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GlamRock.com Forum » Forum: ** Site Information, Suggestions & Announcements - Recent Posts http://glamrock.com/forum/ GlamRock.com Forum » Forum: ** Site Information, Suggestions & Announcements - Recent Posts en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:35:27 +0000 admin on "How to promote a Band, a Rock Club or a Gig on GlamRock.com" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/how-to-promote-a-band-a-club-or-a-gig-on-glamrockcom#post-35363 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:56:49 +0000 admin 35363@http://glamrock.com/forum/ CASE STUDY 2 - How to do it properly 1. <a href="http://glamrock.com/forum/profile/revlower">Revlower</a> joined on 01/06/2011 to promote his band ONLY FLESH and to meet new people. 2. Proceeded to build a long list of friends....154 in 2 weeks. 3. Set up an <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/1002">"ONLY FLESH" FAN PAGE</a> and invited all friends to join. Some declined, many accepted. 4. To boost his profile amongst the community as someone that understands GLAM & HARD ROCK, revlower became an active participant in <a href="http://glamrock.com/forum/profile/revlower">FORUM POSTS</a>, offering his expertise by posting on threads. 5. To engage the members further, revlower joined 27 Groups which were closely aligned to his interests. 6. If that wasn't enough, revlower created 4 more groups and sent out invitations for his friends to become followers. * <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/999">The New Glam</a> - For fans of new glam artists. Cheekily positioning ONLY FLESH (a small time act) as a pioneer and the latest best thing. Higher in stature to Vains of Jenna, Hardcore Superstar, Wig Wam or Crashdiet! Very clever marketing indeed. * <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/1003">Shock Rockers</a> - for fans who like dramatic theater at a concert. * <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/998">The Grandfathers of Glam</a> - Tribute to the founders of Glam. * <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/1001">Heavy Metal Movies</a> - For fans of metal movies Quickly becoming the fastest growing Groups on GlamRock.com, attracting a total of 235 followers in 2 weeks!!!!, with each Group having more followers than either <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/327">Cinderella</a>, <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/391">Def Leppard</a>, <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/582">Nikki Sixx</a> or <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/490">Steel Panther</a>, each of these fan groups have existed for a very long time. 7. Listed each of Only Flesh's 16 shows for 2011 as <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/events.html">EVENTS</a> and started promoting the shows to FAN PAGE followers and began securing advance attendances. 8. Posted bulletins to fan page members, making them aware that downloads for ONLY FLESH's latest music were available. OUTCOMES... * Complete acceptance and respect as a community member. * Created a responsive fan base who were aware of ONLY FLESH, perceived them to be a good quality entertainment and receptive to invitations to their shows! REASONS FOR SUCCESS * Used the resources or the tools provided by GlamRock.com * Revlower obviously has plenty of initiative and passion in what he does. * I suspect Revlower is committed to the success of ONLY FLESH. RESULTS... They speak for themselves. It's only been 3 weeks and advance attendance to his shows are astronomical. That I guess is the objective for any band promotion. To acquire fans! MORAL OF THE STORY... It's not hard nor is it time consuming. Social media marketing is the present and the future to promoting your venture without spending a dime. GlamRock.com offers access to fans of Glam & Hard Rock who are willing to hear of and participate in your projects. Provided that you engage them like Revlower did and NOT like DressedToKISS did. admin on "How to promote a Band, a Rock Club or a Gig on GlamRock.com" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/how-to-promote-a-band-a-club-or-a-gig-on-glamrockcom#post-35362 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:15:51 +0000 admin 35362@http://glamrock.com/forum/ CASE STUDY 1 - How not to do it. 1. <a href="http://glamrock.com/forum/profile/dressedtokiss">DressedToKISS</a> (an Italian KISS tribute show) joined GlamRock.com on 10/28/2010. 2. Proceeded to set up a <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/profile/795">FAN PAGE/GROUP</a> as recommended by GlamRock.com. Awesome looking page complete with bio, video's and a band shot. OUTCOMES.... * 3 months later, only 1 fan joined their Group. * No visitors to the Group page. * EPIC FAIL! REASONS FOR FAILURE... 1. Did not bother to make friends with anyone before building a fan page! That's mistake #1 and the most fatal mistake. 2. LAZYINESS - Assumed the effort of creating the fan page was enough and people would come flocking to their shows. Yeah right! 3. UNSOCIABLE - Made no friends (making it impossible to send out invitations to join the fan page), did not demonstrate credibility by making forum postings, did not engage any members (commenting on pictures/wall posts) and did not join any other Groups. Showed other people that they weren't friendly nor that they cared about their fans. What do you think the real Gene $simmon$ and Paul Stanley think of these guys? Not much I suspect. 