Create a biography with pictures in .pdf format and make it available for download. You can use Writer program to do this contained in free Open Office Suite http://www.openoffice.org . Open then program type (or paste) in your biography and insert pictures. When your done go to File > Export As PDF.

7) Lyrics Allows fans to get more familial with your music, Also adds content to which will get picked up by search engines if it has an incoming link form your main page or somewhere else.

8) Biography On your bio page sections fans read about you and see your pictures. A sideshow of your photos sometimes adds a nice touch.

9) Concert Listings/News Keep your fans and site visitors updates with your latest news about your concerts/shows, interviews, appearances or other topics of interest.

10) Forum A discussion forum is a great place for you to interact with your fans and street teams. An excellent free script to set ip a forum is phpBB http://www.phpbb.com.

11) Blog Blogging is a good way to syndicate your artist/band news and generate traffic for your site. Search engines love this kind of stuff. Later on in course I'll go a bit more in dept on setting up your blog. A nice fully featured blogging script is Word Press http://www.wordpress.org .

Make sure your each page of your site is cross browser functional, meaning its viewed properly by different web browser programs. Two of most popular ones are Internet Explorer and Firefox http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox . Sometimes a site will show up perfectly in IE but will be all out of whack when viewed in Firefox, or vise versa. Have both browsers installed and check out every page.

4. Create an automated cashflow by using content to formulate multi-part email training courses with related web-site or affiliate links "sprinkled" throughout each course. Use an autoresponder service to automate delivery of your training course (such as a 5 part training course delivered over a 5 day period).

Training courses can also serve as excellent bonus offers for your prospective newsletter subscribers.

5. One of most important keys to a successful online business is not JUST having a list of mailing list or newsletter subscribers... It's about building a trusting relationship with your subscribers (ie, "cultivating" your list)...

By sending informative articles (content) to your list on a regular basis you will establish yourself as an expert on your topic of business, as well as gain trust of your subscribers over time. As a result, your subscribers will be EAGER to take advantage of your "paid" product and service offers. (Just make sure that you NEVER take advantage of relationship you develop with your list by offering products or services of poor quality just to make a quick buck!)

If there is one "constant" in Internet marketing, it's this: A cultivated list of subscribers is as good as money in bank. Write that down and never forget it!

Well there you have it, 5 sure ways to build your online business exponentially with help of articles and content...

With declining effectiveness of many of online advertising methods that we've relied on in past years, content is only strengthening its position as ultimate KEY to generating unlimited traffic, subscribers, and customers!

Brennan Howe