Here's a list of some Band Promotion Tips and Tricks that you may not have considered, some of them might be obvious some of them may seem daft but there all good.
1) Use websites like
Digg - All News, Videos, & Images reddit.com: what's new online!, create an article about your Band and submit it!
2) Get a myspace account
MySpace UK
3) Get a facebook account
Facebook | Welcome to Facebook
4) There are plenty more social networking websites out there! go find them
5) Join Music Forums, create conversations and makesure you have to link in your signature so people can find more information on your Band
6) Start a yahoo group
7) Create an RSS feed for your Band
8) Submit your RSS feed to agregator websites
9) Bookmark your website on Del.icio.us
10) Start a blog for your Band
WordPress.com Get a Free Blog Here
11) Start a Technorati account to Promote your Band!
12) Submit your Blog to directories
13) Write an article about being in a Band asnd submit it to article websites
14) Sign up to StumbleUpon and get your friends to Stumble your site
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15) Tell your friends to promote your Band
16) Spell check everything you do! it will put poeolpe of raednig yuor siet
17) Offer a free download, everyone likes free stuff!
18) Makesure people can contact you through everything MSN,Skype,Yahoo
19) Create a newsletter for your Band
20) Email Blogs, Websites, Magzines, Zines and get them to review your Music
21) Dont forget us nice chaps at Rock Links, we like to reviews Bands
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22) Post your reviews everywhere Blogs, Websites etc etc
23) On contact pages makesure you ask people if they would be interested in recieving updates on your Band!
24) DONT submit your Website to search engines, they will find you
25) Get a youtube and Google Video account and add videos of your Bands and your mates Bands!
26) dont forget
MUZU TV - Watch, Create and Share Music Video Playlists!
27) Makesure your downloads are in MP3 format there is nothing more annoying then having to convert from WMA!
28) Contribute on wikipedia - Sound geeky but its a link!
29) Work with a local charity, they will be happy to support your Band and its great
PR!
30) Add tell a friend functions to your websites
31) Add a Feedburner button to your Website!
32) Makesure you have a press section on your site with Music, Bio, Logos and Pics
33) Hassle the media for features! Concentrate on the local media first
34) get more exposure, use sites like fikr to add photos!
35) make regular Bulletins on Myspace
36) Keep your status updated on facebook
37) get to know how
Twitter: What are you doing? works!
38) Check your Emails EVERYDAY! and reply to emails straight away
39) Join Unsigned Band Charts
40) Find local websites and ask them to link or feature you. They dont have to be about Music, but will often be happy to promote you
41) Get some T-shirts Printed with your web address on
42) wear them everywhere!
43) Get a sexy woman with big breasts and a short skirt to wear one to!
44) Make a tiny t-shirt and get your mates new baby to wear one, cute sells!
45) Link exchange with as many websites as possible, its free promotion!
46) Dont put stupidly big files on your website that will slow down your loading time, its annoying and will make people turn off.
47) Flash websites are tacky! get rid of them
48) Check out our free services at
Rock Links - Promoting UK Unsigned Bands, Band Promotion,Reviews, Services
49) Send lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of emails to promoters, Venues, management, Websites
50) Send some more emails!