4. INSINCERE - Doesn't really care or genuine in either building awareness nor a fan base. 5. Demonstrated to the community that they were not much better than your typical spammer. RESULTS... As expected.....NONE, worse still. Visitors to their fan page from Google searches listing this topic could perceive that these guys are a bunch of losers because nobody likes them. Another EPIC FAIL! MORAL OF THE STORY... If you're not going to do something properly...don't do it at all! UPDATE As a favor to lazy and insincere projects, I normally delete their ghost-town fan pages to save them from embarrassment. However, I will make an exception for Dressed To Kiss, as a lasting case study for all new bands & promoters to GlamRock.com of precisely not what to do! Retroman on "The GlamRock.com 100 Club" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/the-100-club/page/2#post-34955 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:18:43 +0000 Retroman 34955@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Congratulations to DelsymAngel for recently achieving 100 forum posts. As usual, belated wishes to other members that we may have missed. admin on "LOGGING IN PROBLEMS :: RESOLVED" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/logging-in-problems#post-33315 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:39:09 +0000 admin 33315@http://glamrock.com/forum/ OK, full and unconditional login access has been restored. Thanks very much for your patience. admin on "LOGGING IN PROBLEMS :: RESOLVED" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/logging-in-problems#post-33292 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:12:48 +0000 admin 33292@http://glamrock.com/forum/ The issue preventing access to the other areas of the site is partially resolved. You just may have to login a few times than you other wise would. However, we expect it to be fully fixed shortly. GlamAsFuck on "LOGGING IN PROBLEMS :: RESOLVED" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/logging-in-problems#post-33289 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:13:38 +0000 GlamAsFuck 33289@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Thanks! I've been having that problem all day! It was driving me insane <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_eek.gif' alt='8O' class='wp-smiley' /> NikkiSinn on "LOGGING IN PROBLEMS :: RESOLVED" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/logging-in-problems#post-33287 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:20:57 +0000 NikkiSinn 33287@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Thanks admin! admin on "LOGGING IN PROBLEMS :: RESOLVED" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/logging-in-problems#post-33286 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:26:15 +0000 admin 33286@http://glamrock.com/forum/ While you can log in the forum and the band pages, because of a technical hitch, we can't login to other areas of the site. It's a temporary problem that the developers will get onto as soon as they wake up! admin on "How to promote a Band, a Rock Club or a Gig on GlamRock.com" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/how-to-promote-a-band-a-club-or-a-gig-on-glamrockcom#post-32166 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:42:15 +0000 admin 32166@http://glamrock.com/forum/ First off, you can't put up a post on the forum to promote your band/club/gig etc. That's because it's spam, and we don't allow it because the community don't like being spammed. GlamRock.com has tools and resources specifically for bands and promoters to engage the community to drive attendances for their events. Here is a step by step run down how to use the available tools and resources - 1. Add and make friends from your profile page. Look for people that may be interested in what you offer, befriend them, comment on their pictures and post on their Wall. 2. Create a <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/groups/create">Fan Group</a>. List the details of your project. 3. Once your Fan Group is approved, upload pics and video's. Provide enough content to do your project justice. 4. Contribute on the <a href="http://glamrock.com/foum">GlamRock.com Forum</a> so people get to know you. Build a reputation for friendliness, approachability and knowledge. Become a resource. Demonstrate that you know something about hard rock which lends immediate credibility and attractiveness to your project. 5. From your Fan Group page, start inviting your friends to be followers of your project. 6. Start posting bulletin updates to what's happening with your project. 7. When you have gigs/nights on, post them as <a href="http://friends.glamrock.com/events/create">Events</a>, send out invitations, upload your gig/event flyer. ------------------------------ That is the cheapest and best way to do it. It takes time and a little patience but the results will be there. See the following case studies for proof.... admin on "New Feature :: FORUM INDEX" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/new-feature-forum-index#post-32098 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:37:37 +0000 admin 32098@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Here's a great idea that Retroman came up with. At last count, we have nearly 1500 topics and nearly 27,000 posts. Phew, that's a lot of stuff there. So to go sift through to find something that's of particular interests you is potentially a huge pain in the ass. At the bottom of the "Latest GLAM Discussions" listing and under "VIEWS", is a link to Forum Index. Click that and you will see a page that alphabetically lists every thread in the selected subforum. How cool is that? We hope you find it useful. Many thanks Retroman on "MODERATORS Guidelines" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/moderators-guidelines#post-32082 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:26:32 +0000 Retroman 32082@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Cheers Admin admin on "MODERATORS Guidelines" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/moderators-guidelines#post-32079 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:14:55 +0000 admin 32079@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Update posted Dash on "T-shirt?" