by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
Whether you’re researching competition for a product you want to promote or simply to see how much effort you need to put into your site in order to dominate your particular music niche in web searches, the process is pretty much exactly the same. So...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
Now that you know that your niche is indeed popular “enough,†you need to know what kind of chances you have to do well in it. It doesn’t matter much if you have a lot of money to promote your site or not (by...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
What’s your niche? Don’t say “musicâ€. That’s hardly a “niche†you could ever hope to dominate. You need to be much more narrow than that....
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
Let’s look at something now which is – by far – the most important aspect of setting up your site correctly: keyword research. If you want to be stumbled-upon by Internet users (as opposed to visited by those who...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
You should now be able to see your site, LIVE, simply by typing its URL into your browser’s address bar. But… it will look kinda boring and plain. Not to worry. This is just the default WordPress installation and...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
You may now upload your site to your FTP account, if you use a standard HTML editor, but as I indicated earlier, I would strongly recommend that you consider installing WordPress instead. There are MANY reasons why this is THE #1 best solution for just about all...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
Once you have your domain – a process which takes only seconds to complete with the likes of NameCheap or GoDaddy – you must “host†your domain somewhere where it can be...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
I’m going to assume you don’t have a site yet, but if you do – read through this section anyway. There are a lot of points here which you need to check in any case. You start by buying your own domain....
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
There are MANY ways to set up a business online. Some of them don’t even require a website of your own (for example, using such public blogging platforms as Squidoo or Hubpages or only promoting some affiliate product link), although I would not...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
Your website and online business will only be as good as your execution. It needs to be said, so we might as well get that out of the way. This course should provide you with great help and lots of shortcuts – but the actual work…...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
As you’re reading all this, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you felt a bit overwhelmed. And we didn’t even get to the hands-on part (part 3). Alternatively, you might think that all of this sounds “do-able” and you can’t wait to get started. Both these attitudes...
by PS | Mar 5, 2014 | Crusher, Main Course
Another important consideration when building your music business is establishing relationships with local businesses, venues – and, of course, local fans. [emember_protected for=3-4-5] Your local market is, in fact, THE most important element in your career progress....
