'Ucombo.com - Share the Music Interview'

Ucombo.com - Share the Music Interview

By Interviewer at 06/06/08 22:01

Name of your website?

Ucombo.com - Share the Music

Your name?

Brian Rapp

Your Location (city, etc)

Schwenksville

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Independent unsigned musicians, song writers, indie rock, and bands use Ucombo to showcase and share original songs and get exposure.

What inspired you to launch your own website?

Passion for music

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

March, 2005. Benefito.com

How did you decide on a name for your website?

Seek inspiration and search for the available name.

What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?

* Unlimited MP3 file uploading and storage space * Listen to unlimited music * Unlimited music embedding onto your websites, MySpace, or Facebook * Unique URL to your profile so you can link to your profile from any site * Free music store for yourself with unique URL * Free visitor counters on you profile and music player * Protect your copyright by disallowing downloading * Receive customer payments directly from your MP3 music sales * Customize your music store

What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)

Keep it for income.

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

Time is everything. Although more funds will make a big difference.

If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?

More funds into marketing.

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

Yes. Server will be upgraded.

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

Not obvious currently.

What has been your biggest challenge?

Traffic.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

SEO.

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

Not much.

How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?

6 months on Ucombo.com. I will keep it running and build it regardless of income or popularity.

Why you launch Ucombo.com?

To provide something new to the independent music community.

What is your website address?

Ucombo.com - Share the Music

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