Tips to Tweeting Better Twitter Tweets

Posted on August 31st, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media, Twitter , , , ,

Has your tongue untied itself yet? Sometimes I feel I may be the only one struggling to post tweets on Twitter within only 140 characters. Everyone else seems to be doing it fine. Maybe I include too much detail but it made me think that maybe I could be doing more with my tweets to [...]

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Getting Better Twitter Followers

Posted on August 28th, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media, Twitter , , , , , ,

After my recent post on Twitter marketing, here are some other ways you can maximise the use of your Twitter account to get the best out of your current followers and gain new followers that really do want to follow you.

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Improving Your Website – Top 10 (Ten) Quick Tweaks

Posted on August 24th, 2009 in Search Engine Optimisation, Website Management & Improvement , , , , , ,

Following on from a previous post on why your band needs a website I have included some handy tips to help you make your band, DJ or artist website more effective and, potentially, successful. This isn’t to say these tips are specific to music websites but will help anyone looking to create a good quality [...]

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Successfully Marketing Music with Twitter

Posted on August 21st, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media, Twitter , , , ,

The typical musician spends much of their time being musically creative and so a lot of musicians that should be using Twitter to market their music just aren’t sure where to start or how to use it to its full potential. In my previous post on the musicians introduction to Twitter I promised another post [...]

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The Musicians Introduction to Twitter

Posted on August 18th, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media, Twitter , , , , , ,

Three years after the launch of Twitter in 2006 the ideas used and approaches taken to promote and market companies, products and brands has almost become an art in itself – and with great reward. Great marketers of the ‘Twittersphere’ continue to promote products in new, exciting and surprising ways on a daily basis. This [...]

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SEO Search Engine Optimisation for Bands & Musicians

Posted on August 15th, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Search Engine Optimisation , , , , , , ,

First of all, what is SEO? Search engine optimisation is a process whereby the volume and quality of the visitors you get to your website is improved and ensuring your positions and visibility within the search engines is increased, allowing for more traffic and better quality visitors. Typically, the higher a site appears in the [...]

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How to Get Social Media Visitors to Stick Around

Posted on August 8th, 2009 in Social Media, StumbleUpon, Website Management & Improvement , , , ,

With the evolution of social media sites, submission toolbars and related website suggestions, people often end up visiting your site not knowing exactly what to expect. First impressions are important for any website, particularly if you want your users to stay for a while or come back, but with applications such as the StumbleUpon toolbar [...]

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Why You Should Not Buy Fans on Twitter

Posted on August 5th, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media, Twitter , , , ,

While there are a number of ways you can increase your Twitter follower count one thing is certain – people are doign whatever they can to boost their followers to a level that would envy their rivals. Maybe, in some respects, that’s a marketing tactic in itself but it has got to the stage where [...]

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MySpace Band Promotion – Your Music & the Player

Posted on August 3rd, 2009 in Music Promotion & Marketing, MySpace, Online Marketing & Promotion , , , , , ,

So you’ve got your band MySpace profile, added good quality content and networked with potential fans, venues, promoters and musicians. You’ve most likely already thought about music promotion through the MySpace player and uploaded your music but have you thought about the impression you’re giving off? Your MySpace profile is essentially promoting your demo. Would [...]

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Welcome to my Music Marketing blog. I have been actively involved with online promotion for many years now, both professionally and in my spare time, and being an active musician for the best part of 9 years I felt I needed to share my knowledge and experience with those that would be most appreciative and could put it to good use.

My aim here is to combine the two areas into manageable chunks and present tips, ideas and inspiration for anyone wanting to promote their music online and offline and generally get one foot above the rest, set themselves apart from the average and achieve what they want to achieve musically. I'm hoping the information I post here can help you do just that.

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