I recently switched over to Aweber as my solution for my mailing list. When I began blogging, I settled for a simple opt-in WordPress plugin that would add some value to my subscribers.
The problem for me was the free plugin was limited and sometimes would have problems with random updates. I’ve been researching mailing list solutions and found some reasons why it is very important for your development.
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 promotion are useless.
I wanted to take this time to thank you for your support. This year has been an interesting one and time has definitely flown by. I am very grateful for all the insight you guys have added to discussions and questions you have asked making this site better.
This year I plan to take a more active approach in helping your blog. Less theory and more practice. The one thing I realized is many music bloggers talk about what you can do, but lack specific tasks to achieve them. The reason I want to make this blog different is because I want to make you practice: I learned by trial and error. Now after a couple of years blogging about music, I’ve been able to eliminate some errors and build upon what worked.
I want to know more about you and see where your band blog is and where you want it to go. I was once in the 0-500 range and hated it.
I want to bring out the best in our readers and have them participate in sharing their success and obstacles. Let’s learn from one another.
This is not an ego check, it’s a “let’s triple these stats” mentality.
A majority of stats packages will give you a “unique visitors” number for your monthly stats. This is not for ‘hits’ and ‘pageviews’.
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Trial and Error
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 Distribution. These 5 factors made my monthly visits increase.
