2. 1.Great Header Image
• Your header image is actually the most important element of your
homepage, it is the first seen that people will see on your homepage,
so that it is really important for you header image to catch audience
attention in the first place.
• So to construct your website homepage, you need to think about what
header image you need to choose and represent the convention of
your music video, and therefore target your audience, and tells the
information about the name of the band/artist, the genre you could
firstly got, and music is represented.
3. 2.Short Bio
• As your current fans will
look at your site, you need to
have a short bio to make
sure a potential new fan who
you are and what your
music is all about.You
should have: 1.What is you
band's name
2.Where are you from
3.What do your sound
like
4.What are your
influences
4. 3.Music/Video
• First time audiences should be
able to see your music video,
and therefore audiences could
have a straightfoward feeling
on what your music is like.
Adding visuals means you can
grab their attention through
both ears and eyes, hence less
chance they will get distracte
by other things like Facebook
and E-mails, it is important to
get their whole attention.
• However, please ensure that
the song is your freshest and
best in order to represent your
band in the best way.
5. 4.Call-To-Action
• A call-to-action is designed to direct people's attention to something specific
that you want them to do while visiting your website. For example, Joining the
mailing list, buy your latest album, listen to your latest track etc.
• However, it is better to limit to only one, or maximately two call- to-action,
depends on your goal.
• For emerging band, collecting email addresses to build up your mailing list is a
good idea
• For a more established band with solid fan base, you could therefore direct
people to buy your latest album.
6. 5.Latest news/blog
• The best way is to put the top news items on your homepage,
and therefore direct people to your full blog to ready more
• Because, the reason is most people don't scroll down on a web
page, and will only read what they can immediately see on
their screen.
7. 6.Social Media Links
• People might have short
time to check out your
website, so it will be a good
idea to give them a quick
link to connect with you on
social media sites.
• I they do this way, they
could quickly go to your
Facebook page and like it,
or follow you on twitter.
• However, do not overdo it,
only list the social media
networks that you are most
active on, do not try to send
people to 10 diffeent places.