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/t-shirt#post-31350 Tue, 11 May 2010 20:16:21 +0000 Dash 31350@http://glamrock.com/forum/ I personally would tove to see glamrock.com tshirts,kinda like wat sleazeroxx and metalsludge did.like have a store.that would prolly cost alot for u guys to do that tho.its a sweet idea I think.like have keychains,wallets,beanies,necklaces,etc..that would be awesome Retroman on "The GlamRock.com 100 Club" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/the-100-club/page/2#post-30945 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:08:22 +0000 Retroman 30945@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Yeah! Keeping the spirit of the top100 club alive, Congratulations to XIMatthewIX, SIXX-Again and also belated wishes to any other members that recently made it! KarKing Jack on "The GlamRock.com 100 Club" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/the-100-club/page/2#post-30914 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:03:52 +0000 KarKing Jack 30914@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Congratulations Matthew for getting 100 posts! I think you may be one of the fastest people to get 100 posts in! Although I still reckon Cleo and Dash are topping. admin on "Coming soon...GlamRock.com WIDESCREEN" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/coming-soonglamrockcom-widescreen#post-30739 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:09:50 +0000 admin 30739@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Just giving you all a heads up. We're looking at launching the site this Sunday...woo hoo. OK, there will be a bit of a change to the way that we log in. When you log into your account, you normally do it using your username and your password. From this Sunday, you can only log in with your email address and your password. All your activity in the forum and the band pages will still show your username. Be prepared.... DavidB53 on "The GlamRock.com 100 Club" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/the-100-club/page/2#post-30694 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:44:58 +0000 DavidB53 30694@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Good work Dynamo. Sparkii Silver on "Coming soon...GlamRock.com WIDESCREEN" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/coming-soonglamrockcom-widescreen#post-30477 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:12:35 +0000 Sparkii Silver 30477@http://glamrock.com/forum/ sounds schweet admin on "The GlamRock.com 100 Club" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/the-100-club/page/2#post-30465 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:35:22 +0000 admin 30465@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Initially, the GlamRock.com 100 Club was formed because of a restriction that we had in Private Messages. No member could initiate a Private Message until they had made 100 posts. With our move to a social networking platform for people into glam, we have a new messaging system that will function without restrictions so the 100 post milestone is no longer necessary. However and despite this, lets keep the 100 post traditional going! admin on "Coming soon...GlamRock.com WIDESCREEN" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/coming-soonglamrockcom-widescreen#post-30463 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:47:18 +0000 admin 30463@http://glamrock.com/forum/ UPDATE In anticipation of the launch and a few technical issues that have cropped up, we have had to suspend both the Chat room and Private Messages. We could have fixed these but it would have added more time and delayed the project. We felt that to preserve the early launch date which would have meant member access to an AWESOME chat room and an advanced messaging system, was better than tinkering with the crappy chat and PM's we've had to endure. Thanks again admin on "Coming soon...GlamRock.com WIDESCREEN" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/coming-soonglamrockcom-widescreen#post-30451 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:58:54 +0000 admin 30451@http://glamrock.com/forum/ UPDATE The project is running ahead of schedule. So far, the site is holding up very well to testing. Much of standard picture, community chat and video/voice chat features are from well established sources instead of custom made so they are free from bugs and are working very well. A new feature will be "Extended Profiles" so if you were to make yourself available for dating, networking or anything else <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> , there will be drop boxes and text boxes where you can set your preferences. We all currently have a basic profile that is filled out, the Extended Profile will be optional for your to fill out. You will find more information on Extended Profiles, Video & Voice Chat, Community Chat and Fan Groups in the new GlamRock.com Site Support Forum in the coming days. More later' KarKing Jack on "Coming soon...GlamRock.com