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10 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Music Business Articles
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Are you using using your time efficiently? With so many music business blogs crowding the internet, it's important to know how to separate reliable sources from those with less credibility, and be able to get the most out of the material being read Guest Post by Bobby Borg of BobbyBorg.com You surf the web from one music business blog to the next scrolling through a variety of tips and articles. But just how productive are you being? Find out by ...
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Artist Management Series: Interview With Vanessa Magos
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An interview with indie pop manager Vanessa Magos explores the relationship between artist and manager, and what it takes to make that relationship successful, as well as delving into what it means to be an artist manager in 2015 Guest Post by Kevin Cornell on TuneCore.com Like almost everything in the music industry over the years, the role of artist managers has changed. As independent artists gain more traction and power, there’s more at stake and more responsibility. All of this ...
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Top 6 Overlooked Merch Items
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Although music and band shirts are often thought of as making up the bulk of merchandise sales at shows, this article lists several items which are often omitted from the merch table, in spite of their popularity among concert attendees. Guest Post by Matt Voyno on The New Rockstar Philosophy People love supporting artists but with so many of your fans streaming music they’re not always going to be down for buying physical music or purchasing a band t-shirt. So ...
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6 Ways to Connect With Your Audience at Events
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We’ve talked about all the ways you can engage with your audience online, and that is FanBridge’s primary focus. However, it’s also important to make sure that you give 110% to your fans in person as well. It’s not always enough to just show up. Remember, events are crucial to connecting with audience members, and they will either solidify and build on that connection or diminish it. Guest Post by Team FanBridge on FanBridge.com Have you ever seen a band live ...
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Beyond YouTube View Counts: Watch Time, Subscribers Drive Growth
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Watch time an important but misunderstood concepts that affect the health of your YouTube channel and videos. While many creators focus exclusively on view counts, YouTube prioritizes watch time when it’s deciding how favorably to treat your video in search results and featured placements across the platform. Guest Post by Gray Gannaway on The DIY Musician Because YouTube view counts can be so easily gamed by misleading thumbnails, automated bots, and other illegal services that promise to artificially increase your video’s views, YouTube now ...
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8 Quick Tips To Get You On The Next Level In Your Music Career
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How many people do you hear talk about their master plan to rule the world, but they never seem to make much progress from one year to the next? Sure, pursuing a career in the music business is difficult. But perhaps with these eight common-sense, practical tips (here are the first nine tips in case you missed them), you just might get to that next level. Guest Post by Bobby Borg on Sonicbids.com 1. Enlist quality control standards Be sure to closely ...
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12 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Posting On Social Media
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As I've said many times here and in my book Social Media Promotion For Musicians, just being on a social network doesn't mean that you're using it effectively for promotion. There's a mindset that's needed before you can use any network as a promotional tool. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Here are 12 questions to ask yourself (thanks to this Time article) before you post to any social network that will help you focus your content for greatest impact. ...
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What To Send To Your Fan Email List [Dave Kusek]
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An email list isn’t worth much if you never use it. In fact, an email list isn’t worth much if you only use it every now and then. It is perhaps the best platform for both developing a relationship with your fans and driving sales, but many artists aren’t using it to it’s full potential. Guest Post by Dave Kusek, founder and CEO of the New Artist Model For the most part, we’ll send emails to our list when we have something ...
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