You just joined Music Forte.  You have some media files you’d like to sell.  So now what?  This is a question that many artists have not asked themselves. 

With the thousands of existing social networks around these days, it is easy to jump on board just to state that you’re on the passenger list, and then jump ship.  Hopefully, you’ll take a thorough look around first.  If you are pressed for time and worried about missing the next boat, there is ONE thing in particular we think you should know about - Music Forte’s widget code. 

What is a widget?

In short, "widget code" refers to some copy-and-paste code that you take from Music Forte and upload to  your own website or other social network sites.  You’ll find this code when you log in to Music Forte and click on "My Promotions > Widget Code". 

This code has been an incredible help to many of the artists who register at Music Forte because it provides you (the artist) with 100% profit of your digital sales.  You heard that correctly; Music Forte does not take a cut out of your digital distribution! 

Customize that widget!

There are not too many boundaries here.  We have plenty of  "skins" (styles) that you can use so that your personal media player will fit the look of any site.  They come in all shapes and sizes, and have their own unique features. 
However, before you can customize the widget you will need to have at least one song uploaded.  What good is a media player without any media?

Give it a test drive

I can’t stress this enough.  Once you have the code on any of your other sites, try it out.  Make sure that it is working the way you intended.  Is the sales button leading your visitors to your digital sales page, or the CD sales page?  Is your album cover art displaying as your music plays.  There are many features that you are able to customize  and you should ensure that they are working the way you planned. 

Artists who use our code on active sites, are receiving sales every single day with the code.  If you choose to promote your digital sales, that money goes straight to your PayPal account (free to setup and available worldwide) providing instant delivery of media content, and instant money to your account.

OK Now what?

That depends on how ambitous you are.  Some artists kick back and focus their attention elsewhere while passively earning money from Music Forte’s media player code.  Hey, there’s nothing wrong with that.  By all means focus where you need to.  The setup described above is aimed to take a minimal amount of your time, while providing hands free sales; meaning that you’ll be able to work without having to worry about constant maintenance and follow-up procedures.  Or you can make this a part of your more intensive promotions.  Artists who work it hard-core, are not just working to bring attention to this media player; they are also bringing attention to their entire website (where the media player happens to exists), which in turn, allows them to showcase all of their talents and products.

That’s great, but how does it work on the customers end?

The purchasing process is a breeze.  Customers simply click on the "buy" icon, or your cover-art image that appears on your media player.  If it is directing them to digital sales, they’ll be able to preview and check mark all the songs that they want to purchase.  All customers receive an email receipt with download links that expire.  If that customer is registered at Music Forte, they will have an area in their account where the download is permanently saved for their convenience.  Music is delivered instantly and easily and requires no work from the artist.  If you are using PayPal, the transaction information is saved in your sales history, so that you can email your new customers follow-up promotion and information about your music!

Try Music Forte’s widget code today, and let us know how it is working for you.  We’ll take the good and bad feedback and publish it here, with a link to your own website!   The back-links from our blog will be a help to the site you are focusing on, and your feedback will be a help to us, to ensure that we continue to move in a direction that is helpful to the artists.