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It’s been over two years since I wrote How To Promote Your Music with Facebook Ads, and it’s still one of the most popular articles
June 17, 2020 30 Comments
It’s been over two years since I wrote How To Promote Your Music with Facebook Ads, and it’s still one of the most popular articles
If you were wondering how I found your work, it was through Spotify. I was looking for vocal synthwave playlists. Yours had the most followers
In March of 2016, I published what quickly became my most popular post: These 59 Music Blogs Will Listen to Your Song, Guaranteed. Four years
Your new music video cost $2000 to make. One week after its YouTube premiere, it has 134 views. What to do? You could share the
Over the past few months, I’ve received a handful of emails asking me the same impossible question: “I love the blog, I’ve read all your
Three weeks ago, I received the following email from SoundCloud with the subject line “You’re invited to an exclusive promotional opportunity.” I immediately created a
You’ll recall from my last installment that streams don’t equal fans. Two campaigns yielded 180K streams, with no obvious boost in followers. Keep those results
John Gold, founder of Hypeddit, recently published a course called Fans on Demand Formula, promising a thousand new fans in one week. I put it
It’s always a good sign when a Spotify PR company rejects your song. It means they’re selective, a prerequisite to establishing fruitful relationships with influential
Spotify launched their Ad Studio platform early last year. I was giddy with excitement. For the first time, I could make potential fans hear my
Did you know that each time your song is streamed, it generates a mechanical royalty that is not paid through your distributor? You need a
You may have noticed that whenever you schedule a video release on YouTube or Facebook, you have the option of making it a premiere. In
Drooble is a social network for musicians. Like Facebook, it has a news feed with comments and likes. Like SoundCloud, it has artist profiles, radio,
I would never buy fake plays, and I strongly suggest you don’t either. You risk getting your material taken down, your account suspended, or worse.
In a recent How I’m Promoting My Music This Month email newsletter (subscribe here), I mentioned that I was working through a long to-do list to
Patreon has been doing a lot lately to help creators maximize their potential on the site. In addition to the recently launched Patreon U, I
You’re probably familiar with song share links that direct fans to the music service of their choice. For example, here’s one for my last single: There
A few weeks ago, I stumbled on this giveaway from Taylor Davis, and was blown away by what I saw: With almost two days left,
Playlist Push promises to help independent artists get their music on Spotify playlists, and gives playlist curators a way to monetize their music discovery. As of this
UPDATE: I’ve learned a lot about Facebook ads since writing this article. Here are a few other angles: You can use download gates to gather
UPDATE: Be sure to check out my latest post on Spotify Ad Studio here! I’ve been looking for ways to boost my Spotify streams. What
Patreon consumed my last year. Between launching my page, promoting it, and delivering on what I promised to patrons, there was little time left for
UPDATE: I gave Playlist Push another whirl in March, and they’ve come a long way since I wrote this. You won’t miss anything if you
$500 is a lot of money. As much as I love testing out promotion ideas and sharing the results with you, that’s more than I’m