Monarch Music & Media - Update 01/12/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Update 01/12/2014

Time seems to be flying by, we're now into the final month of 2014 and many of us seem to be caught up in a bit of a shopping frenzy with the Christmas period fast approaching. I couldn't quite believe some of the scenes I witnessed on the news from Black Friday and I really hope we're not going to see more and more of that madness in future!

As far as Monarch Music & Media is concerned it has of course been the busiest time of the year, with the main focus being to try and get more involved with Twitter as I'm discovering it's just as good if not better than Facebook for networking, marketing and just getting your message out there. What started out as a tool to simply enhance the website and bring in extra traffic has fast turned into a larger scale cross-promotion operation and I've now created a YouTube channel where I can showcase some of the talented but as yet unknown bands, musicians, games developers and artists out there. As a result of all this activity the Twitter page has grown rapidly in the last couple of weeks and has now reached the 500+ follower mark.

URL for the Twitter page :- twitter.com/MonarchMusicMed

URL for the YouTube page :- youtube.com/c/MonarchMusicMediaRudheath

There's also a new address for the Google Plus page as I've had to merge two existing pages in order to simplify things.

URL for the Google Plus page :- google.com/+MonarchMusicMediaRudheath

So almost a year on from starting this business there is still lots more to be done but it's been an interesting journey so far that has taken me in many new directions and brought me into contact with some great people.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support and I would like to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all who celebrate!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 27/01/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 27/01/2014

With 2014 now in full swing it has been a busy start to the year for Monarch Music & Media. Today we received the business cards ordered from Vistaprint and are very happy with the quality and design, all for a great price too and we highly recommend their services! The business cards have a rather minimalist looking design and include the main essentials for an online business : Company Name, Website Address and Email Contact Address. Here's an image of the business card :

After a steady start with the promotion side of things we finally had our first 2 customer orders over the weekend so big thanks go out to our good friends Rockstar Beads of Northwich, a great place to visit for all your jewellery requirements. You will find their stall on the Indoor Market.

Staying with promotion, it has been great to see the Facebook advertising campaign has been further stepped up and is now reaching a much bigger audience than when it first began a few weeks ago. This is helping both the Facebook page and the website to receive more publicity.

The initial interest in the new DJ Equipment section is also looking positive with quite a few website hits, mainly coming via Facebook but encouragingly also directly from search engines such as Yahoo, Google, Bing etc.

That's all for now folks, thanks for reading and hope your year has started well!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 10/01/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 10/01/2014

A very Happy New Year to everyone and hopefully 2014 brings you health and good fortune!

After a busy few weeks since getting the business up and running last November it was nice to enjoy a short break over the holiday period which allowed me to recharge the batteries and have a think about new ideas of how to go forward with Monarch Music & Media.

The first job was to create a bright new colour scheme for the website reflecting the new year, new beginnings theme. As always your feedback as to the general look of the site is more than welcome.

Another thing that came to mind when thinking about site content was that I realised that although having plenty on the website highlighting and showcasing my DJing history, experience, mixes and productions etc there weren't actually any DJ-related equipment and items for sale! So I decided to make it the first priority of 2014 to remedy that by adding a complete DJ section to the Storefront menu.

In the DJ section of the Storefront you will find pages with the following sub-categories :-

PA Systems

Lighting

Mixers

Turntables

Cartridges

Controllers

Headphones

Microphones

All pages contain both links to products on sale via our trusted partners Amazon and live eBay feeds so feel free to have a browse through and if there are any categories or items you wish to see added just let me know as I am always happy to extend and improve site content.

That's all for now so thanks for reading and have a good weekend!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 31/12/2013

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 31/12/2013

Welcome to the final update of 2013, a year which for myself started out very quietly but became really busy in the final couple of months due to the launch of the Monarch Music & Media venture!

Personally it has been a real roller coaster of a year, losing several good friends way before their time has been difficult and indeed forces one to rethink their outlook on life in many ways, perhaps persuading us in some cases to take more chances and opportunities if and when they come our way. On the positive side I have been very much impressed with the coverage the website has enjoyed in its first 6 weeks or so, having only a minimal budget for advertising and marketing available it was always a concern but social media such as Facebook and Twitter seemed to have worked well.

The Facebook advertising in particular has proved to be the highlight of the last couple of weeks, reaching more new visitors than ever before and across several countries, this had started off rather slowly but now seems to be gathering momentum nicely. Also the Amazon aStore pages have been showing an increased interest of late, I guess not too surprising with it being the holiday period but still nice to see.

Looking ahead to the New Year I hope to further improve the range and choice of music and media items for sale on the website and hopefully if time permits I would like to add more content to the DJing side of Monarch Music & Media with maybe some more mixes and/or production products added to Mixcloud and SoundCloud respectively...

It just now remains for me to wish you all a Happy New Year and a healthy and prosperous 2014, if you're out partying have a great night!

DJM

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