http://www.myspace.com/thirtysecondstomars
This image is a print-screen of 30 Seconds to mars' official webpage. this webpage is a perfect example of mainstream advertisement in the online age. the wesite has a range of links to help sell and advertise the band and its merchendise. At the top of the page are links to connect you to websites you can purchase the new album and songs from; these are the two most popular internet downloading websites, Amazon and Itunes. also there is a link the websites merchandise page.
http://www.amazon.com/This-Is-War/dp/B002XHN776/ref=dm_ap_alb11
http://30secondstomars.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=366_24988
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/this-is-war/id342009229
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Tese links help to promote the bands merchendise and also Amazon and Itunes. these websites are the cheapest legal way to buy the albumn and songs and extramly easy to use which makes them more apealing than buying a CD from a store.
Below the links to advertise products of the band there is links to the bands social networks.
http://twitter.com/30Secondstomars
http://www.facebook.com/thirtysecondstomars
http://www.myspace.com/thirtysecondstomars
http://30secondstomars.buzznet.com/user/
http://www.youtube.com/30secondstomars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30stm/
http://www.bebo.com/30SecondsToMars
http://digg.com/users/thisisthehive
social networking is extreemly important in the online age to help promote bands. Social networking helps to create a bond between the group and thier fans. on websites such as Myspace and Face book fans can send messages to the band and they will reply, this helps the bands image of caring for their fans. Also these websites can be used to post news about the bands especialy tourdates. Tours are becoming a lot more popular in the online age as CD's are makin less money because of cheap downloads so band have to find an alternative to making a profit. Also competitions are comonly advertised in social networks because fans enter through email which is free so more people will be willing to enter.
further down the webpage you can see quite a few links to news about the band. these help promote the band as it is different companies talking about the band so it raises its popularness with the public. It also helps fans keep up to date with what the band is doing.
below is a print screen of another news realated links. this is actulay where fans can sign up to the website so they can recieve news about the band by email. this a very cheap and effective way to advertise.
the site has some advertisements for their own merchendise that you can buy. the main one on the page would be this one below as it advertises a cheap deal which fans will be ionterested. the deal is that you can get the bands new album "this is war" and a merchendise tshirt for $14.99. the price is in dollars as the band is from america.
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