Anyone started their own blogs as a form of promotion?

[alexfsu]

I've heard that making your own blog is at least somewhat helpful in getting your music heard and your name out there, but I only know of one DJ/producer that had a blog and he gave up after six months. Anyone doing this and seeing any sort of results?

[mrdii]

It really depends on how you use it/how much effort you do I suppose. The reality is for most people some cheap/basic PR would probably be more effective and time saving if you're very unknown. It would take hours of work/effort for it to get exposure, in which time you could have done more productive things.

PM me if you want some dirt cheap PR with results !

[incnic]

its not gonna help mate
really it wont.
unless its sometging different, has loads of new consistent good content, is linked into other networks, or...if ur popular
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[oski]

successful blogs are a lot of work..

[drdeft]

Not essentially for self promotion but I made a French blog focused on bass music and street art.

And yes it's time consumming but friends are liking it.

I'ts quite new but you can have a look here :

http://www.traumacenter.Fr

[ammo]

I have a simple blog used to promote my mixes, I think it's good as a base for your details etc. it's not too much work but like I said the layout etc on mine is relatively simple. U can pay to advertise your blog via google Adsense if u really want too, but I havnt tried that.

I've been busy with the day job but had 400 hits in October which was more than I expected as I've not been very active in the scene for a while, so I would say it can be useful.