101 Make it Easy To Buy - Selling Downloads

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Dave talks about how some bands are not taking their fans far enough in the purchase process. Dave has returned from Nashville where he was a guest on http://www.musicbusinessradio.com/ Kevin Revves (http://www.kevinreeves.net/ ) also points out a website that allows you to sell downloads via paypal. Dave will also appear soon(?) on the Project studio network podcast.

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5:50 From the Group
 
Kevin Reeves points out the website payloadz.com
 

Check out Website Music Player to stream your music via flash, and then purchase your songs (one or multiple). A truly revolutionary tool that can significantly help increase your music sales. With this piece of website software you can start selling your music online within the next 30 minutes.

Here’s a quick run down of some of the benefits:
Get Paid Instantly
Deliver Your Songs Automatically
Receive Credit Card Payments
Easily Manage All Your Songs
You Set The Price
You’re In Control
30 Day Money Back Guarantee

Dave also mentioned the Wimpy Player and www.sellmusicdirect.com (sell music direct allows you to sell downloads, CDs, and they podcasting as a promotional tool).

12:00 Making It Easy To Buy
You needto do more than say “we have CDs on sale tonight.” You need to tell your customers/fans EXACTLY what to do, where to go, etc to purchase your stuff. Dave shares some tips from Diskmakers as they now offer t-shirts that you can customize

If you are a CDBaby artist you can sell CDs via credit card at the gig. Check out www.cdbaby.net/swiper for more information.

22:00 Shotgun Marketing
How can I be your favorite podcaster if you can’t find 10 seconds to record a proper ID? Podcasters, clubs, program directors all can smell “Shotgun marketing” a mile away (and most of the time its a waste of our time - DELETE!).

27:50 Tales From the Road “Playing on Stage with Robert Plant
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