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Top Tips for Social Media Participation

Ashley — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:02:08 +0000

Although there are no ‘golden rules’ for social media, I recently came across a few great pointers that – if followed – could quite easily help you achieve your goals faster. Find below some of the top tips I found for participating in the online social media world. Listen Listening thoughtfully gives you a better [...]

Top Tips for Social Media Participation is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Finding Success with Twitter

Ashley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:34:13 +0000

I’ve been posting a fair amount about Twitter recently and I’m quite confident I’ve covered things you may not have been aware of or may not have thought about as a music industry professional. That’s all well and good but there’s probably one simple question you’re still asking. How do you find success with Twitter? [...]

Finding Success with Twitter is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

MySpace Promotion – How to Get Better Promotion at MySpace

Ashley — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:48:15 +0000

So, how can you get good promotion at MySpace? Well, it’s quite simple, although I can’t say that it comes all that easily. Time is the main factor you need to put into such things these days if you want it to work out well for you. So I recommend you set aside some time [...]

MySpace Promotion – How to Get Better Promotion at MySpace is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Creating a Better Musician Profile with MySpace

Ashley — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:43:08 +0000

Following on from my previous post detailing some of the worst things you can do with your MySpace profile if you are a band, musician, DJ, MC or producer, here are a few things you should be doing with your profile if you are to get a better response when it comes to promoting it. [...]

Creating a Better Musician Profile with MySpace is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Ten (10) Things Bands Do Wrong on Their MySpace Profiles

Ashley — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:38:23 +0000

I’m not going to beat around the bush on this one. Most bands have a MySpace profile but not all of them know quite how to do things right – and it’s annoying. I’m not going to name names and I’m not saying there are ‘rules’ as such, but there’s common sense. Keeping things sensible [...]

Ten (10) Things Bands Do Wrong on Their MySpace Profiles is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Using Twitter to Tweet Links More Effectively

Ashley — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:58:15 +0000

Posting links to Twitter can be a bit of a minefield, particularly when you want people to follow them and stick around a little. Otherwise, what’s the point? Well, it’s about building up a sense of trust and a relationship between yourself and your followers. Once you’ve established that your followers will be much more [...]

Using Twitter to Tweet Links More Effectively is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

How Not to Use Twitter

Ashley — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:19:16 +0000

On my recent posts about Twitter I’ve gone through how to tweet links more effectively, improve the quality of your following and ways to effectively market your music. Well, here is a list of thing you don’t want to be doing. Don’t follow everyone that follows you. Instead drop them a thank you message for [...]

How Not to Use Twitter is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Tips to Tweeting Better Twitter Tweets

Ashley — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:59:45 +0000

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 [...]

Tips to Tweeting Better Twitter Tweets is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Getting Better Twitter Followers

Ashley — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:12:12 +0000

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. Get Your Followers Involved If you have a new song or album coming out [...]

Getting Better Twitter Followers is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Successfully Marketing Music with Twitter

Ashley — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:16:16 +0000

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 [...]

Successfully Marketing Music with Twitter is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.