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18 Jun 01 - 05:11 AM (#485859) Subject: Website publicity etiquette From: Aidan Crossey 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?
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18 Jun 01 - 06:07 AM (#485874) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: InOBU 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... |
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18 Jun 01 - 06:42 AM (#485886) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: Jon Freeman 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 |
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18 Jun 01 - 06:49 AM (#485888) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: Aidan Crossey 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! |
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18 Jun 01 - 01:19 PM (#486070) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: wysiwyg And welcome to Mudcat! ~S~ |
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18 Jun 01 - 01:25 PM (#486080) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: McGrath of Harlow 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.
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18 Jun 01 - 01:41 PM (#486108) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: Mrrzy 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! |
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18 Jun 01 - 06:00 PM (#486393) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: Geoff the Duck 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! |
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18 Jun 01 - 10:44 PM (#486619) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: Bert 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. |
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19 Jun 01 - 04:14 AM (#486756) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: Aidan Crossey OK ... by popular request (even though I have already started another thread ... which I shall now allow to die a death). Aidan Crossey's Original Tunes If you visit, why not add a word or two to the guestbook! Many thanks.
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19 Jun 01 - 11:41 AM (#487010) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: InOBU 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 |
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19 Jun 01 - 11:55 AM (#487022) Subject: RE: Website publicity etiquette From: Aidan Crossey 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 ... |