ONLINE PRESENCE & PROMOTION FOR SONGWRITERS & OTHER CREATIVES

SONGWRITER ONLINE SUCCESS ROADMAP

1. Business/Marketing Plan

2. Talent/Ability

3. Website (blog based) YOU.COM

4. Mailing list

5. Merchandise

6. Contacts and Connections

7. Social Media

You do not have to be everywhere but you should be

somewhere… consistently!

SONGSALIVE! LA

June 11, 2017

Matthew Moran

MatthewMoranOnline.com

ONLINE PRESENCE & PROMOTION FOR SONGWRITERS & OTHER CREATIVES

WORDPRESS PLUG-INS, THEMES, & HOSTING

Plug-ins

Yoast SEO (search engine tools)

Jetpack: site stats plus many other tools

List category post: show posts by categories

Simple Calendar: displays google calendar on

website

SiteOrigin Plugins:

Page Builder: advanced layout tool

SiteOrigin CSS (html mod / custom design tool)

SiteOrigin Widget Bundle

Themes

SiteOrigin Vantage or North

Hosting

SiteGround.com (not related to SiteOrigin)

REAPER: Recording software. Full-featured DAW (like

protools).

$60 personal use | $225 studio or making more than

$20,000/yr

Reaper.fm

CANVA.COM: web and print graphic generator (free plus

premium)

GOOGLE APPS: Gmail, Google Drive (docs, sheets, forms,

presentations, graphics, etc), Calendar… and more

MAILCHIMP.COM (e-newsletter tool)

IMOVIE/MOVIEMAKER: Video editing (Mac / PC)

AUDACITY: Recording software/editor (destructive)

MP3TAG: mp3 tagging software

FORMAT FACTORY: file converter (WAV.mp3)

KUNAKI.COM: Digital CD duplication - short runs

FREE OR NEARLY FREE TECHNOLOGIES

Verse 1:

Johnny & Patricia they’re just friends of mine

They called me up said, “boy, it must be time”

“We’re going to take you out – see you on your feet again”

They don’t know I’ve got a different plan

That’s the problem with this little town

Everybody knows when you are up or down

Need a change of venue, a change of scenery

A language barrier might be just the thing

Chorus

I’m smuggling my heart South to Mexico

A little border town where I can just lay low

I hear they treat heartache with tequila

And Loneliness by dancing with those pretty senoritas

A dark cantina with no one I know

Soft desert wind to warm my soul

I’m.. Smuggling my heart South to Mexico

Verse 2:

Mariachis play a sad love song

Don’t understand a word but I still sing along

Between the locals and expatriates

I find a place to put my love to rest

Verse 3

Que Bonita, Quieres Baillar? (so beautiful, Would you like to dance?)

We’re the last two sitting at this lonely bar

My broken Spanish makes you laugh I see

Does your pretty smile mean there’s a chance for me?

Final chorus

I’m smuggling my heart South to Mexico

This little border town it lets me just lay low

And I’m treating my heartache with tequila

And my loneliness by dancing with this pretty senorita

A dark cantina with no one I know

Her soft brown skin, it warms my soul

I’m.. Smuggling my heart South to Mexico

SOUTH TO MEXICO © 2008 - Matthew Moran