Promote Brobdingnagian Bards

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• Three Simple Yet Effective Things You Can Do to Promote the Brobdingnagian Bards Right now
  
  
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How you can help promote us online:

1. Add us to your email Signature File.
2. Add a link to use on your website.
3. Send an eCard with your favorite Bard song to a friend.
4. Tell your friends about us in newsgroups you visit.
5. Promote us in your mailing lists.
6. Request our music in online radio stations.
7. Write a review for one of the stores where our CDs sell.
8. Read The Bard Crier.
9. Tell a friend.
10. Join the Nagians Discussion group and meet other Nagians.
11. Tell people about our comic strip or add it to your website.

How you can promote us offline--Build a Street Team

1. Print and handout our Lord of the Rings Pocket Billboards.
2. Get a free sticker and tell your friends to do the same.
3. Find the address for your local Celtic & folk radio programs and tell us so we can get them a CD.
4. Start a Fan Club in your area.
5. Start a Street Team to promote us in your region.
6. Create Flyer and post copies around town.
7. Create and distribute pamphlets.
8. Contact local Celtic, Renaissance, and historical reenactment organizations to tell them about our music.
9. Sell our CDs.
10. Find shops that take CD consignments.

Coming to your Town

1. Sit up front
2. Interact at shows
3. Creative booking ideas
4. House concerts

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Three Simple and Effective Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Promote the Brobdingnagian Bards

1. Add a link to us in your Email Signature
   Email signature promotion is overlooked by a LOT of people, but it is a simple and effective promo method. Add link and when your message is forwarded to others, lo and behold, others will see our link and consider clicking it. All it takes is a couple minutes of your time to copy and paste. Add the following:
   
   "Brobdingnagian Bards: Free Celtic MP3s http://www.TheBards.net/#Put_Your_Name_Here"
   
   In the spot "Put_Your_Name_Here", I ask that you add your name. We like to find out how people find us, and it could be your ticket to winning more free CDs. So add us to your email signature today!
   
   
2. Review us on your website.
   Personal testimonies and reviews are an invaluable form of promotion! When you tell a friend honestly and openly, how much you love our music, they are more likely to stop and listen. You can do that easily by adding a review to your website. Add a short review of us on your website, like this:
   
   "Brobdingnagian Bards : The Original Celtic Renaissance, The Bards are awesome! We've been listening to their music online for a while now, and they make my day. My personal favorite songs are 'Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)' and 'Do Virgins Taste Better Medley'. That last one is from their new CD. You can check it out at http://www.TheBards.net/#Put_Your_Name_Here."
   
   
3. Promote us in Newsgroups, Forums, Message Boards, and Mailing lists.
   Newsgroups, bulletin boards and mailing lists are a great place to talk about us. Tell your fellow subscribers about our accomplishments. Give your honest reviews of our music. Let them know when a new CD, or MP3 is available. Promote our upcoming shows, and include our website in your email address. Once again, the more people see it, the more likely they'll click and we'll gain some new Nagians.
   
   Make sure to Include a link to http:/www.TheBards.net/#Put_Your_Name_Here. If we see a lot of hits coming from certain people, you can bet we'll offer some cool rewards like T-Shirts and other CDs, and we'll see what else we can come up with.

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