from the www.kurb.co.nz artist promotion blog

Oh hi, since myspace is dead, can I hang out on your website for awhile?

I mean in the past i've put up posts here and they've been deleted fairly smartly but as I heard no explanation for it I'm sure it was merely an oversight on someone's behalf. No harm done.

Hi everyone!

This is Matt from Kurb promotions.

We are media services company that specializes in global online promotion and digital for artists.

Y’know. Myspace. Youtube. Itunes. Blogs and RSS. Search engine optimisation. Websites. Aggregators. Ad supported revenue. All the computer stuff.

I've worked with some of NZ's top bands. Now I mainly work with bands all over the world, and give advice through my blog.

We also have some exceptionally cheap physical media services such as CD’s, DVD’s and posters with a free delivery policy so you can do it all over email.

But anyway, I’ve been killing it on myspace and blogging up a storm for the last 18 months and I wanted to share some articles I’ve written.

There’s a lot of people blogging about Radiohead and Madonna and changes to the music industry but not that many people blogging about the reality of nuts and bolts internet promotion, breaking an act online and what is refered to as “monetizing” online content. I.E. making money off it.

The word “monetize” is basically used to infer to the character of most new web concepts which have become successful and THEN turned that success into income – they’re two distinct operations and this is something modern artists have to be aware of.

It’s all about new media and web 2.0. That means a new version of the internet that is driven by interaction and choice unlike the old version which was more like radio or TV. You sat there and you listened or watched whatever they chose to provide.

This is all of course what I do for a job. I help artists do the internet, I make CD’s, I make posters and I put them up.

I will probably only be posting the odd article by me that seems to make more sense than usual when and where I get the chance, otherwise, check out my blog at:

http://kurbpromotion.wordpress.com

You’ll find heaps of new industry tidbits and analysis – sometimes borrowed from other blogs – but also lots of practically applicable tips and a lot of kind of low key insider knowledge to do with how the internet will make money for digital content creators.

http://www.kurb.co.nz
http://www.myspace.com/kurbpromo
http://www.youtube.com/user/kurbpromo -
http://kurbpromotion.wordpress.com
http://kurbpromotion.blogspot.com
http://www.squidoo.com/kurb

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