this is the page that allows your fans to keep in contact with you through either email text or phone. Artist should give some type of insinuative to their fan club members or joining and even for being a fan as long as you have fans you can sell and market you music to them easier!

Contact

Your Contact page should consist of your phone number, email, other sites you belong to like MySpace face book or twitter. If you choose to not display contact numbers and emails you can have a contact form for your visitor to fill out.

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