Fans That Rock

Fans That Rock is a collaborative effort between Martin Myers Marketing and Publicity and Brian Currin Online Marketing, to promote South African Music, Tourism, Fashion, Sport and more.

http://fansthatrock.com

Using the low cost of the Internet to push the info people want

Unlike the record labels, who are constantly trying to withhold their product from the Web, Vail is using the low cost of the Internet to push the info people want.

Bob Lefsetz

You Should Be Blogging

Summer Special

R900 to set up a WordPress blog for you, and provide coding for a Blog Feed which you, or your web developer, can embed into your website.

Special Offer: For a limited time only I will also create a Twitter profile for no extra charge. I usually ask R200 for this.

If you would like to be included in my pending projects schedule for January or February, please contact me:

Brian@Currin.co.za

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You Should Be Blogging, Because …

• A blog helps people to find you
• A blog helps people to trust you
• A blog helps people engage with you
• A blog enhances your online reputation
• A blog helps improve sales
• A blog is part of the Social Media Marketing trend which is growing in leaps and bounds
• A blog is fun
• A blog is open to the world, not just limited to your friends, followers and fans
• A blog can be subscribed to by your friends and followers
• A blog can be updated by just sending an email
• A blog can automatically resize images and create an online gallery
• A blog can show YouTube videos
• A blog can show slideshows, sourced from MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, Slide and more
• A blog can play SoundCloud music
• A blog can automatically update your Twitter profile
• A blog can automatically update your Facebook profile and page
• A blog can automatically update your website
• A blog can automatically update your Yahoo profile
• A blog is found very quickly by Search Engines

Google Search for You Should Be Blogging by Brian Currin (3 minutes)

Blogging requires patience and perseverance, but the rewards are fantastic.

Success Stories (just a few)

Statistics 14 December 2009

Brian Currin

My blog has grown fantastically since February 2009, and currently has a Google page rank of 4/10.

Martin Myers

Computravel

Neo Muyanga (from Blk Sonshine)

Harry Talas

Tina Schouw

7th Son

Cape Tourist Guides Association

The Cape Tour

Amanzi Blue

GoodLuck

Viper Lounge

SMD Technical

Slackpacker SA

CapeTown Sound

Pending Projects include

Blk Sonshine

Justin Bergh

Unfazed Productions

Barry van Zyl (Johnny Clegg’s drummer)

Planet Africa Productions

Hot Studs Earrings

Further reading:

Why is blogging important?

Using WordPress and Twitter to spread the word

“Upload and leave” websites are no longer an option

In today’s fast-changing online world, it is no longer a viable option to build a website and just leave it, and hope that people will be searching for you and / or your product and services.

You need to be actively telling people about your business, your music, your services, whatever it is that you offer that makes you unique and special.

Blogging is a wonderful way to do this. With WordPress.com, blogging can be as easy as sending an email (yes, really), and what you blog about can automatically appear on your website, and on your Facebook profile.

And the real power of Twitter is not how many followers you can get (come on, who really reads all those tweets anyway?), but that you can embed your Tweet feed into your website, your MySpace page and your Facebook profile.

Your web presence can be dynamic and engaging without paying dynamic (i.e. expensive) web hosting fees, and no need to develop fancy Content Management Systems. And even more importantly, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand all the technology.

Online marketing is about marketing (hence the name) and technology just provides the tools. Imagine if you had to be an mechanical engineer to drive a car. The same with the internet. Cyberspace is not a private place  for a select few. Anyone can harness the power of the many opportunities that exist. As they said at the Netprophet conference, the internet allows ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

It just takes patience and perseverance.

You can do everything yourself, but if you would prefer to spend your time doing what you do best, like showing overseas visitors the beauty of Cape Town, or being on stage playing your heart out, or walking down a ramp in the latest fashions, then let me help you embrace the future.

Further reading: http://www.currin.co.za

Love Is Wicked by Edith

Latest song by new Cape Town Sound singing sensation, Edith, as heard on radio, is now available to download exclusively at RhythmMusicStore.com

Edith

Edith

Edith

Edith

Edith