Website publicity etiquette

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: Aidan Crossey
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 11:55 AM

Larry ...

Thanks very much.

This is the sort of comment that makes worthwhile the hard work of putting together the type of site which I've made.

I often feel a degree of trepidation before publicising the site to folks who understand traditional music. And therefore constructive praise puts a real spring in my step!

Go raibh mile ...

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: InOBU
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 11:41 AM

Brillant, left a note in the guestbook, in fact the singing cement mixer is playing at this moment, can't figure out how to turn it off!!! But, I don't mind, can't wait to try it out on the pipes with a few crans on that final D, very nice tune, great name and good story!
Cheers Larry (Lorcan os Gaelige) Otway

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: Aidan Crossey
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 04:14 AM

OK ... by popular request (even though I have already started another thread ... which I shall now allow to die a death).

Title Page

Aidan Crossey's Original Tunes

Rants and Raves

Reviews

If you visit, why not add a word or two to the guestbook!

Many thanks.

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: Bert
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 10:44 PM

True Mudcatters shamelessly plug their own stuff.

You'll only get booed off if your stuff is a load of crap. Or if Catspaw sees it;-)

Bert.

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 06:00 PM

I am usually interested in finding out what other mudcatters do when not here. I am bookmarking and mudcatter sites which members give the URL for - preferably with a "Blue Clicky" so I can get straight there without needing to think at the same time.
Give us a link!
Quack!!
Geoff the Duck!

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: Mrrzy
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 01:41 PM

Definitely we'd want to know about the link! I don't check the links page often, perhaps a thread pointing to it would be nice. Or this!

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 01:25 PM

Stick around, and you'll probably find that giving a link to your site, as a blue clicky, will be a useful way of responding some someone's question, or someone's comment. The same way you might do a blue clicky to some other site you've come across which seems relevant to the thread.

That's what I do anyway with my website.

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 01:19 PM

And welcome to Mudcat!

~S~

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: Aidan Crossey
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 06:49 AM

Thanks a lot for this. I'll post a plug, which I won't refresh, but then I'll sign any contirbutions I make to the forums with my website address.

Cheers!

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 06:42 AM

My own view is plug and that others do find it useful/ineresting. My reservation is don't do it too often as I think it can get a little irritating seeing a number of plug threads or frequent posts within other threads turned into plugs. Larry does go a bit too far for my likeing but everyone has different opinions on what is too much.

One thing I think could be a good idea is sign all messages with a URL (as Larry has done above).

Jon

Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette
From: InOBU
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 06:07 AM

As one of the primary plugers of a band (and a bloody good one, I may add) on this board, who has been booed and praised, - look old man, we who play folk music have to flogg our stuff to survive, those who work at this know it, so plug away! I for one am interested in what SERRIOUS folk musicians are up to. -
Larry ( http://sorchadorcha.com :-) )
Hey Spaw! The plugomatic strikes again, eh? Thanks Derrymacash for brining this up...

Subject: Website publicity etiquette
From: Aidan Crossey
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 05:11 AM

As an occasional user of the bulletin board here, I would like to check out with some of the more experienced "core" users the etiquette of publicising personal websites on mudcat.

I maintain a website which contains about 50 (and growing) original tunes which are "in the tradition". The site also contains some random musings and a number of reviews.

I've posted a link in the links section, but it appears to me that the real action on mudcat is in these here pages and that if I wanted to draw my site to the attention of a large number of people to whom my site is likely to be of interest, I ought to post a link here?

What's the score? Is this something mudcatters welcome? Or would I be booed off?