I continue to be a huge fan of the iSound newsletter/blog, which is full of real world tips for independent artists. This month’s article promises to be extremely useful. It focuses on 11 ways to maximize your promotion efforts through your band website. I’m sure these tips will apply to MySpace and other social networking sites as well:

“There once was a day when the only way to promote your music was by going downtown, printing off 500 postcards, licking 500 stamps and peeling 500 labels. Now in less than 5 minutes, artists can compose an email list of the 500 people and send it off with one click. Websites give people all over the world a central place to find band information. This was not possible a short while ago. With all the technology advances, artists must make the most of their resources and create a webpage that makes fans want to return to their site.

1. Show personality. A band’s or group’s website is their resource to show the world”

Read the rest of this article here.

iSound also offers profile pages for artists, with a pretty cool music player that can be added to other sites. Band and artist features include: