Podcast

Music Phone Book is Now Music Page

August 30, 2011

We’ve talked about in the past that musicians need to be able to keep up with technology, and embrace the tools that are available (while not spending 24 hours a day on the computer and losing the magic that is meeting face to face). Many moons ago I interviewed David Codr about his Music Phone [...]

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Great WordPress Shopping Cart For Selling Digital Products On Your Website

August 23, 2011

Someone had sent in an email about what shopping cart I use. I found a WordPress Plugin called estore that stops people from sharing the download link. The customer never receives the actual link to the file (its encrypted). You can use it create packages, it accepts coupons for paypal, and if you need to [...]

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Your Demo CD – Explain How Your Band Benefits Clubs

August 13, 2011

When you are trying to get your first gig, you want to explain to the club or event how THEY are going to benefit. Late night TV infomercials help you understand the problem you didn’t know you have (Is your cheese crooked? Do you hate having wrinkled cheese?), then they explain how their product eliminates [...]

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Make Yor Own Rewards Program

August 10, 2011

I just read about this service at punchtab.com where you can build your own loyalty program. While they have a built in catalog that gives away gift cards, you can make your own. Your fans/visitors get point for doing certain tasks each day at your site. For example: Visiting your site every day – for [...]

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Staying Professional at the Gig

July 24, 2011

Today I podcast live from the banks of Lake Erie. Today I’m talking about leaving the Negative Nancy Attitude at home. I had an interesting gig that was supposed to be outside, and due to rain, was moved inside. Inside the club as noting but glass and hard wood. In a nutshell, we knew we [...]

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Musicians Roadmap to Facebook and Twitter

June 27, 2011

Two months ago, I began implementing Ariel Hyatt and Carla Lynne Hall’s strategy to increase my Twitter following, as laid out in their book Musician’s Roadmap to Facebook and Twitter. The basic idea is to follow potential fans in the hope that they will follow back. I discovered that the more selective I am in choosing who [...]

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There is No “L” in Viewbix

May 22, 2011

Today I talk about a tool to spice up your youtube videos at www.viewbix.com (I say viewblix in the podcast). I also talk about (for those using WordPress ) Slide Deck. You can see it in action on my site www.morepodcastmoney.com We are also looking for a juke box for your website that s html [...]

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Assertive vs Aggressive

April 10, 2011

Today I talk about how my bass player and I got into a finger pointing contest about our promo packs. Aggressive people want things their way and are hell bent on making their point of view be THE point of view. Assertive band members look to find a compromise where Aggressive personalities want to WIN [...]

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Root Music For Facebook

April 3, 2011

Sound Cloud For Band Practice Notes This week we have some feedback from the audience. We had Carlos from www.bydefaultmusic.com who explains how he is using  www.soundcloud.com. He records practice then he and his fellow band members can leave comments on each song so that all band members can see the comments. Root Music Easily [...]

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Should I Automate My Tweets?

March 27, 2011

I’ve had people that are in my boat (not enough time to keep up with social media) ask me about automating their tweets, blogs, etc. Its an interesting question, but its not easy to answer. First I had to get educated a bit on exactly what is possible with software such as tweetadder ( I [...]

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