---Tip #3: Consistency--This is the hardest and most important step. You have to be
consistent. On social media, you have to upload content daily,
and you must upload songs/videos weekly! We live in a fast pace
world and we need to grab peoples attention! And how do we do
that? By being consistent! Remember, nothing happens over
night. But if you stay consistent and use these tips, you will begin
to see results in no time! Be patient! If you are expecting over
night success, it won't happen. Alicia Keys said, "My over night
success took me 16 years." Marketing your music online will
definitely help speed up the process though. There are SO many
other tips but these are just a few simple ones.
2. Keep Social Media Up To Date - Nothing is worse than going
to a band's Facebook or Twitter page and their tour schedule is
from last summer. You should be editing performance dates and
venues the day you confirm them. Give people time to work
around their busy schedules and allow them to make it out to your
shows. Beyond tour schedules, ensure that content is updated
frequently so that fans have something to look forward to each
time they visit your page.
3. Connect All Your Social Media Accounts - You should be
utilizing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, and each of
them should have accessible links to the others. Don't bite off
Also...making remixes to popular songs that are out on the radio more than you can chew, however. There are 100's of social
can definitely help you get more views!
media websites-you don't need to use every single one.
I hope these tips on how to market your music online helped!
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4. Don't Sound Like A Generic Advertisement - We all know
THAT band who has a social media account that sounds like they
are selling you something on every post or tweet. Be genuine! If
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5. Visuals, Visuals, Visuals - People get bored of plain text all
the time. Pictures and videos stand out and will make visitors stop
and check out what you have to say. Instagram's entire model is
based upon visuals, and it's worth $35 billion. Take a picture in
the studio or shoot a video with a quick message to your fans. In
fact, photos and videos get a higher organic news feed ranking
By Tim Gerst
that pure text posts on Facebook.
10 Simple Music Marketing Tips
For Indie Artists
We live in a strange time. With the internet exploding in
exponential chaos, we find almost all aspects of our lives are
splintering to take new shapes and forms because of this hyperconnectivity. The music industry-and the artists creating within itfinds itself in a place of constant change. Finding target
demographics is now a breeze with the multitudes of analytic
software available. Music has changed from primarily physical
product to almost completely digital. Traditional marketing has
turned to social media marketing and branding for guidance.
6. Post Regularly/Stay Active - Nothing says "we don't care"
quite like a band whose last tweet was two years ago. Every
waking moment does not need to be spent on social media, but
frequently posting is a great way to keep fans interacting with
your band.
7. DO NOT SPAM - Keep content original! Posting the same
status or tweet with the same text and same link every day is a
huge no-no. Never let your fans question whether it's the artist or
Thanks to Spotify and other instant music streaming services a robot controlling their social media page. However, reusing
putting music literally a click away, record labels barely beat out highly engaging posts down the road is totally acceptable.
indies for total revenue in 2014. Now is the perfect time for artists
to forgo the backing of a major label and tread through the murky 8. Give Out Exclusives - Giving out exclusives is a great way to
waters of the music industry alone-aside from sometimes hiring give fans a reward for subscribing to your social media pages.
out services like social media marketing and merchandise. Indie Upload an MP3 online and post a link where fans who like your
artists traditionally have much more creative freedom than their page can download it and put it in their music library. This is also
major label counterparts and usually get a much higher cut