Web Marketing for the Music Business -- Links
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Graphic Editing Software
Web Development Software
Where to Find Templates Online
Resources for Scripts and Forms
Check Your Web Site for Problems and
Compatibility
Keyword and SEO Tools for Search Engine
Optimization
Tell a Friend Script to Add to Your
Website
Statistics and Web
Analytics Tool to Use on Your Website
Just a Few of the Many
Music Players for Your Web Site
Video Editing Tools
Major Online Retailers
Links to the Main Online Retailers for Selling Swag
Music Industry Trade
Associations
Examples of Industry
Conferences
Resources for E-zines and
Distribution of Press Releases
Resources for Internet
Radio Promotion
Lists of Social Networking
Sites
Ringtone Sales Services
SMS
Messaging Services
Mobi
Design Web Sites
FOUND IN Chapter
5
Graphic Editing Software
GIMP for Windows
www.gimp.org
Serif PhotoPlus
www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp
Paint.net
www.getpaint.net
Pixia
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/download.htm
ImageForge
www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html
Ultimate Paint
www.ultimatepaint.com
XnView
www.download.com/XnView/3000-2192_4-10067391.html?tag=lst-0-5
Saint Paint Studio
www.download.com/Saint-Paint-Studio/3000-2192_4-10066321.html?tag=fd_sptlt
For more photo
editor software, try the following:
www.photo-freeware.net
www.download.com
www.softpedia.com
Web Development Software
Microsoft Expression
Web
www.microsoft.com/expression/products/overview.aspx?key=web
Front Page
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/default.aspx
Adobe
Dreamweaver
www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver
CoffeeCup
www.coffeecup.com/software
Nvu
http://nvudev.com/index.php
Namo WebEditor
www.namo.com
WebStudio
www.webstudio.com
SiteSpinner
www.virtualmechanics.com
Web Easy
www.v-com.com/product/Web_Easy_Pro_Home.html
Web Builder
www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com
Web Plus
www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/WebPlus/default.asp
Templates
Template Monster
www.templatemonster.com
4Templates
www.4templates.com
FreeWebsiteTemplates
www.freewebsitetemplates.com
Generate your
own dummy text at
www.webdevtips.co.uk/webdevtips/codegen/clickgo.shtml
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Chapter
6
Resources for Scripts
Online HTML Code
Generator
http://htmlcode.discoveryvip.com
Click & Go drop down
list generator
www.webdevtips.co.uk/webdevtips/codegen/clickgo.shtml
Meta tag and SEO
generators
www.submitcorner.com
Guestbook and
mailing list script generators
www.javascript.nu/cgi4free
HTML and CSS
scripts
www.hypergurl.com/htmlscripts.html
Check Your Web Site
Check your web page
HTML at
http://validator.w3.org or
www.anybrowser.com/validateit.html
Check your
page’s/site’s CSS at
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator
Check your links at
http://validator.w3.org/checklink or
www.anybrowser.com/linkchecker.html
Check your images for
accessibility issues at
http://juicystudio.com/services/image.php.
Check your
content for readability at
http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php
Check to see if
your CSS’s text and background colors have sufficient contrast at
www.accesskeys.org/tools/color-contrast.html
Check how your site is
viewed on different systems at
www.anybrowser.com/siteviewer.html,
www.anybrowser.com/ScreenSizeTest.html
www.browsercam.com/Default2.aspx
Check your
page’s performance and web page speed at
www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze
Check several things
at once with
www.netmechanic.com/products/HTML_Toolbox_FreeSample.shtml
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Chapter
7
Keyword and SEO Tools
Google AdWords keyword
tool:
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Digital Point
Management keyword tool:
www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion
SEO Tools:
www.seochat.com/seo-tools/keyword-suggestions-google
Keyword
verification tool:
www.marketleap.com/verify
Tell a Friend Scripts
www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/tell_friend.php
www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/tellafriend.shtml
Statistics and Web
Analytics Tools
www.OneStatFree.com provides a
free, simple stat counter service and more advanced fee-based services.
www.Alexa.com monitors web
traffic of people who use its toolbar. The site provides lists of most
popular sites.
www.trafficestimate.com is a
free tool to help estimate the volume of traffic that a web site gets.
www.statcounter.com is a
service that offers both free and paid statistics service.
www.iwebtrack.com is another
service with free and paid versions of the service.
