With the dwindling power of music press, DIY musicians get to bypass another gatekeeper. A recent Billboard article illustrates how independent music publicists are grappling with a shrinking media landscape. … Continue reading
Music Promotion
Learn how to make more fans using the latest tools and tips from experts in the music industry. From social media and YouTube, to good old-fashioned fan newsletters, we’ll help you find new and creative ways to elevate your music promotion and engage with music listeners everywhere.
How to automatically geo-target your Mailchimp emails
You can still send regionally targeted emails, even if you didn’t collect your fans’ city, state, or zip code information. If you’re like me, your email list is a bit … Continue reading
How to sync your playlists across Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and more
There’s an easy way to sync your playlists across multiple platforms. With Soundsgood.co you can create (and edit) a universal playlist where changes are automatically reflected on any streaming platform where … Continue reading
Six Spotify Playlist Types – Which is Best?
Success on Spotify is largely determined by your playlist placements. Before you spend much time thinking about getting your music onto Spotify playlists, you’ll want to make sure you’re a … Continue reading
Where Should You Promote Your Music?
You want more people to hear your music. But where do you promote your music? PR is expensive. Radio promotion is costly too. Playlist promotion? Yeah, add that to your … Continue reading
20 quick things you should do for your music before the end of 2018
Your homework for the holidays. If you find yourself with some downtime this December, we’d like to suggest a few simple things that can make a big difference for your … Continue reading
5 things most musicians are missing on their Facebook page
People will only visit your Facebook page ONCE! Your fans are never going to check your Facebook page again after that first visit. It’s just not how Facebook works. They’ll … Continue reading
WARNING: Don’t put “duplicative” content on your YouTube channel
The DOs and DON’Ts of duplicate content on YouTube. Wait, did I say there are DOs? Sorry. No. There are no DOs. Just DON’Ts. DON’T have duplicate content on your … Continue reading
Why a FOLLOW is more powerful than a PRE-SAVE on Spotify
What should your top priority be when promoting new music on Spotify? There are many ways to skin a cat, as they say. (Who are they, and why are they … Continue reading
How to premiere a new video on YouTube
YouTube launches a “premiere” feature so your viewers can watch a video together the moment it’s published. Weeks ago, Facebook announced that they’d made their scheduled video premiere feature available … Continue reading