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20 Twitter Tip and Tricks To Simplify Your Life Online
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Twitter can be an excellent resource to help artists new and existing fans and strengthen their brand online. But 11 years in, Twitter is still confusing, as well. Here we look at how musicians can make their Twitter life easier. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Twitter is great for building your brand and an amazing way to reach a lot of people that you probably couldn’t reach any other way. That’s said, after eleven years and over 300 ...
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Why Crowdfunding Can't Be Relied On For All Music Releases
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While crowdfunding can be a great way to both market and promote your new music in advance of its release, as well as actually fund it, making it your one and only means of putting out new material every time can be a bad move. Guest post by Patrick McGuire of the ReverbNation Blog Crowdfunding is an excellent way to promote new music and to help fund it at the same time. Platforms designed to reach friends, family and fans ...
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Ready To Launch Next Music Project? Do 4 Things First
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Chances are, you have a big music project you’re working on now, right? Maybe it’s as small as a new song, or as grand as a full-production music video with a team of 100 people backing you up. No matter how big or small your project, the big question is, “How do you go from an idea to something tangible out in the market?” The first step is always planning, and that’s what we’re going to talk about today. I know ...
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Dos And Don'ts: A Musician's Guide To Working For Free
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As an artist working in the music industry, there will be doubtless be many opportunities for 'free' gigs which are offered to you, and while these can sometimes benefit your career, they should other times be avoided. Guest post by Jaclyn Kendall of Soundfly's Flypaper Making money from your music gigs isn’t easy. Few creators are able to make a living solely off their music. In fact, incredible and talented musicians often have to work multiple jobs on top of playing gigs ...
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Guide To Keeping Fans Engaged On Social Media
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For artists, social media is a great way to reach fans with minimal expense. But in many ways, the real advantage comes from fans ability to reach you- provided you can keep them engaged! Guest post by Dana Tom of Eventbrite Social media enables you to reach out to your followers at any time and at a very low cost — a marketer’s dream come true. More importantly, though, social media enables your followers to reach out to you any time, too. ...
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Live Money vs. Streaming Money: Which Comes First?
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Professor David Phelp of William Paterson University examines how the balance of power has shifted between live and streamed music, and where both areas may have their financial limitations when it comes to artist growth. Guest post by Professor David Phelp of William Paterson University and Music Biz 101 This is an interesting article comparing live revenue to recorded music revenue. It also compares the current era vs. “the old days,” which were really only about 10-15 years ago. Read this quote: “The reason ...
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Optimizing The Day You Send Your Email Newsletter
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Once you've sunk the time into crafty a comprehensive and compelling email, you'll want to ensure it goes out at a time when recipients are the mostly likely to actually open it. Here we look at how to utilize a built in email scheduler to be sure you're hitting send when it counts the most. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 You’ve finally finished creating your newsletter email and it’s time to hit the send button. But is it ...
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Thinking Locally Is The First Step To Success
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While the internet can theoretically allow you to access a potentially limitless fanbase, starting out there can make it difficult to cut through the clutter of millions of other vying for listeners attention, meaning artists just starting out are often better off working to develop a local fanbase first. Guest post by Rich Nardo of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This article was written by Rich Nardo.] The internet is a fickle friend to an artist. On the one hand, a quick ...
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