How To Get Included On Our Site!
We can build you a new site or
link to the site you have!
And Now You Can Sign Up Completely
Online!
We are still building new web
pages for our site!
Now is the best time to get on Americangospel.com.
We are still the best deal on the net.
Membership on the American Gospel
Music Directory is open to any Gospel group, Soloist, Christian
publication, Church, Christian organization, Christian-oriented business
or Ministry.
Our goal in creating these websites is to create a complete sampling of
Gospel Music Groups in the USA. We will then make this information available
to the rest of the world here on the web. Through this site, we are creating
a comprehensive resource to serve the entire country's Gospel Music Groups.
Think of it as a Gospel Music Association of the internet. If you are
a member of the Christian music community, we invite you to become a member
of our site now.
Having your group, publication
or business displayed on our site will help your ministry to reach a much
greater audience at far less cost than other methods of getting your message
out. By adding the internet address for your page (http://www.americangospel.com/yourgroupname)
to your mailings and communications, people in your local area
can get updated schedules and information about your latest recordings.
People in other parts of the country can listen to a sample of your music
and order your recordings. They can share in your testimonies or contact
you about ordering your publications or products. If you travel extensively,
they can see when you may be coming to their area to sing. The use of
the web is growing daily. We have created a very inexpensive way for you
to let our ministry help you minister.
The Details
If you already have a site you want
to add the link to our directory...
If you already have a group website of your own on another server, the
fee is $5.00 per year for us to add a link on our directory
page directly to your website. If you are linking to a business website, the fee is $15.00 per year. Send a completed application
form and check for you first year's dues. After we receive the application and payment, we will review your site. The link will be added the next time we update the directory.
This could take anywhere from one day to two weeks before your link appears on the directory page.
If you
do not have a web site and need a page built...
Our membership fee is only $50.00 per year, plus a one-time
page set-up fee of only $25.00, payable when your site materials
and membership form are submitted for inclusion on our site. The set-up
fee includes scanning pictures, making a sound clip, adding text and other
graphics and posting the site on our directory. There are no other charges
or fees. Payment may be by check, money order or credit
cards.
Now you can sign up and pay online
with our new Online Membership Form!
What kind of
site will I get if Americangospel.com builds it...
The site we build for you is based on a quick loading, single page,
easy to follow format we have established for our sites. People get
your pictures and information quickly. Some sites on the web seem to
take forever to load. Our sites load quickly and the information is
presented in a way that is user-friendly. You can control your schedule
yourself (see note below). You send us periodic updates to your bio
or merchandise by email, and we post it on the site for you.
The following items are included in the page we create for you from
the text and pictures you supply to us when you become a member:
- Full color group picture.
- Full description of your ministry,
in your own words.
- Listing of group members with a
short bio of each, if desired.
- Information on how to contact your
group by mail, phone or e-mail for bookings.
- An appearance schedule for your
group, you can update it yourself anytime.
- Information about the recordings
you have available and how to order them.
- E-mail links to your e-mail account
(if you have one).
- MP3 audio clip from one of your
recordings (40 to 60 seconds maximum)
- All page design and hosting on our
server.
- A comprehensive stats/counter program
for your page like this
one.
- An easy to remember internet address
that you can publish to give people direct access to your page, for
example: http://www.americangospel.com/yourgroupname
- Worldwide promotion of your ministry
and recordings available to anyone with internet access.
- No annoying advertising for anything
on your site!!!!!!! (Unlike
Tripod, Geocities and Angelfire)
Now available: Update your concert
schedule from your own computer instantly, anytime!
For example, see this page!
They update their site from a simple, password-protected panel consisting
of 4 blanks. There are instructions right on the input page. Just fill
in the blanks (date, starting time, details and city, state) then press
the "Add" button, and that date is on your schedule in the
right chronological order, instantly! You also have another panel to
go in and delete dates form your schedule with the push of a button.
This is now standard on all new web pages we build.
We will make reasonable updates to your page, upon request, for no additional
cost. This includes updating your bio, band photo or whatever changes
are needed to keep the information current. You can mail us these changes
or E-mail them to us and we will make the changes as soon as we get
them.
All you have to do to have us build
you a site is:
1. Print out and fill in the membership
form or use the online membership form
and payment page.
2. Get the items mentioned above, such as picture, bio, schedule, etc.
3. Mail all of the above items and a check for $75.00, payable
to Todd J Wilkins, to:
Todd
Wilkins, PO Box 816, Ligonier, PA 15658-0816
OR mail the materials then go to this
page to pay by Visa, Mastercard, Am Express, or Discover.
That's all there is to it. We do the
rest. We will notify you when the site is online for approval.
Please take a look at some of the
single page sites we have created for our members.
More elaborate multi-page, custom
site design and hosting is available at additional cost (usually $35 per
hour). We would be happy to discuss your site ideas and costs with you.
Here is an example of commercial web sites that we built
and maintain.
How To Join
This is really all the info you need to get
started. We have tried to answer your questions and provide examples of
our work. If you have any questions that aren't answered here, you can
E-mail,
or write to us at the address below. You can also call 724-995-1010, but
we prefer to keep costs down by communicating by email.
If you would like to join our site, fill out our printable membership
form or the new Online Form and mail
it to us with your membership dues by regular mail to:
Todd J Wilkins
PO Box 816
Ligonier, PA 15658-0816
Dues can be paid by credit card here!
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