6 Free WordPress Plugins for Musicians

Using WordPress has made life easier for me as a musician and blogger. Free WordPress plugins can add so many different dimensions to your music operation.

I created a list of plugins that I have found useful in my music marketing efforts. Discover your options: Build subscribers, create mailing lists, stream your music, or create a music store.

• G-Lock Double Opt-In Plugin: allows your visitors to subscribe to your mailing list, once they sign up they receive your message. Place it in your sidebar and manage subscribers through your WordPress Admin Menu
• Audio Player: Flash mp3 player for your blog. Give the fans some new music in appreciation for visiting your site.
• Wp e-Commerce: add a shopping cart to your blog with this plugin. Great for when thinking of selling band t-shirts, ringtones, and videos. Great compliment for your digital distribution. Different avenues for musicians to make money.
• Bookmark Me: adds social bookmarking buttons to your blog posts. This is a great tool to increase your traffic and let your visitors choose their bookmarking service of choice. I use Digg and StumbleUpon while others prefer delicious and yahoo buzz. Cover your ground.
• What Would Seth Godin Do: Increase your RSS subscribers with this plug-in. It creates a message at the beginning of your post welcoming new visitors with a default message, “If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!”. Increase your fan base and customize your message accordingly.
• Myspace Crossposter: Bridge the gap between your blog and Myspace account. This plugin publishes all your WordPress blog entries to your Myspace blog. You can either publish a notification of it or the whole story. I have a nice friends list that could turn into potential RSS subscribers. Keep marketing.

I will keep you posted in the future of more marketing techniques and cool plugins to increase your unique visitors and sell your albums.