Musicianet builds each site according to the desires of the customer. Included with every website we design is 1 year's FREE web hosting. Ordinarily we would include in a musician's website the following: home page, biography, repertoire list, contact page and concert listing. Sites can become more complex through the use of a various scripts such as the inclusion of a newsletter facility. We can also include a 'flash jukebox' so that visitors can hear examples of your work while they visit your website. If you are also interested in selling merchandise through your site such as commercial MP3s, CDs or tickets, we can also add e-commerce facilities to your site.

To receive a personal quote for your website, please contact us here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

We are able to add e-commerce functionality to new or pre-designed sites. Using pre-built shopping cart scripts, Musicianet can quickly add online shopping features to your site.

We can enable a website to sell tickets, CDs, or other merchandise through our secure servers. It is also possible to add MP3 commercial downloads to your site so that visitors can purchase digital copies of your recordings.

E-commerce enabled websites are an excellent way of increasing sales of tickets and CDs. By adding e-commerce functionality to your website, you can effectively develop a new income from online sales.

For more information on how e-commerce could benefit your site, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

A crucial part to any music-related website is the use of audio. There are several ways in which Musicianet can design your site to include music. For example, we can add a soundtrack to your website, such as a recent recording you may have made.

Using MP3 compression technology, we can publish your recordings on your website as MP3 streaming audio (a file that is kept on our servers and can be listened to but not downloaded), or as downloadable files.

We are also able to combine MP3 and e-commerce facilities so that you can sell digital versions of your recordings to your customers. Composers such as Sir Peter Maxwell Davies are now offering custom CD creation and MP3 downloading facilities on their websites, and we can offer a similar service to our customers. Whether you are a soloist, ensemble player, or composer, we can help you digitise any existing recordings you may wish to publish on your website so that they can be downloaded or bought easily by your website's visitors.

For more information about how we can help you offer free, or commercial downloads on your site, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

Once you have a website, it is essential to find a provider who can host your site so that viewers can access it from anywhere in the world. Musicianet offers custom web hosting solutions to meet the needs of your site. Basic hosting packages are available from £45 per year. If you have your site designed by us, we offer 1 year of free hosting!

If you have a pre-existing website and would like us to host it, or would like any more information on our hosting services, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

Once your website is designed, regular site maintenance is required to ensure it is always up-to-date and registered with search engines. Musicianet are able to update your site on either a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis depending on your needs. We can also perform a regular 'fine tuning' to your site to ensure it is registered with search engines and fully optimised. All of our websites also include an 'administration module' that allow you to update the text of your new website from any computer in the world. Please click here to contact us for more information or telephone 0844 357 0820.

Once you have a website, it is important to take the necessary steps to promote it. Musicianet are able to add your site to all the major search engines so that anyone looking for your site, or for the services you offer, will see your site during a websearch.

If your site is not submitted to search engines, it will only be located by those who know the exact address. Search engines such as Google and Yahoo now allow people to sponsor particular search keywords so that sponsored sites always appear at the top of any search a user makes. We are able to organise the purchase of such sponsored links in order to increase your site's visitor traffic. Musicianet is able to enhance your internet profile through extensive promotion on search engines, but also by entering your site into link exchanges and online banner advert campaigns. If you would like to know more about how we can promote your website, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

Email Marketing
Establishing a mailling list for any professional can be a difficult task and often costs a considerable amount of money. Musicianet can help you achieve this easily by adding e-newsletter functionality to your website, so that you can establish an online mailling list. Once you have an 'e-list' set up, you can then use our mailling scripts to contact your site visitors to advertise any news you wish to notify them with. This is a very cheap way of further publicising any concerts or recordings you may wish to promote.

SMS Text Message Marketing
As well as emailling your site visitors about any news you wish to broadcast, we can organise SMS (text message) marketing campaigns so that you can contact your mailling list about upcoming concerts. A feature that often attracts people to concerts, is to offer your site visitors a promotional code via text message which they can use to gain a discount ticket to your concerts.

If you would like more information on how we can use email and SMS marketing to increase your profile, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

Website banner adverts are an excellent way of promoting your site, services, concerts and recordings. We are able to design eye-catching, animated adverts to be deployed on websites across the world.

Musicianet can design banners for use on your site, or for use with an advert exchange. We can manage paid adverts for you to host on your website (providing a steady financial income for your site). We also manage the deployment of banner ads across music-related sites that you may wish to use for your own promotional purposes.

The standard banner size is 468x60 pixels (see below) but we are able to make custom sized banners to fit your site design. If you would like more information on how we can design and deploy banner adverts to help sell your concerts and CDs, visit our contact page or telephone 0844 357 0820.

We are able to offer our clients a translation service for pre-designed, or new websites. We currently offer translations for German, French, Dutch and Japanese.

If you would like to receive a quote for our translation service, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

Musicianet have a range of pre-built and custom-made scripts available for use with your website. We are able to code special pages for your website which add interactive and dynamic features to your site. We can also create flash introductions for your site to increase the visual impact of your site.

Scripts we offer include:

• Flash MP3 player
• Flash introductions
• Message Board
• Photo gallery
• Shopping cart
• Guestbooks
• E-newsletter scripts
• Custom-made or off-the-shelf internet portal systems

If you would like to learn more about additional facilities we can add to your site through custom scripting, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.

Webcasting
Webcasting is the Internet's equivalent to broadcasting. Using the latest compression technology, musicians are able to stream concerts live or pre-recorded through their websites. We are able to organise webcasts for your concerts so that visitors can access your site and listen to concerts from across the world. By utilising webcasting technology, you can raise your profile and encourage music enthusiasts to attend more of your concerts and buy more of your recordings. Webcasting is also a great way of reaching concert promoters who may not be able to travel to your concerts.

Podcasting
Podcasting is a relatively new feature of the Internet. A Podcast is a short audio excerpt that you can allow visitors to download for free, or to purchase. It can include excerpts of your latest repertoire, interviews, and other information such as advertisements for future concerts you are promoting.

For more information on how webcasting and podcasting could help you, please contact us by clicking here or telephone 0844 357 0820.