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The information contained in this book is timely. You may want to visit Sansietch’s website to see if there are updated information or new blogs.

 

We’ll start with your webpage.

 

Step One:

 

A few basic points:

 

• Start with a homebase webpage. Get online now! You need access to get online initially.
• Choose the level of commitment. Free webpages often lack the services of pay sites. It can be done for Free, however.
• Build your page. You’ll need some basic html skills. EASY! Many sites offer simple GUI interfaces to build your site.

 

Below is a table listing no cost and pay web hosting sites. There are many, and this list is incomplete, but these are sites I have used.

 

Name of Website	Web Address	Free Services?	Pay Services?	Low Monthly Cost	Sansietch 1 to 10 Rating
Freewebs	www.freewebs.com	Yes			9
AngelFire	www.angelfire.com	Yes	Yes	Appx $5	7
Register	www.register.com	No	Yes	Appx. $5	8
MySpace	www.myspace.com	Yes	Yes		7

Webpage Hosting Services

 

 

If you’re worried just start with a free site. You’ll notice immediately that the webpage address at a free web hosting service is not simply yourbandname.com.

 

For example, my webpage address is sansietch.webs.com

 

If you decide you simply cannot live without your own domain name, then you’re going to need to purchase one. This is done on a by month or by year type contract.

 

I want you to consider these initial costs as just the beginning in a series of choices on where to spend your marketing budget. Understanding that a high school start up band may have $50 a year available, and an adult with employment may have several thousand.

 

Choices will have to be made along the way, which either incur or eliminate costs. Remember, you’ll be able to do a new pay site later on if you want. With the knowledge gained herein, you’ll do it easily.

 

I started originally with a single page free website. That was fine to start with and it forced me to learn to write in html. There are hosting companies now, however, that offer fairly nice multi-page layouts for free.

 

 

 

Tips for Setting Up Your Webpage

 

1.     At the top of your homepage, put an image or photo and fairly large title. Many people surf with a fairly small visible area open on their browser. This means you need to grab them quick! Don’t start with loads of small writing.

2.     Break the page into headlines and smaller text wherever possible. People have trouble reading many lines of same size text.

3.     Offer them something right away, right on the homepage!

4.     Whether or not you have pages, fill your page with links and active content.

5.     Remember you’ll need to put up some banners later to bring visitors to the site. If you build it they will come is not true with web pages. There’s simply too much available online.

 

 

Visit My Old Homepage, As Well As The New Website!

 

This is the ultimate learning example. See for yourself how I set up the new site using the knowledge I gained.

 

www.angelfire.com/rock3/sansietch

 

sansietch.webs.com

 

By now you should have reviewed several web hosting sites, and have signed up and be building your site. Guess what? You’re a Webmaster!

 

 

The next step will be to add in some money making features such as affiliate advertising and banner exchanges, etc.

 

Don’t stop here or your site will draw flies instead of fans.

 

Get Step 2!

 

You can purchase the full version of this ebook with more insight from the legendary musician Sansietch, along with a complete resource guide of great websites for bands and artists looking to market their music.

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