Let’s say you’ve got your marketing schedule for the year polished and ready to go… Kudos! Now, I assume there are some times in your schedule where you’ll be touring, doing local shows, recording music etc., where you aren’t actively…
How To Promote Your Next Show
Imagine showing up to a venue to play your show and seeing it jam packed with all your fans. Think about the energy in the room, the screaming fans who waited weeks or even months to see you perform… There’s…
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 Email Marketing Services for Musicians
Email marketing can be one of the most underutilized promotional tactics for musicians. If you use any sort of download gate, then you probably have a collection of fan emails already. If not, then it’s easy to get started! Once you begin…
How to Build a Mailing List for Email Marketing
Email marketing is crucial in the digital age. It can help you reach hundreds (or thousands!) of people with the click of a button. Email marketing can help you alert your fans about about upcoming shows, releases, interviews, merch drops and more. But you might be asking…
5 Growth Hacking Tips for Musicians
This article about promoting your music is written by Daniel Hartnett, aka The Corporatethief Beats. Daniel is a music marketing blogger and beat maker on his website www.thecorporatethiefbeats.com. You can reach Daniel on Twitter @corporatethief. To learn music marketing efficiently…
Artist Websites: Are You Doing it Right?
It seems pretty simple to have and maintain an artist website, right? Truth is, it’s not always so easy for everyone. Being in the industry, I’ve seen both extremes: websites that make us feel jealous and websites that make us…
Why You Don’t Need A Record Label to be Successful
We live in a time where musicians have everything they need to be successful all in fingers reach, yet many artists still don’t understand exactly why artists are steering away from labels more and more. Here are our top three…
70 Ways to Promote Your Music
Of all the pieces in the music industry, marketing tends to be the one thing that independent artists tend to struggle with the most. To help out we’ve come up with 70 ways to promote your music! Here are 70…
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…