With an EPK, you can effectively share your music, videos, and upcoming releases, while providing essential information to press, industry professionals, and fans. EPKs streamline the process of promoting music by centralizing key assets in one digital location, making it easier for media outlets, venues, and potential collaborators to discover and engage with your content.

Customize your EPK to fit perfectly onto a PDF to share via email or to make downloadable elsewhere on your site.

You can create a stand-alone EPK using our EPK plan, or add an EPK page to your music website.

This Help article includes:

  • How to create an EPK
  • Upgrading from the EPK plan to a website plan
  • How to add an ‘Electronic Press Kit (EPK)’ page template to your website
  • Adding content to your downloadable EPK
  • How to customize and download a PDF version of your EPK
  • How to add your downloadable EPK to your website

How to create an EPK

If you’re looking to create a stand-alone EPK for your music, you can start with a 30-day free trial of the EPK plan and build one in minutes using our 6 different EPK templates.

To get started, follow these steps:

  1. Head to https://bandzoogle.com/features/epk
  2. Click ‘Try it free’
  3. Complete the 4 steps to create your new account
  4. Complete the 3 EPK setup steps:
    • Choose a theme for your EPK.
      Note: Your theme can be changed at any time moving forward without affecting the content of your EPK.
    • Add a header image and customize its appearance
    • Set your Title/Logo
  5. Select the ‘One page’ website option
  6. Choose ‘Electronic Press Kit’ as the default content type for your page
  7. Start adding content to your EPK

Upgrading from the EPK plan to a website plan

If ever you decide to add more pages and build a full website for your music, you can upgrade to one of our 3 website plans at any time.

To upgrade your plan, follow these steps:

  1. Click the orange ‘Upgrade’ link in the top-right corner of your account
  2. Choose from the 3 available website plans (Lite, Standard, or Pro)
  3. Select from the monthly or annual payment options.
    Note: By paying annually for the year in advance, you get a discount equivalent to 2 free months of your plan.

How to add an ‘Electronic Press Kit (EPK)’ page template to your website

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’ and select ‘Add a page’
  2. In the ‘Page Type’ list, select ‘EPK’ and then select the ‘Electronic Press Kit’ page template, which will be perfect for fitting onto a one page PDF.
  3. Name the page in the ‘Title’ field (Defaults to the page template name)
  4. Select the additional page options and access settings of your choice
  5. Click ‘Create my page’

This will create your new press kit page. By default it will be set up with the features commonly found in an effective EPK.

Note: You can add, move, or remove features on the page as you’d like. To learn how to add or remove features, please see the ‘Content and Organization’ Help article.

Adding content to your downloadable EPK

EPKs include everything the press needs, from a short bio to promotional photos, career highlights, press, awards, and music. The general ‘Electronic Press Kit (EPK)’ template is pre-loaded with everything you’ll need to create your one-page downloadable EPK.

Here are the steps to populate the features of your downloadable EPK:

Adding a quote

A quote from a trusted source like a music blog or reviewer will help your downloadable EPK appear professional.

  • Click the 'Add Quote Feature' box
  • Add the quote text in the ‘Quote’ field
  • Add the author’s name (optional)
  • Add the source, which would be the publication’s name (optional)
  • Add the source link, which would be the direct URL to the article where your quote is featured (optional)
  • Choose which display format to use — large, medium, or small
  • Click the ‘Save’ button

Adding your name, image, and bio

The ‘Image and Text’ feature allows you to easily add an artist or band picture, and have your name and musician bio professionally displayed alongside your image.

  • Click ‘Artist name’ to open the ‘Image and Text’ feature options
  • In the panel of ‘Image and Text’ feature settings:
    • Select the display style you’d like to use
    • Click ‘add image’ to upload your image file
    • Add your ‘heading’ and ‘subheading’ text
    • Add your content text (bio)
    • Add an image and/or button link if you’d like to use one
    • Set your formatting options (wrap text / image position / text position / text alignment)
    • Click ‘Save’

Adding images to the ‘Press Photos’ section

The press photos section has three columns, each with one ‘Image’ feature. Add high-quality images of your band – live or posed – to this section.

