Alright, I’ve been to your website, I’ve clicked on your ‘Kick-ass’ song because you don’t have it set to autoplay, and your kick-ass song has wowed me and I now want to contact you …
I cannot tell you the frustration of wanting to contact an act
once they’ve got me pumped about their music, and then having to search for
their phone number or email address. Yes, it’s great to have the typical ‘contact’
page on your website, but I encourage you to have your phone number and email
address prominently featured on every page of your website, and on all your
social media pages. Don’t make the person who is ready to work with you have to
hunt for your contact details.
Even if you have a form set up on your ‘contact’ page for
people to email you through your website, please include your email address
too. I personally never email acts
through their website. I’m put off by it and I just move on to the next one. My
husband asked me why I do this, and it’s because I use the emails I send as
part of my follow-up system and I can’t do that when I’ve had to send an email
through a website.
If you use a FB page to promote your music, make sure your
phone number, email address and a link to your website is included in the ‘Short
Description’ which is that box underneath your photo. Don’t make us have to
click on ‘about’ to find your contact details!
Same goes for Twitter! You need to have all your contact
details on your profile, because this is the page people will land on if you
have peaked their interest with one of your clever tweets. Again, make it easy
for whoever wants to contact you to be able to contact you.
So, after I wrote this I went to my own web pages and
realized I wasn’t exactly practicing what I was preaching. So to not be a hypocrite,
I have followed my own advice and made it much easier for people to find my
contact details.
Take a look at my pages:
I do hope this information is helpful! Until next time, happy music making!!
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