Sometime during the fall of myspace.com, a trend emerged: every band needed a website.
Somehow, for reasons still unclear, that idea strengthened and, suddenly, bands were often getting websites up before they had even recorded their first song.
In the YBS camp, that's a bad call right off the bat. Quality recorded music is the best thing you can do for your business. But still, I can see the reasoning. You needed a place for people to find you online.
But then comes Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms, and just like that - the need for a website was gone.... Except it didn't go anywhere. Still, to this day, bands are spending hundreds of dollars a year on websites that do absolutely nothing for their business.
Which is exactly why we made this episode!
Because it's not having a website that's bad, it's having a website that doesn't do anything that is bad.
Here's a breakdown of what we mean:
1. A website should be able to generate revenue for a band.
2. A website should provide value for the visitors,
and,
3. A website should serve as a central hub for all news and information regarding your band.
Most bands don't even manage hit one of these points. Some manage to scrape by on the 3rd point, but other than that - it's slim pickings out there!
So how can we tick all of these boxes? Jump into this episode of the Your Band Sucks (At Business) Podcast and find out!
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Stuff We Mention:
Spiritbox
SquareSpace
Taylor Swift
BandsInTown
SongKick
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