  • Click 'Add Image Feature'
  • Choose an image from your image selector or upload a new image
  • Use the editing tools to crop, link, apply a filter, or add SEO ‘Alt text’ to your image
  • To add a caption, click ‘Write a caption’ below the image and type in your text

Adding a sample track to your downloadable EPK

Add your best track to make an impact.

  • Click 'Add Music Feature'
  • Add one or two tracks from the existing tracks in your account, or upload/import a new one

Note: To learn more about music features, check out this Help article: Adding Music

Add sample videos to your EPK

Whether it’s a live video, a music video, or an interview, adding videos to your page will help industry professionals get a sense of how your band sounds.

  • Click 'Add Video Feature'
  • Paste in the direct URL for the Vimeo or YouTube video of your choice
  • Select the ‘Size’ setting you’d like to use: Small / Large / Full
  • Click ‘Save’
  • Repeat the last step to add a second video, or delete the second 'Video' feature to display just one video on your EPK

To learn more about moving or removing features from your EPK, take a look at our ‘Moving and Deleting Features’ Help article.

Add your contact information

Interactive features such as contact forms won’t work on the PDF version of your EPK, so you’ll want to list the ways that people can get in touch with you, in a text box.

  • Click ‘Add feature’
  • Select the ‘Text’ feature
  • Place the ‘Text’ feature on the page using the placement arrows
  • Add any relevant contact info such as your phone number, email address, etc.

Note: If you’re only intending to use your EPK offline in PDF form, you can delete the ‘Custom Form’ feature from your EPK page.

How to customize and download a PDF version of your EPK

If you’d like to send your EPK in an email as an attached file, print a physical copy, or add a download link to a page of your website, you can export it as a downloadable file. This option will save your EPK page as a PDF both on your computer and within the File Manager in your Bandzoogle account.

Use the export options to customize the look of your PDF before downloading so it comes out exactly as you want it.

To customize and download a PDF of your EPK, follow these steps:

  1. From your ‘Edit Content’ tab, click on the ‘Pages’ menu
  2. Click on the cog icon next to your EPK page name
  3. In your ‘Page options,’ click on ‘Export as PDF’
  4. Customize your PDF using the following options:
    • Page size: Select from the preset page sizes.
      • A4 - 8.3” x 11.7”
      • Letter - 8.5” x 11”
    • Section padding: Adjust the spacing between each of your features
      • Small
      • Medium
      • Large
    • Show site title: Toggle off to remove your site title from the top of your PDF file
    • Use theme section colors: Toggle on to apply the background color from the page to your PDF (instead of white)
    • Show website address in footer: If toggled on, the URL for the page will display at the bottom of the PDF file
    • Show/hide features: Remove entire sections of content or specific features from your PDF file

  5. Click ‘Generate PDF’

  6. Select a location on your device to save your PDF file download

Note: Your PDF file will also be available in the ‘File Manager’ in your Bandzoogle account, which you can access at any time to download files.

How to add your downloadable EPK to your website

If you want to offer the downloadable version of your EPK directly on your EPK page, follow these steps:

  1. From your ‘Edit Content’ tab, select the page to which you want to add the file
  2. Click ‘Add feature’ and choose the ‘File List’ feature
  3. Place the ‘File List’ feature on your page
  4. In the ‘File List’ feature, click ‘Add file’
  5. Upload the EPK file from your computer, add the ‘Title’ of your file, and add a ‘Description’
  6. Click ‘Save’

Notes:

  • You can also use the following features to set up a link on any page: ‘Text,’ ‘Image and Text,’ ‘Image,’ and ‘Button.’ For details on how to do this, view the ‘Adding Links’ Help article.
  • If you are using a theme that supports to ‘Call-to-action Header’ feature, you can place a link to your EPK file there as well - see this Help article for details: ‘Call-to-action Header Feature’