The Christmas holiday season they say is the time of year when companies move from the red into the black. And every year it seems like we hear the news media spouting off another huge dollar figure and celebrating the success of online sales. With so many people looking to spend money around Christmas it's…
Now you can sell music and other audio files directly from your website with the Music Store app from WebStarts. The Music Store app lets you sell by song or by album. You can do things like add cover art, set prices, and even choose to activate social features to help your music go viral.
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Every business needs an email list, it's the core of your online business. Sending emails is a great way to stay top of mind with your audience, promote products, and convey information. In this article I'll share with you how to get your first 100 email subscribers within 24 hours.
Step 1_ Back load your…
If you've ever created a video or website and wanted to add some background music you know the task can be daunting. Quality stock music is hard to find and can cost you a fortune. Here are 5 places you can get free stock music for commercial use to use on your website, videos, or wherever.
1. Youtube Audio Library
Youtube provides a lot of tools to help creators get more content on their platform. In the process they created something called the Youtube Audio Library. It's a collection of free music for download. You can search by genre, mood, instrument, and more.
2. Music For Makers
MusicForMakers.com take a different approach than Youtube. Rather than having you search for songs you give them your email address and they'll send one royalty free song to your inbox every Monday. If you're in a hurry to get an assortment of songs to choose from you can pay just $7 per month.
3. What Funk
WhatFunk.com provides an array of categories of music to choose from. Once you sort by category you can preview each song which they host on SoundCloud. Once you've found one you like click the download link and you're off and running.
4. Free Music Archive
FreeMusicArchive.org has a wide variety of music to choose from. Not only can you search by common criteria like title, artist, and song but also by mood, duration, and tempo. Each song can be played directly from the website and there's a convenient download icon to the right of each title when you're ready to download the MP3.
5. Vimeo Music Store
Just like Youtube , Vimeo has a collection of creative commons licensed audio tracks you can use for your video or website. Vimeo does off music for purchase along with free downloads. To see only the free downloads click on Music Search and choose 'free' from the price range field.
A background pattern on your website can give it a unique and interesting feel. Here are five of my favorite places to get background images for your website.
Subtle Patterns has page of interesting images that are perfect for seamlessly tiling the background of your website. Clicking the preview button that appears when…
It's Friday and I know you probably don't want to be at work. So instead of pretending to be productive, here are 10 useless websites to help pass time until the whistle blows.
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You already know WebStarts is everything you need to create a unique and beautiful website. But did you know about these 10 not-so-obvious features?
1. Video Backgrounds
What better way to standout from the crowd than a video background on your website? To do this click on the insert video icon on the toolbar, upload a…
Here at WebStarts we're frequently asked the question "I've created a website, now what?". Once you have a website established you're going to need to get people to find it. So here are 10 things you should do after creating a website to promote it.
1. Search engine optimization.
Search engines like Google are still the…
