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 recommend those methods as your main approach.
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After all, you want to build something you own and which has long-term value.
All websites communicate with the users using a scripting language called HTML (“HyperText Markup Languageâ€), but there also exist a great many programming tools and web creation platforms which allow you to make your site without ever knowing a single line of HTML code. You can program your site using any number of high level languages like PHP, ASP or Flash, or you can use any of the multitude of the so-called CMS (“Content Management Systemâ€) programs, such as WordPress, SiteSell or Blogger.
Among the “easy†solutions which are currently very popular among musicians are sites such as Bandzoogle, Wix, Web.com, Weebly, 1&1, BuildYourSite, Homestead and FatCow. You can also get templates from places like GoDaddy or NetworkSolutions, and quite a few other hosting companies. Setting up a functioning site with many of those systems is truly a breeze and will normally not take you much more than an hour or so just to get started.
BUT… these are not solutions I would recommend for anyone who wants to build an independent music business where you retain full control of every aspect of the site, its interconnections and so forth. So, while some of these sites (especially Bandzoogle or Wix) have some fabulous setup ideas (which you can check out and get inspired by for free), I would still recommend that you go with WordPress which beats all other solutions when it comes to flexibility and power. And it’s not hard to master either.
So, in this presentation, I recommend using WordPress for ALL your website-related needs. This is because WordPress is not only just about the easiest way to create any kind of a CMS site (not merely a “blogâ€), but it’s among the most flexible and powerful tools available and has by far the largest online community support. And it’s 100% free. And – it’s really easy to get started with.
But there’s more to online life than just your WordPress website. To have a chance of reaching sufficiently large numbers of potential fans, you also need to build your presence on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Pinterest, you absolutely must have your own YouTube channel, be visible on social bookmarking sites, and so on.
I will now show you how to set all of that up – and how to use it to your advantage, instantly boosting the value of your web business.
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