Picture used with permission
of David Singer

Did you know that . . .

Charles Manson was a songwriter? Before he was arrested, the Beach Boys recorded one of his songs called, “Never Learn Not to Love.”

The Turtles were the first rock band to play at the White House? The event was Trisha Nixon’s Masque Ball in 1969.

Struggling musician John Lennon shoplifted the harmonica you hear him playing on the Beatles’ hit, “Love Me Do.”

More than 2,200,000 Americans play the accordion.

What can you do with this information?

Do you have a music store? A store that sells music posters or rock star memorabilia? A store that sells books about Charles Manson or the Beach Boys? Do you have a musical instrument site that sells accordions?

Use these little facts across your Web site. Do some research and learn more, then write a page of content around each fact. Add some graphics.

Put up a special section on your musician’s site about how all musicians started at the bottom, even John Lennon. List his story, complete with pictures. Join Amazon’s affiliate program and sell the album containing the song.

Add other struggling musician stories in your section. Every musician needs to hear success stories. They need to hear how “big names” made it to the top. They need to hear that it can be done.

Let readers post stories about their favorite musicians and how they made it big. Use user-generated content to help you build content for your site.

It just takes one idea to shove your mind into overdrive. Give it a try.

Got any other ideas? Share them here.

Robin