marketing tools

Your Band Can Have It’s Own iPhone App

November 20, 2009

Everything is going to the phone in the future. I think a phone number for texting is just as important if not more important than an email address (I never delete a text message before reading it – not so much for e-mail). With this in mind, you don’t have to pay some programmer a [...]

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Reverbnation Store Looks Impressive

September 29, 2009

I wish this video had audio, but it doesn’t. None the less Reverbnation continues to add more useful functionality to your music marketing arsenal. The great thing is you can add these tools to your website and the customer never knows its coming from Reverbnation. When Reverbnation came out I thought, “These are great tools [...]

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Should I list My Music At This Site?

June 15, 2009

Today we start a conversation about what to look for when you see a site that wants you to list your music at their site. This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Tales From the Road – Stage Thud Special tales from the road courtesy of Big Al and Mike at www.projectstudionetwork.com Strategies for Listing Your Band  [...]

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Free Distribution into iTunes

May 6, 2009

WaTunes  has announced that it will no longer charge artists for digital distribution to iTunes and other online retailers. The company hopes to generate revenue from ads on a new music social networking site. I’m not sure why company after company keeps going back to the free business model. Eventually if you don’t make money, [...]

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His Membership Site is Paying the Rent

May 4, 2009

Today we are talking with Matthew Ebel about his strategy to launch a Membership site to bring in revenue between CD releases.  I had originally talked about this strategy back in April of 2007 and Matthew has been doing this for a while now. He has multiple packages set up from everything from a new [...]

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Ultimate Footer Ad – Boost Newsletter Sign Ups

April 2, 2009

If you are looking for a way to grab your visitor’s attention this is THE tool. You can have it prompt them to sign up for your newsletter. (Never a bad idea to give them something for free for signing up). You can also have it point to a page on your website (take them [...]

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