5 Guidelines for Your Band Blog

You have a blog, now what? Here are 5 basics to keep in mind while blogging on your band website.

Be yourself. Fans came to your blog for your news and ideas. They should hear your voice when they read your blog. Write as if you are talking directly to your reader.
Be visual. People respond to visual stimulation. If you don't have a photo that relates to the post, you can find an image on Flickr. Just remember to give the photographer credit or link to them in the post.
Start a conversation. The best blogs encourage a conversation between the writer and readers. Ask for reader's input to spark a discussion.
Link often. If your post talks about another artist or blog post…..give credit! Always link back to that person, website, blog or company. They will appreciate it and the favor is usually returned.
Be concise. Try to get your message across in a paragraph or two. If you have a longer post, add headlines or bold keywords to make it for easy for visitors to scan it quickly.

Got some more tips about band blogging or some great examples of band blogs? Share them here!

POSTED BY ALLISON, October 15, 2009

Comments

aratunes
October 15, 2009

I've had a little luck with penning humorous blogs about current news. Once got 1000 hits in 24 hours writing about the iPhart app for the iPhone! I dunno, just trying to get people to my site to then listen to what I really do. Ara http://www.aratunes.us/breakingwynd

sugamama80
October 15, 2009

I THINK THE BLOG SHOULD BE IMPROVED BETTER. MAY BE OUR OWN BLOG PAGE LIKE TO POST HTML CODES
TO ADVERTISE ON BLOGS, BLOGS THAT WE CAN POST VIDEOS ON THEM, EXAMPLE IF YOU LOOK AT MY
BLOG @ http://igotmuzick.blogspot.com/ I'M MEAN ITS COOL BUT I HAVE TO REDIRECT VIEWERS BACK
AND FORTH. I THINK THE FEATURES WWW.BLOGSPOT.COM HAS WE SHOULD HAVE WITH IN OUR WEB SITES.

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You have a blog, now what? Here are 5 basics to keep in mind while blogging on
your band website.

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Be yourself. Fans came to your blog for your news and ideas. They should
hear your voice when they read your blog. Write as if you are talking directly to your
reader.

Be visual. People respond to visual stimulation. If you don't have a photo that
relates to the post, you can find an image href="http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/by-
2.0/">on Flickr. Just remember to give the photographer credit or link to them in the
post.

Start a conversation. The best blogs encourage a conversation between the writer
and readers. Ask for reader's input to spark a discussion.

Link often. If your post talks about another artist or blog post…..give credit!
Always link back to that person, website, blog or company. They will appreciate it and the
favor is usually returned.

Be concise. Try to get your message across in a paragraph or two. If you have a
longer post, add headlines or bold keywords to make it for easy for visitors to scan it
quickly.

Got some more tips about band blogging or some great examples of band blogs? Share them
here!

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BeatsForWeeks
October 16, 2009

sugamama80 wrote:

I THINK THE BLOG SHOULD BE IMPROVED BETTER. MAY BE OUR OWN BLOG PAGE LIKE
TO POST HTML CODES
TO ADVERTISE ON BLOGS, BLOGS THAT WE CAN POST VIDEOS ON THEM, EXAMPLE IF YOU LOOK AT MY
BLOG @ http://igotmuzick.blogspot.com/ I'M MEAN ITS COOL BUT I HAVE TO REDIRECT VIEWERS BACK
AND FORTH. I THINK THE FEATURES WWW.BLOGSPOT.COM HAS WE SHOULD HAVE WITH IN OUR WEB
SITES.

I agree on this as well..think there should be more features for the blogs.

jumping
October 16, 2009

I agree with IGotMuzick and BeatsForWeeks. I've put forth these suggestions before, so I'm happy to see that others feel the same. I'm not a band, but a website is a website and a blog is a blog. The needs are the same.

Chris
October 16, 2009

You can add video to your blog on Bandzoogle. Start a new post, then click the SOURCE button, then paste in any embed code from YouTube.

You can also put ads, in the same way.

If you meant something else, let me know.

ChrisFuller
October 16, 2009

I'm sure I could just do some research to figure this out, but does anyone know how to add an image for a podcast that'll show up in itunes?

ChrisFuller
October 17, 2009

ChrisFuller wrote:

I'm sure I could just do some research to figure this out, but does anyone know how to add an image for a podcast
that'll show up in itunes?

Nevermind, I get how to do it, now.

theslatersisters
October 20, 2009

We just started using the external feed feature for blogs from our blogger site! http://theslatersisters.blogspot.com
Yay! Then with the promote button, we don't have to type the same message out 3 different times on facebook, myspace and twitter!

Love it! Thanks, Admin Team!

dannymolson
November 01, 2009

I am new at blogging. I am trying to use my blog as a space to share with people what is turning on my mind. I talk about the books I'm reading, post interesting poems I find. Stuff like that. I think this approach will work best for me.

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