Building a fan mailing list, Part 2 –What services can you use?
In ‘Part 1’ we looked at why you should be building a mailing list of fans and some of the basic ways of going about that, both online and at gigs. This second part is a look at what options you have in setting up your mailing list, in which will decide that it must […]
Continue readingYou need to….. and how to make your links in emails clickable!
I just got back from two weeks holiday and cleared out my inbox – well over 1000 emails, including over a hundred from artists asking me to check them out. I try to check out all the bands who send me mail – both to us for this site and also people checking in with […]
Continue readingBuilding a fan mailing list, Part 1 – the why and the how.
One of the most important parts of your self-promotion is your mailing list and your relationship with the people on it. Getting people to sign up and provide you with their contact details enables you to reach them directly for a whole host of reasons and create that genuine relationship between you and them. This […]
Continue readingMake like Radiohead with ‘In Rainbows’ and have your fans pay whatever they like for your music
You can’t argue that when Radiohead announced the release of ‘In Rainbows’ a matter of days after it had been completed and just days before it was made available and announced that fans would be able to get the mp3 download for whatever they wanted to pay, they sent shockwaves right through the recorded music part of […]
Continue readingAriel Hyatt does it again – how to get massive traffic on YouTube
I’ve said before how much I love Ariel Hyatt and what she does, both as a PR person and as a musician’s resource. Check out her site and products here – Ariel Cyber PR She’s just posted a fantastic article (as she does on a weekly basis) about how to maximise your traffic on YouTube […]
Continue readingCompetition for UK unsigned bands – win a paid trip to and a gig in New York
Just a quick post to point you to this competition if you are a UK unsigned band. I don’t know anything about the people behind this but I do know some of the people involved on the panel, and thought you should get a heads up. In essence, it’s a credible ‘Battle of the Bands’ […]
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