The following are some great tips for any upcoming band looking to gain a competitive advantage through the use of online media to gain maximum exposure for their forthcoming Album release.
1) Content is King!
Sourcing and gathering your content for distribution online will enhance backlink’s to your site which can ultimately yield to purchases of your music.
2) Free Single give away.
If you are releasing an album, why not pick a single from that album and give it away free thus generating interest in the album.
3) Mobile networking
Create a link with mobile networks or content net providers. Mobile networks have access to a wide audience base.
4) Start Local
Local is “key”. Everything is going local so target your local audience with iLike and local directories and go from there!
5) Social Networking
Linking is essential. Use Twitter, Facebook, Bebo and other social platforms and make it easy for you to interact with your fan base.
6) Website
Invest time and energy into your own website. A good website will raise your profile and creating backlink’s to your site for downloads and hopefully a chart position. Check out what we did with http://www.audionetworks.ie/
7) Online performance “Live”
Why not record and promote a performance on line. This will be very enjoyable for your fans to watch and will generate an online buzz.
8) Games Industry
The Games industry is a very profitable business and can widen your fanbase. Promote your tracks to music publishers to be used as backing tracks to computer games. Bands can earn up to $10,000 per track for a worldwide clearance on music for new games.
9) Online music magazines.
Online music magazines can be used to great advantage. Providing them with content, music, images of your live gigs, future performance dates etc. Give them something fresh to write about.
10) You Tube.
Upload all your video material on you tube and ask your friends and fans to review it. Be sure it is of good quality as you never know who may come across you online.
5 Tips on choosing the most suitable Entertainers for hire for your Wedding.
We have be asked by many people what is the most important point to think of when choosing Wedding entertainment. The following 5 tips are very useful when choosing entertainment for your Wedding day. Some you will have thought of and some maybe not! We think that we have covered then most important tips to guarantee that you and your guests a great day out. We hope that they help.
How to find the best local Entertainment for hire in Ireland
The following tips are very helpful in sourcing good local entertainment.
Top 10 tips for promoting your band online to Music Venues, Festivals, Record label music promoters
Ten great tips for any musician looking to get ahead in the promotion of their Band.
