Ever had such an untidy web presence that you wish you had a magic tool to clear it all up?
Me too.
As musicians and bands grapple with Web 2.0 and the increasing number of websites to become present on, there are now tools ready to help you tidy up your game.
One of these tools is Onesheet.
Onesheet helps bands and artists tidy up their web presence on a single web-page.
What You Get
Your background page on Onesheet is your own, user-uploaded, photo. You get a media player that can be moved anywhere on the page and a number of customisable options that affect the design of the page, such as the font and background.
Creating a Onesheet is quick and simple using the following process:
- Enter your email address
- Create a password
- Verify your Onesheet through Facebook or Twitter
- Choose which of the two media platforms you want to populate your Onesheet with
Good Stuff
One of the great things about Onesheet is that it can take just a few minutes to create a page that has impact.
Onesheet easily pulls information from a growing list of social media profiles, it’s simply a case of specifying them. I was pleased at how easily it did this and how quickly I got the page looking good.
Onesheet is great for fans and followers. Through this one single page your fans can view photos, check out show times, follow your tweet stream, follow your blog, listen to songs, watch videos and sign up to your mailing list, assuming you already have a web presence. For those that haven’t, Onesheet is a great start for a simple and effective web presence.
One of the nice things about Onesheet is that it’s ‘set and forget’. Once you set it up, you don’t need to update it as it is updated automatically from any other sites or web presence that you link it to.
Not So Good Stuff
Unlike a more sophisticated web presence such as Bandzoogle, Reverbnation, MySpace or your own blog, at present there appears to be no direct incentive for fans and followers to sign up to your mailing list or to follow you. You can always link Onesheet to another one of your ‘sites’ to get around this. You just hope your fans go there!
I also had a few initial challenges getting the media player to sit in a desired place on the page, however, quickly figured it out by going in to edit mode > media player widget > move widget
Whilst Onesheet offers good, basic customisation it’s important you don’t expect too much from Onesheet. Onesheet is clearly designed to be simple for artists to create and easy for fans to use.
You’ll be surprised at what you can achieve playing around with the small number of customisation controls available to you.
For what Onesheet is set out to achieve, I think they’ve pretty much got it spot on.
Give it a go
Onesheet is a great solution for any band or artist wishing to progress their on-line presence. It’s great for new artists needing a slick looking web presence (and quickly) whilst working on a more sophisticated one. The simplicity of Onesheet also makes it a ‘must have’ for any experienced on-line artist who wants a tool to tidy up, their otherwise fragmented, web presence.
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