That picture isn’t me, by the way. This is me.
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on a few things to try to make the site more accessible, easy to use, and informative.
Contest – I’m giving away a $100 Gift Certificate to either iTunes, InSound, or Amazon. I’ve been pimping this to hell and back, both on Twitter and Facebook and it’s beginning to get some steam now, but it may just be the easiest $100 you’ll earn in your entire life. All you have to do is either tweet and follow me on Twitter, or share and become a fan on Facebook. Click the link above for details
Weekly Newsletter – I’ve created a weekly newsletter that you can sign up to by entering your email address in the box at the right-hand side of the page. It’ll have the main posts that I’ve made in the last 7 days featuring some of the hottest new and unsigned bands, free MP3s, the latest videos, contests, music news, tour dates and more. I despise spam as much as you do and you’ll never be spammed, your email address will only be used to receive this weekly newsletter, which you can unsubscribe from at any time.
New Audio Player – For a while I’ve been embedding the audio on the site by using the “Audio Player” plugin but it doesn’t report stats. So I began using PodPress which does report stats, but has been giving me shit lately. Now the stats aren’t as important as you being able to play the music easily, so I’m switching to the Yahoo! Media Player. Beside each song you’ll see a play button that will open the media player at the bottom left of the page, it’ll show all songs that are playable on that page and you can leave it open and let it play as you read. It’ll also save some screen real estate, which never hurts.
Facebook – There’s also a Facebook fan page (that I actively participate in) where you can see everything that’s posted on the site right in your Facebook News Feed. When a post is made on the site it’s immediately posted to Facebook so you can stay up to date with everything on the ListenBeforeYouBuy as you’re staying up to date on your friends’ weekend exploits.
Twitter – I’m more active on Twitter than anything else and I update it and interact with other bloggers, music fans, bands, and labels multiple times each day. If you’re looking to get a hold of me, this is probably you’re quickest method besides email.
Email – You’re more than welcome to email me about anything, even if you’re just bored and assume that I’m equally as bored as you are. This is the quickest way to get hold of me. This is where you send those squirrel pictures too. admin@listenbeforeyoubuy.net
Let’s keep music alive by getting it out of that dress and into a sweater.
