As 2009 wrapped up, I wanted to take some positive momentum into the next year. Evaluating what worked and what didn’t work in my music marketing campaign was easy. The hard part is acknowledging it and fixing it. We are all human, and I fell victim to some bad habits. Stop waiting for the music lottery! Musicians sometimes are happy with just having all the pieces a band needs. I have a website, Facebook page, Twitter account, and mailing list. I bought my lottery ticket, now its time for me to win. Without any consistent activity, those aspects to your … Continue reading
If you are just beginning your band blogging mission, this list will help give you an idea of things to monitor and improve your marketing attack. If you have been blogging for a while, this list is great to make sure your focus is on point. I have been doing recent band consultations and found it necessary to create this PDF. Blogging is one aspect of a music operation but can open up endless networking and promotion opportunities. This list has made it possible for me to reach a wider audience with my band blog and with Hip Hop … Continue reading
The ultimate goal is creating a music marketing plan that works. Music 2.0 has offered an amazing amount of options and tools for independent musicians. I want to take a pro active approach and test out different ideas that will take time but will be worth the effort. The first experiments will involve building Mailing list exchanges and affiliate marketing opportunities.
As Day 2 begins, I took my list of keywords and focused on writing one article based around a couple of those keywords. The key for me was mentioning the keywords and making sure my articles had the correct tags related to those words. Once your article is published, it is time to share it. Social bookmarking is a blogger’s best friend. When I first began writing, I realized that I used many of the social bookmarking sites but just didn’t use it to my advantage. The goal here is to manage your time and expose your articles to different … Continue reading
I enjoy blogging and aside from music blogging I find fun in internet affiliate marketing. The great thing here is I try to see any parallels between affiliate marketing and marketing your albums. The main difference with musicians and their product is we have to sell an emotion and aside from just hearing our music, our content can explain in detail what feeling we were trying to convey.
