OK. So I love creating art. My art? Usually music. But whatever you love to create I know how hard it can be to get your stuff out there and figure out how to work the internet. Below are a list of helpful links. Many pertain to music, but they could be helpful for any artist.
Music Distribution
tunecore.com – places songs for sale on web (itunes, napster etc)
cdbaby.com – places songs for sale on web and will sell physical cd for an artist
Tools
adwords.google.com – pay per click advertising
google.com/adsense/login/en_US/ – automatically places ads on your website and you earn money when people click on them
google.com/trends – Search through the most searched words on net
google.com/alerts – receive emails tracking any keyword chosen through the entire internet
fatcow.org – website hosting service
godaddy.com – purchase url’s
templatemonster.com – website templates
wordpress.org – free website building tool, and free blog
blogger.com – free blog site
twitter.com – mini blogish service to send quick updates on your status
digg.com – interesting user added web stuff – check out the dig effect on wikipedia.org
eventful.com – fans can request an artist to come to their own town
paypal.com – internet paying services, people can donate through this
amazon.com – internet paying services, people can donate through this
checkout.google.com – internet paying services
copyright.gov/ – government copyright site
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ – Creative Commons site
feedburner.com – easy tool to podcast or set up an RSS feed
flickr.com – online photo management
photobucket.com – online photo management
sonicbids.com – connects music promoters and bands
reactee.com – shirts that text back
textmarks.com – manage mass texting etc
icontact.com – manage email lists, sending etc
myxertones.com/make/ – free service to create a ringtone from a song
cafepress.com – create and sell your own merchandise free – sort of
womma.org – Word of Mouth Marketing Association
Social Sites
myspace.com – demographic skews under 25 – now can sale music
facebook.com – demographic skews over 25
youtube – video
break.com – video
metacafe – video
funnyordie.com – video
revver.com – video, pays per viewcount
