Category: Sites & Services
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What Artists Should Know About Rise
69 comments on What Artists Should Know About RiseI’ve been running a Spotify growth campaign through Rise since May of 2021, to the tune of $225 per month. Yessirree, that’s a lot…
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My DIY Spotify Playlist Pitching Campaign
I last wrote about Spotify playlist pitching back in January, when I detailed my campaign with Playlist Blaster. I’m still getting thousands of streams…
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What Artists Should Know About Spotify Marquee
This changes everything. Over the course of many posts, we’ve established that I can get potential fans from Facebook and Instagram to my latest…
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How to Promote Your Music on Deezer and Audiomack with Feature.fm
How do I promote my music to streaming? You’d be forgiven if you thought it was 100% Facebook and Instagram ads to Spotify. I’ve…
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What Artists Should Know About Songtrust
Did you know that each time your song is streamed, it generates a mechanical royalty that is not paid through your distributor? You need…
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YouTube Growth Engine Review
I don’t talk about YouTube much, but it’s my top priority right behind Spotify. Most of my videos consist of music over static cover…
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What Artists Should Know About Playlist Blaster
I gave up on Spotify playlist pitching services. They just aren’t worth it. First off, there’s the risk of bots, which could get you…
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What Artists Should Know About Tunespeak
Tunespeak is a loyalty platform for musicians where fans earn points by performing various actions like streaming tracks, watching videos, and referring friends. Those…
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What Artists Should Know About SpaceLoud
I haven’t had much luck with influencer marketing, but that hasn’t stopped me from trying! Since writing about Breakr earlier this year, I’ve done…
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What Artists Should Know About Breakr
Until recently, I only dabbled in influencer marketing. It seemed promising but daunting. To do it right, I’d need to research influencers across multiple…
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Why I Left Mailchimp for Drip
Email is my #1 promotion tool. Always has been. I’d been using FanBridge since 2012, but it didn’t integrate with the WooCommerce shop I…
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Grow Your Spotify Followers with ToneDen
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…
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What Artists Should Know About SubmitHub
In March of 2016, I published what quickly became my most popular post: These 59 Music Blogs Will Listen to Your Song, Guaranteed. Four…
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My Drooble YouTube Promotion Results
Your new music video cost $2000 to make. One week after its YouTube premiere, it has 134 views. What to do? You could share…
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My Promote on SoundCloud Beta Results
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…
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Spotify PR Spotlight: Midnite Blaster
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…
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Does the Fans on Demand Formula Add Up?
John Gold, founder of Hypeddit, recently published a course called Fans on Demand Formula, promising a thousand new fans in one week. I put…
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Spotify PR Spotlight: Virtuoso Music
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…
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Spotify Ad Studio Revisited
Spotify launched their Ad Studio platform early last year. I was giddy with excitement. For the first time, I could make potential fans hear…
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Drooble Song Reviews, Reviewed
Drooble is a social network for musicians. Like Facebook, it has a news feed with comments and likes. Like SoundCloud, it has artist profiles,…
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I Bought 16K SoundCloud Plays
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…
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How to Promote Your Music with Feature.fm Smart Links
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:…
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How I Got 1000 Spotify Followers in 7 Days
A few weeks ago, I stumbled on this giveaway from Taylor Davis, and was blown away by what I saw: With almost two days…
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Playlist Push Revisited
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…