Comments on: Need An Electronic Press Kit? Make Your Own! http://oneworkingmusician.com/need-an-electronic-press-kit-make-your-own Makin' It Happen - Livin' the Dream - Payin' the Bills Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:06:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Most Tweeted Articles by Jazz Experts http://oneworkingmusician.com/need-an-electronic-press-kit-make-your-own/comment-page-1#comment-803 Most Tweeted Articles by Jazz Experts Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:29:59 +0000 http://oneworkingmusician.com/?p=2291#comment-803 [...] Watts receives International Bassist Award the site for bass players 2 Tweets Need An Electronic Press Kit? Make Your Own! 2 Tweets Radio 2 Tweets Review: All-star lineup pays tribute to [...] [...] Watts receives International Bassist Award the site for bass players 2 Tweets Need An Electronic Press Kit? Make Your Own! 2 Tweets Radio 2 Tweets Review: All-star lineup pays tribute to [...]

]]> By: Jason http://oneworkingmusician.com/need-an-electronic-press-kit-make-your-own/comment-page-1#comment-801 Jason Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:17:21 +0000 http://oneworkingmusician.com/?p=2291#comment-801 Thanks for catching that typo, Alex! Thanks for catching that typo, Alex!

]]> By: Alex http://oneworkingmusician.com/need-an-electronic-press-kit-make-your-own/comment-page-1#comment-798 Alex Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:02:28 +0000 http://oneworkingmusician.com/?p=2291#comment-798 Nice work, Jason -- I thought you'd want to know that there's a typo in Evan's bio: "10 dancer" should be "10 dancers." Cool stuff, though! Nice work, Jason — I thought you’d want to know that there’s a typo in Evan’s bio: “10 dancer” should be “10 dancers.”

Cool stuff, though!

]]> By: Marko http://oneworkingmusician.com/need-an-electronic-press-kit-make-your-own/comment-page-1#comment-796 Marko Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:39:52 +0000 http://oneworkingmusician.com/?p=2291#comment-796 Hi Jason, Yes, I totally second Carri's suggestion of also providing all the materials in a downloadable format. Other than that - your EPK looks professional and clean. :-) Thanks for the info on Bandcamp. I definitely have to check it out. Hi Jason,

Yes, I totally second Carri’s suggestion of also providing all the materials in a downloadable format.

Other than that – your EPK looks professional and clean. :-)

Thanks for the info on Bandcamp. I definitely have to check it out.

]]> By: Jason http://oneworkingmusician.com/need-an-electronic-press-kit-make-your-own/comment-page-1#comment-795 Jason Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:07:35 +0000 http://oneworkingmusician.com/?p=2291#comment-795 Thanks for the suggestions, Carri! I appreciate the input from a pro. I will get to work on that. You're in Portland, right? Hope to meet you too! We'll be playing somewhere in PDX on our tour in May. Any venue suggestions? Thanks for the suggestions, Carri! I appreciate the input from a pro. I will get to work on that.

You’re in Portland, right? Hope to meet you too! We’ll be playing somewhere in PDX on our tour in May. Any venue suggestions?

]]> By: Carri Bella http://oneworkingmusician.com/need-an-electronic-press-kit-make-your-own/comment-page-1#comment-794 Carri Bella Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:56:01 +0000 http://oneworkingmusician.com/?p=2291#comment-794 Jason, as a PR pro of 20+ years in my day job, I've created many online press kits. What yours is missing is easy downloads of all text and graphics. When you're doing PR, your primary goal is to save journalists (and now bloggers) time by giving them the tools they need to cover your client (or band) QUICKLY. Shaving 15 minutes off their schedule can mean the difference between getting coverage or not. Every photo that you’d want them to use should be downloadable in both hi-res and low-res formats (don’t expect them to do conversions). Same goes for logos. Make all bios and backgrounders available as word docs. PDFs are okay, but not as easy to work with. You definitely don't want to make journalists copy/paste from your Web site. And you don’t want to make journalists ASK you for anything. If they’re on deadline, and it’s the middle of the night, they need all tools at their disposal without having to wait for you to respond. I like the music and video widgets! Thanks for the tip about grabbing those from ReverbNation. And great tunes!! I hope I can meet you guys sometime and see you play live. :-) @CarriBella & @JazzCrowd Jason, as a PR pro of 20+ years in my day job, I’ve created many online press kits. What yours is missing is easy downloads of all text and graphics. When you’re doing PR, your primary goal is to save journalists (and now bloggers) time by giving them the tools they need to cover your client (or band) QUICKLY. Shaving 15 minutes off their schedule can mean the difference between getting coverage or not.

Every photo that you’d want them to use should be downloadable in both hi-res and low-res formats (don’t expect them to do conversions). Same goes for logos. Make all bios and backgrounders available as word docs. PDFs are okay, but not as easy to work with. You definitely don’t want to make journalists copy/paste from your Web site. And you don’t want to make journalists ASK you for anything. If they’re on deadline, and it’s the middle of the night, they need all tools at their disposal without having to wait for you to respond.

I like the music and video widgets! Thanks for the tip about grabbing those from ReverbNation. And great tunes!! I hope I can meet you guys sometime and see you play live. :-)

@CarriBella & @JazzCrowd

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