Artists need an online presence

Check out this story: Artists urged to give selves Web presence It discusses how artists can gain exponentially with something as simple as a website. Web 2.0 is taking professional promotion into new realms and artists have a great opportunity to gain. For artists looking to set up a professional web page and earn a strong online presence, ourtbeat.com is being created for you! Check us out and sign up to become one of our beta testers! We launch to the public this summer, but beta testing starts soon!



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ourtbeat is a site created by artists for artists. We are a social and professional networking community that is re-writing the rules of today's platforms of virtual and physical self promotion. Artists require a resource where they can get heard, get seen, and get discovered. Enter ourtbeat. Ourtbeat provides a cutting edge interactive experience filled with exciting opportunities where artists can learn, play, promote, share ideas, and make connections to further their own creative selves!

What makes us different? Sites like Myspace and Youtube revolutionized the way we communicate... but that's old news. As a co-creator of ourtbeat, I tip my hat to sites like this, but am also aware that they can only do so much for artists. These sites have to cater to everyone's needs and tastes. Ourtbeat is a site dedicated to one niche group: Artists. As a struggling artist myself, I know what it's like to strive to get noticed in a world inundated with media and information. The featured artists link on popular sites can span 10 pages with 20 artists/page. When you do a search on Google, how likely are you to click more than 2 pages into your journey for information? We live in a microwave society, and many people don't have the time to work too hard to randomly discover the next big artist. At ourtbeat, you'll never be lost on page 10 in a long list of artists.

The social networking sites of today have also made it incredibly easy for anyone to create their own web page. This is a double edged sword. You can Google various ways to improve your Myspace page, but in the end, it will always have to follow a certain order of "organization" that many have deemed unprofessional. At ourtbeat, we provide our members with a professional and interactive online profile page that supersedes what is currently available on the web.

So why a blog about a completely different website? Why not? We're focused on creating a cutting edge site for you, your friends, your colleagues, and... us. We need a professional networking community just as much as anyone else. There's no need for us to focus on creating a blog site while we're doing this, because we're not trying to improve upon blogs per se. This blog is being created for one reason and one reason only: You. We want your input. We want your likes, your dislikes, your needs, and your do withouts. Ourtbeat is a site in construction... so why not throw in your two cents to insure that it's constructed the way you want?? You can post comments on this blog, or you can go to www.ourtbeat.com and sign up to become a beta tester, content provider, promoter, or all of the above.