{"id":2765,"date":"2010-12-27T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T19:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2015-09-30T18:59:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:59:32","slug":"are-bands-overwhelmed-with-all-the-sites-they-are-supposed-to-have-a-profile-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/are-bands-overwhelmed-with-all-the-sites-they-are-supposed-to-have-a-profile-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Bands Overwhelmed with All the Sites They Are Supposed to Have a Profile On?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BobI strongly suggest that anyone in a band follow Bob Lefsetz, here is a link to his blog<\/a> and to his Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who is Bob Lefsetz?<\/p>\n

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Bob Lefsetz is the author of “The Lefsetz Letter.” Famous for being beholden to no one and speaking the truth, Lefsetz addresses the issues that are at the core of the music business: downloading, copy protection, pricing and the music itself.<\/p>\n

His intense brilliance captivates readers from Steven Tyler to Rick Nielsen to Bryan Adams to Quincy Jones to EVERYBODY who\u2019s in the music business.<\/p>\n

Never boring, always entertaining, Bob\u2019s insights are fueled by his stint as an entertainment business attorney, majordomo of Sanctuary Music\u2019s American division and consultancies to major labels.<\/p>\n

“The Lefsetz Letter” has been publishing for over 25 years. First as hard copy, most recently as an email newsletter and now, for the first time, in blog form.<\/p>\n

In a recent post titled What I Want for Christmas Bob lists 34 things he would like. I want to make note of one of them in this post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

16. The Death Of ReverbNation<\/strong><\/p>\n

And Constant Contact and all the other sites that spam consumers under the aegis of helping performers. These are just sham organizations, ripping off wannabes and cluttering our inboxes. Maybe there should be a fine for unwanted musical e-mail.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bob does not say much, but it really hit home with me. As I am working with artists I am starting to hear a common thread among many of them…<\/p>\n

We have so many profiles and pages on the internet we don’t know what to do with any of them. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I am not saying they are shams, but I am saying that the customers (bands) these many sites serve appear to be overwhelmed. When this happens you risk loosing your customers. They have so much to do they end up doing nothing. In addition many are commenting how they are getting nickel and dime’d to death… $10 a month for this site, $15 a month for that site.<\/p>\n

Just another reason why a band should be focusing their efforts on their website. Invest your money in your website, and be wise about what other sites you spend money on.<\/p>\n

Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed with all the sites a band is “supposed” to have a profile on?<\/p>\n

via Lefsetz Letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I strongly suggest that anyone in a band follow Bob Lefsetz, here is a link to his blog and to his Twitter. Who is Bob Lefsetz? Bob Lefsetz is the author of “The Lefsetz Letter.” Famous for being beholden to no one and speaking the truth, Lefsetz addresses the issues that are at the core […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,12],"tags":[79,602],"class_list":["post-2765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketing","category-music-marketing-2","tag-bob-lefsetz","tag-reverbnation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11738,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions\/11738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}