It’s no secret that itunes has single handedly forced the record store into extinction. Therefore, if you’re a musician it goes with out saying that you you’re going to want to sell your music on itunes and get access to their enormous international audience. Fortunately this is not difficult to do. In fact any independent […]
It’s a little talked about secret that most musicians exaggerate when it comes to their stats. Hell, most straight up lie. Show of hands, who here is celebrating their 6th 29th birthday? That’s what I thought… Well, with all of the vague, convoluted and outdated stats floating around on the internet about the music industry, […]
First off, I just wanted to let you know that the Viral Music Player is going to be closed to the public as of Tomorrow at Midnight (pacific time). But you can still get a copy here: http://viralmusicplayer.com Second, I want to share another testimonial we received yesterday from someone who just started using the […]
In last week’s rant I talked about social media and many of the wrong, or at least ineffective, ways many musicians are using it. I also promised to teach you about a a NEW social media strategy that I’ve been using that is getting some pretty amazing results. To learn what it is, how it […]
Show of hands… Who has 1000+ Facebook friends and hasn’t sold a single album or made one red cent as a result? …I thought so. Social media has always been a very misunderstood platform for many. Part of that is because so many people with ulterior motives have built lucrative careers for themselves as “social […]
With Thanksgiving upon us I can’t think of anything more appropriate than today’s guest, Matthew Wadsworth. Matt is an independent musician who has released 6 albums, written a book, built a million dollar internet business, and is currently training to set the world record for the longest blindfolded motorcycle jump. Oh yeah… and he’s […]
Plain and simple: traffic = subscribers = sales. Once you have your squeeze page and sales funnel in place – as outlined in Music Marketing Manifesto – it’s all about the traffic. And traffic is certainly one place that a lot of musicians get stuck. There are countless ways of driving traffic such as paid […]
Eesh! It’s been over 2 months since my last blog post. Sorry about that folks. I spent the summer traveling through Europe and fell behind on the blog. But I’m back in the saddle and should have more regular content for you going forward. So here’s what’s up… Recently I set up a campaign for […]
GUEST POST: Chris Rockett is a musician and music marketing consultant from London who uses Direct-to-Fan marketing tactics to help level the playing field between DIY musicians and major label artists. Feel free to follow along on his Music Marketing Blog or Facebook Page Hey everyone, hope you are well… credit: geoftheref I’m writing this […]
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