Search Newsletter - September 2006

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Greetings fellow webmasters,

If you are a musician, you know that getting the word out about a musician, band, or gospel group so they are able to minister to more people can be very difficult. The good news is that today there are more ways to do that than ever before. September is Musicians Month at OurChurch.Com. In this issue of our search newsletter you can read all about the ways we're helping musicians expand their ministries.

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IN THIS ISSUE
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1) Special Offer on Marketing Services
2) Musicians Month - Can Your Host Do This?
3) Free iPod Nano Giveaway
4) Website and Marketing Secrets for Musicians

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1) SPECIAL OFFER ON MARKETING SERVICES
To help bands and musicians spread the word about their websites, we're offering our Christian Search Engine Registration and Guaranteed Search Ranking services together for only $299, savings of $89 off our regular prices. Not a musician? No problem. This special offer is available to everyone. Your site doesn't even have to be hosted by OurChurch.Com. If your site is hosted by OCC, click the "Order & Renew Premium Options" link on your Webmaster page. If your site is not hosted by OCC, click the Order Now option in the menu of our Marketing Services site.
http://marketing.ourchurch.com/

2) MUSICIANS MONTH - CAN YOUR HOST DO THIS?
OurChurch.Com is more than just a hosting company, we are a web design company, search marketing company, a Christian advertising company, and a Christian search engine. Even more than that, though, we are a Christian ministry dedicated to helping our members make the most of their online presence to further their ministry goals. September is Musicians Month at OurChurch.Com. That means we're pulling out all the stops to help musicians in every possible way.

We are strongly encouraging all musicians to put audio clips or even full songs on their websites so curious visitors can listen to samples of their music. For sites hosted at OurChurch.Com, we're providing additional technical assistance, featuring them in our newsletters, and on our Musicians Month page. We're even giving away an iPod Nano to one qualifying webmaster. If your site is not hosted at OurChurch.Com, why not? Can your hosting company do all this for you?
http://www.ourchurch.com/hosting/musicians-month.php

3) FREE IPOD NANO GIVEAWAY
OurChurch.Com is giving away a free iPod Nano to the webmaster of one musician/band site. The 1 GB iPod Nano holds about 250 songs or 15,000 photos, weighs less than 2 ounces, and is valued at $150. To be eligible, musicians/bands must host their site at OCC, have recorded audio of their original music on their site, and notify us through the help desk by September 30, 2006. The drawing will be held October 1, 2006 and the winner's name will be disclosed in an announcement later that day. To enter, send us the name and URL of your band/musician site through our help desk.
http://www.ourchurch.com/support/

4) WEBSITE AND MARKETING SECRETS FOR MUSICIANS
We are also turning our attention to musicians in our Christian Web Trends Blog this month. Find out key to building a successful band/musician website. Read about the secrets to building an online audience for your music. Learn about a great, free way to broaden your audience. The new series for musicians starts September 12.
http://blog.ourchurch.com/

Thanks for using OurChurch.Com's search engine and for listing your site(s). Be sure to check and update your search listings regularly so that they bring the most visitors possible to your site. Post your comments and questions concerning this newsletter here in our forums.

In His Service,
OurChurch.Com

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TOP PARTNERS FROM AUGUST
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OVERHEARD...
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"I took my kids to a Christian concert last night and some of the music was different to say the least. Still, we saw ministry in the midst of what seemed like a train wreck at times... Does the type of music matter?" - isaiah4110
http://forums.ourchurch.com/viewtopic.php?t=822

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SEARCH TIP O' THE MONTH
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There are lots of smaller niche directories (search engines) on the web for musicians and bands. Search them out and complete the form to request a listing.