It’s Not All Twitter & Facebook

Posted on July 20th, 2010 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media , , , , ,

Over the last couple of years there has been a lot of talk about Facebook and Twitter being the next big thing for people wanting to marketing something. They are extremely powerful tools that more professionals are turning to in order to target their audiences and push their products or services. Although I don’t disagree [...]

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Top Tips for Social Media Participation

Posted on September 26th, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media , , ,

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.

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How Not to Use Twitter

Posted on September 4th, 2009 in Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media, Twitter , ,

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.

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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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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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Promoting Music with MySpace – Networking

Posted on July 29th, 2009 in Music Promotion & Marketing, MySpace, Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media , , , , ,

So we’ve covered the basic Myspace features and ensured you make your profile as friendly as possible. Next we can look at networking and getting people to find your profile… and music. First of all, don’t go ahead adding any random being you come across. It is likely to have any real benefit to you [...]

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Promoting Music Online – Getting Started with Social Media

Posted on July 4th, 2009 in Music Promotion & Marketing, Online Marketing & Promotion, Social Media , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

First and foremost, one of the first things you should be doing in promoting your music online is making your music accessible and developing an online presence. That way people will start to know that you exist. Whether they hear your music or not is another matter. But as long as it’s available, should someone [...]

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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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