Sometimes it can feel impossible to decide which direction to focus your efforts. Do you pay attention to hashtags and Stories, making Instagram your number one priority? Or do you play into Facebook’s preference for live videos and native content?…
Creative Secrets to step up your Instagram Game
Want more out of your Instagram Stories? We’re here to offer you some creative features to add to your Instagram arsenal. From rainbow text to easy Boomerang hacks, there’s a ton of cool features to amp up your IG stories.…
How To Market Your New Release On A $0 Budget
Let’s be real—there are very few things you can do with a $0 budget and still come out on top. And in many ways, marketing is included in that. You can’t expect to go on Facebook and run an ad…
Best Times to Post on Social Media
Let’s face it: it’s no longer enough to simply post on social media when you randomly feel like it. With the wavering algorithms within platforms and a consistently growing knowledge base of how people consume social media, some strategy needs…
Top 5 Tips for Band Branding
For a band to be successful, it needs to create a brand to tell their story and what they stand for. The brand they develop will present everything they do and it will ultimately leave an impression on people. Here…
Music Industry Sessions Panels Recap
Symphonic Distribution hosted our first-ever Music Industry Sessions, MISessions, on Nov. 10. This event is an innovative networking and panel discussion event for music industry professionals alike in Tampa, FL. MISessions took place at the CL Space in Ybor. The…
Top 5 Tips to Get More Snapchat Followers
Are you a DJ or artist on Snapchat who’s trying to grow your followers? Here are our top 5 tips to get more Snapchat followers: 1. Add Friends from the Address Book feature The simplest way to find Snapchat users to…
How to Advance Your Music Career in a Digital Age
Being a musician these days is tough! Back in the good ‘ol days, artists just had to worry about learning their craft and booking shows, hoping to get radio support along the way that could eventually get you signed to a label. But today…
Approaching Radio and Magazines
Long before I started photographing musicians, I was a radio DJ and music magazine writer. Regularly receiving CDs and emails from ambitious, unsigned artists, here are the Top 3 reasons some were more successful than others in getting a reply…
How to Create a Label Marketing Plan
Below you will find a brief marketing plan devised for record labels who release consistently. As with business plans, this marketing plan will evolve to show more detail and include tools to help you and your brand grow while you…