New On BeginnerDJ: BDJ Shop, Facebook, Friends and More
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Hey BDJ readers,
I just wanted to give everyone a little heads up on what’s going on at BeginnerDJ.
I figure it I owe it to everyone to keep them in the loop.
First off, thank you so much for reading BDJ. It’s great to see so many people visiting the site and commenting on the posts. I really appreciate it, it keeps me going 
So, I’m sure you’ve noticed a few things that have popped up on BDJ but if not, I figure they’re worth mentioning.
The BeginnerDJ Shop
After getting asked a bunch of times for recommendations for gear, books, music and more, I figure it would be great to include a shop for BeginnerDJ.
This store is a simple Amazon store built into the site.
It does mean that anything you buy will earn me some affiliate cash, I don’t want to keep you in the dark about that.
The additional money that comes in through Amazon will ultimately come back to you in the form of gear reviews, being able to attend parties and write about them and so much more.
Be sure to check out the BDJ shop here.
The BeginnerDJ Archives
I recently found a great plugin called PS Auto Sitemap which allows me to place a single line of code to generate a sitemap on the site.
Up until now I’ve been using Google XML sitemaps for the search engines but I wanted you to be able to read back through the archives without having to click from page to page.
This creates a really nice list of the posts.
Check out the Beginner DJ archives here.
BeginnerDJ Facebook Page
I created a Facebook page for BeginnerDJ a while back but never got around to placing it on the site.
As you can see, it is up on the site currently.
I did this because RSS and Email subscriptions just don’t really cut it anymore. A lot of people may have no idea how to use RSS or don’t want to read posts through their Email. I figure a Facebook page would be great because everyone already has an account.
Check out the BeginnerDJ Facebook page here.
Google Ads on BDJ Wut?
I’ve been a bit hesitant about placing more Google Adsense ads on the blog because I don’t want them to distract you from the content.
In the end, I wanted to have a nice block on the sidebar and toward the bottom of the post.
Again, much like the BDJ Shop, this is mostly just to pay the bills and so I can pick up new gear to review for you guys.
Also, if it gets to the point where it pulls in any additional money, I’d love to hold contests for everyone. I’d love to eventually hold a contest where someone can win a full set of decks!
I want everyone to voice their opinion about the ads, if you don’t like them, speak up and I’ll remove them. Remember, the blog is for your benefit, not some advertiser.
BDJ Input and Suggestion
Over the last few months I’ve been able to talk to a lot of great people.
Some of these people have been DJs, avid readers and people really interested in the music – big ups for them!
If you ever have any post suggestion, guest post, things you want to share or comments, please fire away – I’m always open to new ideas and helping others get promoted.
Thanks again
Just wanted to thank everyone again for a great reception of this blog. I’ll continue to do my best to provide some really great content.
Keep checking it out in the future for more posts, reviews, interviews and more. As it builds up, I hope to be able to give more back to everyone so keep up the support!
Thanks,
Muxx
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