http://Analytics.google.com
(see above)
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Chapter
8
Just a Few of the Many
Music Players for Your Web Site
PremiumBeat free MP3
player:
www.Premiumbeat.com
The Wimpy Player:
www.wimpyplayer.com
Secure-TS Player:
fancy skinned secure flash player for under $30.
www.tsplayer.com
XSPF Music
Player:
www.musicplayer.sourceforge.net
Video Editing Tools
Riva FLV
encoder: (free trial)
www.rivavx.com/?encoder
ConvertTube:
www.converttube.com
Flvix: a simple free
online video converter.
www.flvix.com
Gaffitti: online video
editor.
http://graffiti.vidavee.com
FlowPlayer:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/flowplayer
Tutorial on how to add
video to a web site:
www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/video.html
Tutorial on how to add
video to a web site:
www.2createawebsite.com/enhance/adding-video.html
Flash player:
www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about
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Chapter
9
Major Online Retailers
iTunes
www.itunes.com
CD Baby
www.cdbaby.com
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Snocap
www.snocap.com
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
C/Net’s download.com
http://music.download.com
Amie Street
http://amiestreet.com/page/for-artists
Sell Swag
Café Press
www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell
Zazzle
www.zazzle.com
Mojo
www.mojo.com
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Chapter
10
Music Industry Trade
Associations
National
Association for Recording Merchandisers (NARM)
www.narm.com
National Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)
www.grammy.com
American
Association of Independent Music
www.a2im.org
International
Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI)
www.ifpi.org
Songwriters
Guild of America (SGA)
www.songwriters.org
American Federation of
Musicians
www.afm.org
Audio Engineering
Society
www.aes.org
National Association
of Recording Industry Professionals (NARIP)
www.narip.com
National Association
of Broadcasters
www.nab.org
International Alliance
for Women in Music
www.IAWM.org
Examples of Industry
Conferences
Billboard
Magazine sponsored events
www.billboardevents.com/billboardevents/index.jsp
South by
Southwest SXSW Music & Media Conference: Austin, TX.
www.sxsw.com
Midem: Palais de
Festivals, Cannes, France.
www.midem.com
Millennium Music
Conference
http://musicconference.net/mmc12
Audio Engineering
Society
www.aes.org/events
National
Association of Recording Merchandisers
www.narm.com/esam/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Convention
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Chapter
11
Resources for E-zines and
Distribution of Press Releases
The Ultimate
Band List
www.ubl.com
CD Baby
www.cdbaby.org
BeatWire
www.beatwire.com
The Ezine Directory
www.ezine-dir.com
Music Industry
News Network
www.mi2n.com
MusicDish
www.musicdish.com (try the open review and “submit your article”)
John Labovitz’s E-ZINE
LIST
www.e-zine-list.com/titles_by_keyword/music/page1.shtml
Zinester
Ezine Directory
www.zinester.com/Music-
Dmusic
http://news.dmusic.com/submit
PRWeb
www.prweb.com
Resources for Internet
Radio Promotion
Rhapsody:
www.Rhapsody.com
SomaFM:
http://somafm.com
Pandora:
www.pandora.com
(for new information,
click here)
Live365:
www.live365.com
SHOUTcast:
www.shoutcast.com
Digitally Imported:
www.di.fm
International
Webcasting Association:
www.webcasters.org
Radio and Internet
Newsletter:
www.kurthanson.com
New!
www.clearchannelmusic.com/cc-common/artist_submission/index.htm?gen=2
New!
http://www.airplaydirect.com/
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Chapter
12
Lists of Social Networking
Sites
The Social Network
list:
http://mashable.com/2007/10/23/social-networking-god
The Wikipedia list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
Author’s updated list:
www.wm4mb.com
The ultimate web
2.0 reference site:
www.go2web20.net
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15
Ringtone Sales Services
Xingtone
www.xingtone.com
MyNūMo
www.mynumo.com
Lulu:
http://www.lulu.com/en/products/ringtones/
(new information)
Phone Sherpa
http://www.phonesherpa.com/
(new information)
SMS
Messaging Services
GupShup
www.smsgupshup.com
TextHQ
www.texthq.com/index.asp
Zlango
http://zlango.com/products
ZipToPhone
http://ziptophone.com
Mobi
Design Web Sites
Wirenode
www.wirenode.com
Jagango
www.jagango.com
WebSite
Tonight
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/hosting_build_website.asp?ci=9028
Dev.mobi
design site
http://dev.mobi
Mobi
Site Galore
www.mobisitegalore.com
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