WIDESCREEN" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/coming-soonglamrockcom-widescreen#post-30407 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:26:42 +0000 KarKing Jack 30407@http://glamrock.com/forum/ I've got tears in my eyes man, I'm excited! Awesome! admin on "Coming soon...GlamRock.com WIDESCREEN" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/coming-soonglamrockcom-widescreen#post-30358 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:23:39 +0000 admin 30358@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Hey there you wonderful community! First off, I have to apologize for not being as visible as I would have liked to have been. There are many of you on here that deserve acknowledgment for your wonderful contribution on the forum. The discussions that you have amongst yourselves have inspired Glamster, Retroman and myself to look beyond the current community for a fresh direction. By and large, we have found that direction and that direction is really the subject of this post. GlamRock.com WIDESCREEN is the first total makeover of the website since we launched on September 2007. As the term widescreen suggests, the site is moving to a wider format. However that is not the only change. Other changes are - 1. Extended profiles to provide searches by age, sex and location. That's right. Single glammers can hook up privately or organize outings and events. 2. Video & Voice Chat on GlamRock.com 3. Much improved Chat Room 4. Ability to make friends and manage your friends 5. Much improved messaging between friends 6. Ability to host Videos and MP3 files that can be commented upon and rated 7. Better featuring of new members and members currently online 8. Personal picture galleries that you can manage and your friends can comment on. Gosh, we know how much you guys love pictures! 9. Each profile will have it's own "Wall" so that friends can leave comments. 10. You can change your "Status Update" anytime you want 11. Bands can start their own groups and have their own forum, friends lists and bulletins to promote their gigs. That's just a sampler of what the site will be offering. All that is in addition to the current Forum, Band pages, News and Radio. The purpose of all these changes is to make GlamRock.com the premier online destination for people that are into 70s and 80s Glam music in a serious sort of way. It is expected that this will all happen from the 1st of May...maybe sooner. Despite the change, it is expected that the community's core values of "having fun, learning from the site, sharing our knowledge and respecting each other as if we were part of one big fucking family"...will remain unchanged. Let's ROCK!!!! Retroman on "The GlamRock.com 100 Club" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/the-100-club/page/2#post-30230 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:51:51 +0000 Retroman 30230@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Well done to Thiez for recently achieving 100 posts. As it's not possible to keep track of every member's posting count, give us a shout when you reach 100 posts! KarKing Jack on "New Banner" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/new-banner#post-30139 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:07:08 +0000 KarKing Jack 30139@http://glamrock.com/forum/ I didnt like it at first, but now I do. I love the idea of merging the 70s and 80s, 'cos it does need to be united! Sparkii Silver on "New Banner" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/new-banner#post-29862 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:02:30 +0000 Sparkii Silver 29862@http://glamrock.com/forum/ i gotta say im fucking loving the new banner. Bl4cFoxx on "New Banner" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/new-banner#post-29850 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:02:45 +0000 Bl4cFoxx 29850@http://glamrock.com/forum/ I think it looks sweet. lynn_c_07 on "New Banner" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/new-banner#post-29849 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:00:19 +0000 lynn_c_07 29849@http://glamrock.com/forum/ I love it! I just think it completely summarises the glam rock attitude- whether 70's or 80's! Good job! x admin on "New Banner" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/new-banner#post-29848 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:58:07 +0000 admin 29848@http://glamrock.com/forum/ Yeah, it's brand new! The header image on a website is important in that it's supposed to convey the core values of what's inside the website. GlamRock.com is about people...not information. Actually, we combine both and we do that very well and plan on doing it better. So a header image with human beings featured instead of guitars is more appropriate to us. Also and as a community, a common thread that runs through all of us (and binds us together) is we both love the music and live life with a rock and roll attitude. We'll probably be like that for the rest of our lives. I wouldn't want it any other way. So, I decided that the old header wasn't relevant or representative anymore and changed it out. The new one I think, also ties the 70s Glam Rock with the 80s Glam Metal a lot better. We gotta unite Glam. It's been divided for way too long....... Thanks for starting up the topic on it <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> Bl4cFoxx on "New Banner" http://glamrock.com/forum/glamrockcom-site-info/new-banner#post-29847 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:54:40 +0000 Bl4cFoxx 29847@http://glamrock.com/forum/ It's new.